---
type: "Bill"
title: "Governor's Salary Commission - Salary Recommendations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor"
description: "Governor's Salary Commission - Salary Recommendations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HJ 5"
citation: "Maryland HJ 5 (2026)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Governor's Salary Commission", "Speaker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34bfe5ce-4d26-4611-9655-22000deba9bf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hj0005?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "bca604ed991dd818681681fa22082733958332a4f1cd053f73ff90df1e12d53f"
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 HJ 5 (2026) — Governor's Salary Commission - Salary Recommendations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Governor's Salary Commission - Salary Recommendations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/JR_3_hj0005f.pdf)
2. **First - Governor's Salary Commission - Salary Recommendations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hj/hj0005f.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Governor's Salary Commission — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Enacted under Article II, Section 21A(d) of the Maryland Constitution `became-law`
- **2026-03-19** Assigned a resolution number - Joint Resolution 3

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34bfe5ce-4d26-4611-9655-22000deba9bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).