---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Retirement and Pension System – Cost–of–Living Adjustments – Clarification"
description: "State Retirement and Pension System – Cost–of–Living Adjustments – Clarification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1138"
citation: "Maryland HB 1138 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forbes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/871931bb-4e3e-4719-8f0e-cf007b0b3204"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1138?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "c04bdcdb04a991b53f2a2ffe3a7c3f7962353b6bc698aae4fc55cf5831db1c39"
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 1138 (2026) — State Retirement and Pension System – Cost–of–Living Adjustments – Clarification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Retirement and Pension System – Cost–of–Living Adjustments – Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_56_hb1138t.pdf)
2. **First - State Retirement and Pension System – Cost–of–Living Adjustments – Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1138f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Retirement and Pension System – Cost–of–Living Adjustments – Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1138t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Forbes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 56 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/871931bb-4e3e-4719-8f0e-cf007b0b3204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).