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type: "Bill"
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title: "Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility (Freedom to Serve Act)"
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description: "Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility (Freedom to Serve Act)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 853"
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citation: "Maryland SB 853 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public Safety", "Armed Forces", "Certifications", "Immigrants and Citizenship", "Law Enforcement", "Police Training and Standards Commission", "Residency", "Veterans"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-04"
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last_action: "2019-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f91dff9-2de2-4ff1-a9ae-366617e4ed91"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB853&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
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source_hash: "f0839747fa32a563bce7d46683c0deaec8ec46e462b7d86e5f10f858a4a6df31"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 853 (2019) — Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility (Freedom to Serve Act)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0853f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **107–30** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kagan — primary (person)
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- Augustine — cosponsor (person)
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- Benson — cosponsor (person)
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- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
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- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
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- Elfreth — cosponsor (person)
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- Ellis — cosponsor (person)
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- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
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- Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
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- King — cosponsor (person)
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- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
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- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
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- Lam — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee — cosponsor (person)
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- McCray — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Peters — cosponsor (person)
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- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
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- Salling — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
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- Washington — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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- Young — cosponsor (person)
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- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
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- Zucker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/20 at 12:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {178772/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
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- **2019-03-19** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-19** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-29** Second Reading Passed
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- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (107-30) `passage`
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- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
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- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f91dff9-2de2-4ff1-a9ae-366617e4ed91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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