---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Retirement and Pension System - Administration and Clarification"
description: "State Retirement and Pension System - Administration and Clarification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 734"
citation: "Maryland SB 734 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c33446e7-8adc-476e-a908-9a0c31a8a90c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0734?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "b58503367ae471a7d028f61604c3690da9f0f0991519d9fee70980a2ce3d6c35"
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 734 (2026) — State Retirement and Pension System - Administration and Clarification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Retirement and Pension System - Administration and Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_290_sb0734e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Retirement and Pension System - Administration and Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0734e.pdf)
3. **First - State Retirement and Pension System - Eligible Governmental Units** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0734f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Retirement and Pension System - Administration and Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0734t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions — primary (organization)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 3/05 at 8:30 a.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-07** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-07** Hearing 4/07 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2026-04-07** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-07** Hearing 4/07 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** 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 290 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c33446e7-8adc-476e-a908-9a0c31a8a90c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).