---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program"
description: "Public Safety - Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 774"
citation: "Maryland SB 774 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Charles", "Ferguson", "Folden", "James", "Kelly", "McKay", "Muse", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/296484c1-3c70-4083-b1b4-9045ec2a3a8a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0774?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ff334a98e5dce405d45392f394ff92ebb3fb19677cac30a8a170f53304c0f29a"
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 774 (2024) — Public Safety - Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_747_sb0774t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0774f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0774t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 747 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/296484c1-3c70-4083-b1b4-9045ec2a3a8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).