---
type: "Bill"
title: "Calvert County - Length of Service Award Program - Benefits"
description: "Calvert County - Length of Service Award Program - Benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1156"
citation: "Maryland HB 1156 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvert County Delegation"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40358b27-8797-4aef-80e7-54ae1aaeaf70"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1156?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d141c96f8f27c1240327caeb60809947b26d4a12520b047b57687d0db7d4d527"
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 1156 (2026) — Calvert County - Length of Service Award Program - Benefits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Calvert County - Length of Service Award Program - Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_556_hb1156e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Calvert County - Length of Service Award Program - Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1156e.pdf)
3. **First - Calvert County - Length of Service Award Program - Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1156f.pdf)
4. **Third - Calvert County - Length of Service Award Program - Benefits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1156t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calvert County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-21** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 556 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40358b27-8797-4aef-80e7-54ae1aaeaf70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).