---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional Deputies"
description: "Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional Deputies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 449"
citation: "Maryland SB 449 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carroll County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21fc7e83-2bec-4a39-a0fe-3919dc0528d1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0449?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "816feb4e2de1360154fc738662f170b34532511908b49031d5426bb8ff0e5f3a"
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 SB 449 (2026) — Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional Deputies

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional Deputies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_342_sb0449t.pdf)
2. **First - Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional Deputies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0449f.pdf)
3. **Third - Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional Deputies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0449t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carroll County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 342 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21fc7e83-2bec-4a39-a0fe-3919dc0528d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).