---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Tort Claims Act - Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs - County Responsibility"
description: "Maryland Tort Claims Act - Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs - County Responsibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 895"
citation: "Maryland HB 895 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Embry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aaf9609-2492-466d-8d3a-06706c852eac"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0895?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "27e6fb1efc33d6085113e79802e4050f47c6426fcf5044a57e6ba24bad1cdee7"
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 HB 895 (2024) — Maryland Tort Claims Act - Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs - County Responsibility

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Tort Claims Act - Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs - County Responsibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_611_hb0895t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Tort Claims Act - Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs - County Responsibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0895f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Tort Claims Act - Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs - County Responsibility** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0895t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Embry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-21** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-21** Hearing 2/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 611 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3aaf9609-2492-466d-8d3a-06706c852eac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).