---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit"
description: "Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 604"
citation: "Maryland SB 604 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Benson", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Jennings", "King", "McCray", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/833f050a-50b2-4e0c-bf2b-f46af29ae2d8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0604?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1e1d92897adaabe78b3859f13a16d893d8a1622ce1bbf3d48ae5a8e5647ae049"
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 604 (2024) — Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_486_sb0604t.pdf)
2. **First - Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0604f.pdf)
3. **Third - Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0604t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Hearing 2/08 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2024-03-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 486 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/833f050a-50b2-4e0c-bf2b-f46af29ae2d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).