---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Retirement and Pension System - Administration and Clarification"
description: "State Retirement and Pension System - Administration and Clarification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1139"
citation: "Maryland HB 1139 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forbes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3ffe3a7-5c11-41f7-aca8-3193a95f4ff8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1139?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d819d1565c0eef19ff36ed1255130bb350e3a3c7c8c4ecccfbc83ce460517e89"
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 1139 (2026) — State Retirement and Pension System - Administration and Clarification

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Retirement and Pension System - Administration and Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_291_hb1139e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Retirement and Pension System - Administration and Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1139e.pdf)
3. **First - State Retirement and Pension System - Eligible Governmental Units** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1139f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Retirement and Pension System - Administration and Clarification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1139t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions — primary (organization)
- 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 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-18** Hearing 3/18 at 12:45 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 291 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3ffe3a7-5c11-41f7-aca8-3193a95f4ff8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).