---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Retirement and Pension System - Earnable Compensation, Nonvested Former Members, and Immediate Vesting"
description: "State Retirement and Pension System - Earnable Compensation, Nonvested Former Members, and Immediate Vesting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 541"
citation: "Maryland HB 541 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forbes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43f0768a-f8f2-4b8d-8462-f7c99ec35198"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0541?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6354f04c1520188f37ab2e7f8e40d8a4750e453937144ba6eb437c159bb5dbf4"
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 541 (2023) — State Retirement and Pension System - Earnable Compensation, Nonvested Former Members, and Immediate Vesting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Retirement and Pension System - Earnable Compensation, Nonvested Former Members, and Immediate Vesting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_192_hb0541e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Retirement and Pension System - Earnable Compensation, Nonvested Former Members, and Immediate Vesting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0541e.pdf)
3. **First - State Retirement and Pension System – Nonvested Former Members – Return of Accumulated Contributions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0541f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Retirement and Pension System - Earnable Compensation, Nonvested Former Members, and Immediate Vesting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0541t.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-05** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-05** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 192 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43f0768a-f8f2-4b8d-8462-f7c99ec35198`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).