---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Police Retirement System, Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System, and Judges’ Retirement System – Surviving Spouse Benefit – Same–Sex Spouses"
description: "State Police Retirement System, Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System, and Judges’ Retirement System – Surviving Spouse Benefit – Same–Sex Spouses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 601"
citation: "Maryland HB 601 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forbes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3952cd14-88d5-4f71-b8fa-e70899fea362"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0601?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "49196e547cfa4e9210d6198b562ac5dd2bbdaa355227da195bfc7599b887bb70"
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 601 (2023) — State Police Retirement System, Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System, and Judges’ Retirement System – Surviving Spouse Benefit – Same–Sex Spouses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Police Retirement System, Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System, and Judges’ Retirement System – Surviving Spouse Benefit – Same–Sex Spouses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_199_hb0601t.pdf)
2. **First - State Police Retirement System, Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System, and Judges’ Retirement System – Surviving Spouse Benefit – Same–Sex Spouses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0601f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Police Retirement System, Law Enforcement Officers’ Pension System, and Judges’ Retirement System – Surviving Spouse Benefit – Same–Sex Spouses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0601t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Forbes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-06** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 199 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3952cd14-88d5-4f71-b8fa-e70899fea362`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).