---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility (Freedom to Serve Act)"
description: "Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility (Freedom to Serve Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 433"
citation: "Maryland HB 433 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Certifications", "Immigrants and Citizenship", "Law Enforcement", "Police Training and Standards Commission", "Residency", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fraser-Hidalgo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38f11449-7876-4953-b8bb-fbbec2a43859"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB433&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "ad7ceb3e19ac8f21140f0f9d502951955be47cf307d2a4a4af4fcdda58976559"
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 HB 433 (2019) — Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility (Freedom to Serve Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0433f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **109–28** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **112–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — cosponsor (person)
- Barve — cosponsor (person)
- Korman — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Shetty — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {202717/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Special Order until next session (Delegate Mautz) Adopted
- **2019-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-15** Third Reading Passed (112-24) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Favorable with Amendments {888570/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-06** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2019-04-06** Third Reading Passed (109-28) `passage`
- **2019-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38f11449-7876-4953-b8bb-fbbec2a43859`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).