---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Officers and Employees - Required Surety Bonds - Insurance Policies Authorized"
description: "State Officers and Employees - Required Surety Bonds - Insurance Policies Authorized"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 775"
citation: "Maryland SB 775 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["President", "State Treasurer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47adc86f-0b69-4613-9d33-22937a761886"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0775?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a74fe64cf70c8514ddb0e5043018fe4824d9a47d59cfc382a8b43aa6a97a2536"
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 775 (2024) — State Officers and Employees - Required Surety Bonds - Insurance Policies Authorized

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Officers and Employees - Required Surety Bonds - Insurance Policies Authorized** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_438_sb0775t.pdf)
2. **First - State Officers and Employees - Required Surety Bonds - Insurance Policies Authorized** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0775f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Officers and Employees - Required Surety Bonds - Insurance Policies Authorized** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0775t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- President — primary (person)
- State Treasurer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `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 Health and Government Operations Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2024-03-25** Hearing canceled (Health and Government Operations)
- **2024-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 1:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 438 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47adc86f-0b69-4613-9d33-22937a761886`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).