---
type: "Bill"
title: "Terminology and Obsolete References – Maryland State Firefighters Association and Related Terms"
description: "Terminology and Obsolete References – Maryland State Firefighters Association and Related Terms"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 580"
citation: "Maryland HB 580 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beauchamp", "Hartman", "Hutchinson", "Jacobs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03686b80-a927-4ab1-a826-6eeba4f7f544"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0580?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "77f4f05ba6bb86017f080337e04ecc54e1ead203299d9c958d8ed73952cf5a6c"
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 580 (2025) — Terminology and Obsolete References – Maryland State Firefighters Association and Related Terms

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Terminology and Obsolete References – Maryland State Firefighters Association and Related Terms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_514_hb0580t.pdf)
2. **First - Terminology and Obsolete References – Maryland State Firefighters Association and Related Terms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0580f.pdf)
3. **Third - Terminology and Obsolete References – Maryland State Firefighters Association and Related Terms** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0580t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beauchamp — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 514 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03686b80-a927-4ab1-a826-6eeba4f7f544`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).