---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County - Sheriff and State's Attorney - Compensation Ho. Co. 13-26"
description: "Howard County - Sheriff and State's Attorney - Compensation Ho. Co. 13-26"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1003"
citation: "Maryland SB 1003 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-24"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcafc90f-670c-4124-ae01-dd8995e33ba5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb1003?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "e9b2bc1634285db5d582209a84bc2d23ce198be5144f2a21dfa11d85331cb647"
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 1003 (2026) — Howard County - Sheriff and State's Attorney - Compensation Ho. Co. 13-26

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Howard County - Sheriff and State's Attorney - Compensation Ho. Co. 13-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_581_sb1003t.pdf)
2. **First - Howard County - Sheriff and State's Attorney - Compensation Ho. Co. 13-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb1003f.pdf)
3. **Third - Howard County - Sheriff and State's Attorney - Compensation Ho. Co. 13-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb1003t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-24** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Pippy) Adopted
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 581 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcafc90f-670c-4124-ae01-dd8995e33ba5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).