---
type: "Bill"
title: "Security Guard Agencies, Security Guard Employers, and Security Guards – Standards and Certifications"
description: "Security Guard Agencies, Security Guard Employers, and Security Guards – Standards and Certifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 760"
citation: "Maryland SB 760 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8325028c-3c9c-4db0-ba14-5fe5dde99f82"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0760?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ec58c07af0796da51d5fa187b7bb46c96095be5406bed987dc48d89fcc3d894f"
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 760 (2023) — Security Guard Agencies, Security Guard Employers, and Security Guards – Standards and Certifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Security Guard Agencies, Security Guard Employers, and Security Guards – Standards and Certifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_763_sb0760e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Security Guard Agencies, Security Guard Employers, and Security Guards – Standards and Certifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0760e.pdf)
3. **First - Security Guard Agencies, Security Guard Employers, and Security Guards – Standards and Certifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0760f.pdf)
4. **Third - Security Guard Agencies, Security Guard Employers, and Security Guards – Standards and Certifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0760t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** 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
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 763 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8325028c-3c9c-4db0-ba14-5fe5dde99f82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).