---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Retirement and Pension System - Amortization of Unfunded Liabilities and Surpluses"
description: "State Retirement and Pension System - Amortization of Unfunded Liabilities and Surpluses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 804"
citation: "Maryland HB 804 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forbes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7a0f045-21f7-4a92-8b4b-709a4c809671"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0804?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1bf03803228df7e336cb235ea89ce6501d89ebc5a973fa449b3468e8ce702b6c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 804 (2023) — State Retirement and Pension System - Amortization of Unfunded Liabilities and Surpluses

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - State Retirement and Pension System - Amortization of Unfunded Liabilities and Surpluses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_196_hb0804t.pdf)
2. **First - State Retirement and Pension System - Amortization of Unfunded Liabilities and Surpluses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0804f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Retirement and Pension System - Amortization of Unfunded Liabilities and Surpluses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0804t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions — primary (organization)
- Forbes — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-08** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 196 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7a0f045-21f7-4a92-8b4b-709a4c809671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).