---
type: "Bill"
title: "Calvert County - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"
description: "Calvert County - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 947"
citation: "Maryland SB 947 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Calvert County", "Charles County", "Correctional Officers", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvert County Senators"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ee08b6b-a700-416a-ae60-713f36e18946"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB947&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "299df2ab2b38b35c33fd2d764dac40513730f5ba9178467d4b309d3d12aadbf5"
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 947 (2019) — Calvert County - Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights

## 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/sb/sb0947f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calvert County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2019-02-22** Hearing 3/05 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-13** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-06** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 97 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ee08b6b-a700-416a-ae60-713f36e18946`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).