---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act"
description: "Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "Maryland SB 280 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Charles", "Folden", "Gallion", "Henson", "James", "Jennings", "Love", "Mautz", "McKay", "Muse", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c63e04ab-6043-42ab-809d-e9a21a5e64f9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0280?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e917893065e6240f66b3ffe06b45a83310555f4e0797a8d16e6ae3780b42de8e"
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 280 (2025) — Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_261_sb0280t.pdf)
2. **First - Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0280f.pdf)
3. **Third - Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0280t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 261 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c63e04ab-6043-42ab-809d-e9a21a5e64f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).