---
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: "SB 454"
citation: "Maryland SB 454 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Hettleman", "M. Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0cbcc1f-4b41-449e-8f16-049b707d0b4b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0454?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3d19cf57354f0a0319f4b8761af8ad64071d8fa7785d8b74e7eb44beceddc630"
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 454 (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_200_sb0454t.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/sb/sb0454f.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/sb/sb0454t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 8:30 a.m.
- **2023-03-13** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-17** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 200 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0cbcc1f-4b41-449e-8f16-049b707d0b4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).