---
type: "Bill"
title: "Governor's Salary Commission - Salary Recommendations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor"
description: "Governor's Salary Commission - Salary Recommendations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SJ 1"
citation: "Maryland SJ 1 (2026)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Governor's Salary Commission", "President"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 3
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5a3cd05-61b4-4285-9bc0-12ce40018656"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sj0001?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "066fab81374db75a7e043f649f6568141e5a8bb8dfe3d8466518d8e0d089998b"
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 SJ 1 (2026) — Governor's Salary Commission - Salary Recommendations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Governor's Salary Commission - Salary Recommendations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/JR_1_sj0001f.pdf)
2. **First - Governor's Salary Commission - Salary Recommendations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sj/sj0001f.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Governor's Salary Commission — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** Enacted under Article II, Section 21A(d) of the Maryland Constitution `became-law`
- **2026-03-13** Assigned a resolution number - Joint Resolution 1

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5a3cd05-61b4-4285-9bc0-12ce40018656`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).