---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of State Police - Professional Occupations - Application Process"
description: "Department of State Police - Professional Occupations - Application Process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 287"
citation: "Maryland SB 287 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-29"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3f064bd-9c08-4b1b-8a87-6b90c6b53e2f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0287?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2e0f5ccea52d0c66403812ec669bee7c8df584734a156f2c412069053989f761"
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 287 (2024) — Department of State Police - Professional Occupations - Application Process

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of State Police - Professional Occupations - Application Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_738_sb0287t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of State Police - Professional Occupations - Application Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0287f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of State Police - Professional Occupations - Application Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0287t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 738 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3f064bd-9c08-4b1b-8a87-6b90c6b53e2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).