---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction"
description: "Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 338"
citation: "Maryland HB 338 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Behler", "Cardin", "Conaway", "Fennell", "Kipke", "Mangione", "McComas", "Moreno", "Nkongolo", "Odom", "Phillips", "Rogers", "Schmidt", "Simmons", "Stinnett", "Taylor", "Turner", "Valentine", "Williams", "Woods"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ca314f2-1868-4595-add0-9b190457a5d2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0338?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "285aa43d8de5f603170d1df614e7988a0ec5d93014b7f077c821b416d6172c4e"
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 338 (2026) — Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_264_hb0338e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0338e.pdf)
3. **First - Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0338f.pdf)
4. **Third - Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Statewide Jurisdiction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0338t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arikan — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Mangione — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Moreno — primary (person)
- Nkongolo — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Valentine — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** 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** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 264 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ca314f2-1868-4595-add0-9b190457a5d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).