---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County Salary Study Commission - Membership - Alterations"
description: "Washington County Salary Study Commission - Membership - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 498"
citation: "Maryland SB 498 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28e3b483-d41c-4a81-ae93-2693d7e6d108"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0498?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "65579b840461bfb3f7d1c8b7f689dade06219fcd5c65e52efd5775022768d9d5"
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 498 (2026) — Washington County Salary Study Commission - Membership - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Washington County Salary Study Commission - Membership - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_589_sb0498t.pdf)
2. **First - Washington County Salary Study Commission - Membership - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0498f.pdf)
3. **Third - Washington County Salary Study Commission - Membership - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0498t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 589 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28e3b483-d41c-4a81-ae93-2693d7e6d108`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).