---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Police Employees and Deputy State Fire Marshals - Repeal of Pay Rate Restriction on Promotion"
description: "Public Safety - Police Employees and Deputy State Fire Marshals - Repeal of Pay Rate Restriction on Promotion"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 234"
citation: "Maryland HB 234 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-09-24"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8348eea4-c23d-4a4d-8014-050c4c3b04d7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0234?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "cbbe245ad78212d92b22c6bf2aa0215be4421183130533bc48bbb09cc22548c6"
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 234 (2026) — Public Safety - Police Employees and Deputy State Fire Marshals - Repeal of Pay Rate Restriction on Promotion

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Police Employees and Deputy State Fire Marshals - Repeal of Pay Rate Restriction on Promotion** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_133_hb0234t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Police Employees and Deputy State Fire Marshals - Repeal of Pay Rate Restriction on Promotion** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0234f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Police Employees and Deputy State Fire Marshals - Repeal of Pay Rate Restriction on Promotion** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0234t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Chair, Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/24 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 Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 133 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8348eea4-c23d-4a4d-8014-050c4c3b04d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).