---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Occupations and Professions - Security Guards - Use of Force Reporting, Standards, and Certifications"
description: "Business Occupations and Professions - Security Guards - Use of Force Reporting, Standards, and Certifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 729"
citation: "Maryland SB 729 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b2f5317-c165-4e3d-a838-25875106aac9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0729?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0727e1b458b55412b9b2ba552ac62f2f875bd6003410a2334f877798da396a22"
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 729 (2024) — Business Occupations and Professions - Security Guards - Use of Force Reporting, Standards, and Certifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Occupations and Professions - Security Guards - Use of Force Reporting, Standards, and Certifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_942_sb0729t.pdf)
2. **First - Security Guards - Use of Force Reporting - Health Care-Related Physical Interventions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0729f.pdf)
3. **Third - Business Occupations and Professions - Security Guards - Use of Force Reporting, Standards, and Certifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0729t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **124–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 942 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b2f5317-c165-4e3d-a838-25875106aac9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).