---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Employment Conditions and Collective Bargaining"
description: "Washington County - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Employment Conditions and Collective Bargaining"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 428"
citation: "Maryland SB 428 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e14d856b-4904-470e-9c8c-828232a9779d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0428?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6dd9be916ee9399b19eab9d42d2347df0e13337333ee54771182d3b8747abad4"
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 428 (2023) — Washington County - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Employment Conditions and Collective Bargaining

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Washington County - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Employment Conditions and Collective Bargaining** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_795_sb0428t.pdf)
2. **First - Washington County - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Employment Conditions and Collective Bargaining** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0428f.pdf)
3. **Third - Washington County - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Employment Conditions and Collective Bargaining** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0428t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Washington County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-15** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-23** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 3/29 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
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 795 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e14d856b-4904-470e-9c8c-828232a9779d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).