---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Special Death Benefits – Applicability"
description: "Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Special Death Benefits – Applicability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "Maryland SB 244 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Benson", "Carozza", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Jennings", "King", "McCray", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02bbdebc-43fd-40ca-8791-5599c09a7794"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0244?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6b0d886f8a39b6ad403be688729173ec9fe6500000e3a31f80a53070bc45090d"
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 SB 244 (2023) — Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Special Death Benefits – Applicability

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Special Death Benefits – Applicability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_165_sb0244t.pdf)
2. **First - Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Special Death Benefits – Applicability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0244f.pdf)
3. **Third - Correctional Officers’ Retirement System – Special Death Benefits – Applicability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0244t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/02 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2023-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 165 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02bbdebc-43fd-40ca-8791-5599c09a7794`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).