---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of State Police - Special Police Officers - Study"
description: "Department of State Police - Special Police Officers - Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1152"
citation: "Maryland HB 1152 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6835df2-5a1f-45e0-961d-d0794d4de90c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1152?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "b447ede90cbd741bc1c67d4839cf91d677a16b291330d02796de686049399a05"
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 1152 (2026) — Department of State Police - Special Police Officers - Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of State Police - Special Police Officers - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_531_hb1152t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of State Police - Special Police Officers - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1152f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of State Police - Special Police Officers - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1152t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 531 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6835df2-5a1f-45e0-961d-d0794d4de90c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).