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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility (Freedom to Serve Act) Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility (Freedom to Serve Act) us/states/md Maryland General Assembly 2019 SB 853 Maryland SB 853 (2019)
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1 14 2 2019-02-04 2019-05-13 openstates ocd-bill/4f91dff9-2de2-4ff1-a9ae-366617e4ed91 http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB853&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs f0839747fa32a563bce7d46683c0deaec8ec46e462b7d86e5f10f858a4a6df31 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Maryland SB 853 (2019) — Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility (Freedom to Serve Act)

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • On Third Reading — 450 (pass) · upper
  • On Third Reading — 10730 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Kagan — primary (person)
  • Augustine — cosponsor (person)
  • Benson — cosponsor (person)
  • Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
  • Edwards — cosponsor (person)
  • Elfreth — cosponsor (person)
  • Ellis — cosponsor (person)
  • Feldman — cosponsor (person)
  • Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
  • Griffith — cosponsor (person)
  • Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
  • Hayes — cosponsor (person)
  • Kelley — cosponsor (person)
  • King — cosponsor (person)
  • Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
  • Kramer — cosponsor (person)
  • Lam — cosponsor (person)
  • Lee — cosponsor (person)
  • McCray — cosponsor (person)
  • Miller — cosponsor (person)
  • Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
  • Patterson — cosponsor (person)
  • Peters — cosponsor (person)
  • Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
  • Reilly — cosponsor (person)
  • Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
  • Salling — cosponsor (person)
  • Smith — cosponsor (person)
  • Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
  • Washington — cosponsor (person)
  • West — cosponsor (person)
  • Young — cosponsor (person)
  • Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
  • Zucker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-04 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
  • 2019-02-06 Hearing 2/20 at 12:00 p.m.
  • 2019-03-18 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-18 Favorable with Amendments {178772/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-18 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  • 2019-03-18 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
  • 2019-03-19 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2019-03-19 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
  • 2019-03-29 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-29 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-29 Second Reading Passed
  • 2019-04-02 Third Reading Passed (107-30) passage
  • 2019-04-03 Returned Passed
  • 2019-05-13 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f91dff9-2de2-4ff1-a9ae-366617e4ed91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).