---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback"
description: "Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Maryland SB 7 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-11-01"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b4635e0-fda1-4a35-b076-0d35add83145"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0007?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1692157d5ae09c92082ed547c823a29ffa9d3540e1eb1cbb6d1161bddf899c6d"
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 7 (2024) — Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_549_sb0007e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0007e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0007f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Positive Community Feedback** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0007t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/24 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** 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/6b4635e0-fda1-4a35-b076-0d35add83145`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).