---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Police Retirement System - Mandatory Retirement Age - Alteration"
description: "State Police Retirement System - Mandatory Retirement Age - Alteration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 654"
citation: "Maryland SB 654 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56ecdbda-44f5-41fb-94ef-c6510714ee84"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0654?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "e855bac1aa968aee74ebce70d0b5a3eafbc35acdd634be6c7d6d6817b6c9ae40"
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 654 (2026) — State Police Retirement System - Mandatory Retirement Age - Alteration

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Police Retirement System - Mandatory Retirement Age - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_268_sb0654t.pdf)
2. **First - State Police Retirement System - Mandatory Retirement Age - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0654f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Police Retirement System - Mandatory Retirement Age - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0654t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 3/05 at 8:30 a.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-21** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** 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 268 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56ecdbda-44f5-41fb-94ef-c6510714ee84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).