---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Police Employees and Deputy State Fire Marshals - Repeal of Pay Rate Restriction on Promotion"
description: "Public Safety - Police Employees and Deputy State Fire Marshals - Repeal of Pay Rate Restriction on Promotion"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 74"
citation: "Maryland SB 74 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-24"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5bb0765-0999-444f-81eb-cb6c81ffc1f5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0074?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "4a262d796968d05fec75b3d6a6ede5f9db2726cf8ff02adb72be597a4c407262"
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 74 (2026) — Public Safety - Police Employees and Deputy State Fire Marshals - Repeal of Pay Rate Restriction on Promotion

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Police Employees and Deputy State Fire Marshals - Repeal of Pay Rate Restriction on Promotion** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_134_sb0074t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Police Employees and Deputy State Fire Marshals - Repeal of Pay Rate Restriction on Promotion** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0074f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Police Employees and Deputy State Fire Marshals - Repeal of Pay Rate Restriction on Promotion** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0074t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2026-02-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-21** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 134 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5bb0765-0999-444f-81eb-cb6c81ffc1f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).