---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Retirement and Pension System - Immediate Vesting"
description: "State Retirement and Pension System - Immediate Vesting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 88"
citation: "Maryland HB 88 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-10"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d73c3a7-968c-4733-ae46-09a3b2156a08"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0088?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cb948eedb7663c1744d5d0c4f9074be6783b9cb56f5e181bd6f576c4fba775f0"
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 88 (2024) — State Retirement and Pension System - Immediate Vesting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Retirement and Pension System - Immediate Vesting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_53_hb0088t.pdf)
2. **First - State Retirement and Pension System - Immediate Vesting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0088f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Retirement and Pension System - Immediate Vesting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0088t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **102–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **39–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Hearing 1/23 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-07** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-07** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 53 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d73c3a7-968c-4733-ae46-09a3b2156a08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).