---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - State Disaster Recovery Fund"
description: "Public Safety - State Disaster Recovery Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 650"
citation: "Maryland SB 650 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Beidle", "Benson", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Gile", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Jennings", "Kagan", "King", "Lewis Young", "McCray", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Watson", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd68874b-57d3-4646-99bf-a25616d95e9f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0650?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d1f2a79c458ad3cb791d70fc1c41db5e38feaaa792bbc9b07c1f7438839e3cef"
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 650 (2023) — Public Safety - State Disaster Recovery Fund

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - State Disaster Recovery Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_549_sb0650e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - State Disaster Recovery Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0650e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety - State Disaster Recovery Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0650f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety - State Disaster Recovery Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0650t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-04** Hearing canceled
- **2023-04-04** Hearing 4/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 549 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd68874b-57d3-4646-99bf-a25616d95e9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).