---
type: "Bill"
title: "Locating the New Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters in Maryland"
description: "Locating the New Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters in Maryland"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SJ 5"
citation: "Maryland SJ 5 (2023)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "President"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-20"
last_action: "2023-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55bd4a7d-b7c8-48c2-afd4-2240a54481ba"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sj0005?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5c2f4e15274526b136edbd65185eb11864d5052dfcf376310f01c4b966385cc9"
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 SJ 5 (2023) — Locating the New Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters in Maryland

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Locating the New Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/JR_2_sj0005t.pdf)
2. **First - Locating the New Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sj/sj0005f.pdf)
3. **Third - Locating the New Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sj/sj0005t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-20** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Motion Rules Suspend for Late Introduction (Senator A. Washington) Adopted
- **2023-03-30** Referred Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Senate Rules `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by House Rules and Executive Nominations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-28** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Joint Resolution 2 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55bd4a7d-b7c8-48c2-afd4-2240a54481ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).