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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Alterations"
description: "Public Safety - Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 255"
citation: "Maryland SB 255 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-18"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1d53c33-1898-462d-85bf-97b8245a1665"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0255?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1ce5714a6b86f7217b00144c6586b0a85887439b628d9f735e767341c5a9d0eb"
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 255 (2024) — Public Safety - Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Alterations
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_77_sb0255t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0255f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0255t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1350** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-09-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-24** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 77 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1d53c33-1898-462d-85bf-97b8245a1665`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).