---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anne Arundel County - Sheriff - Appointment of Majors"
description: "Anne Arundel County - Sheriff - Appointment of Majors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 397"
citation: "Maryland SB 397 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Arundel County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ead4084-25fc-44be-abfb-57c4ba8ee926"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0397?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "49d416369074a97887557ed9551bd1d527e6d007927dc0e68738a8df0a7d67cd"
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 397 (2026) — Anne Arundel County - Sheriff - Appointment of Majors

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Anne Arundel County - Sheriff - Appointment of Majors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_566_sb0397t.pdf)
2. **First - Anne Arundel County - Sheriff - Appointment of Majors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0397f.pdf)
3. **Third - Anne Arundel County - Sheriff - Appointment of Majors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0397t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anne Arundel County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 566 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ead4084-25fc-44be-abfb-57c4ba8ee926`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).