---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction"
description: "Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "Maryland SB 298 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75d1a289-8a28-4341-8019-1024a1eac0ef"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0298?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "b8aa9ab7897941eaeaaa91701d004fa54806881d88cd567eb56c8f164febc71e"
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 298 (2026) — Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_263_sb0298e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0298e.pdf)
3. **First - Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0298f.pdf)
4. **Third - Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0298t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Henson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75d1a289-8a28-4341-8019-1024a1eac0ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).