# Maryland HB 1029: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications Maryland HB 1029, Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Catherine M. Forbes (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-20 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 777); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1029-2025RS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maryland HB 1029 - State: Maryland - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-03 - Last action: 2025-05-20, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 777 - Sponsor: Catherine M. Forbes (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: State Government - Pensions and Retirement, Correctional Officers, Health, Department of, Retirement -see also- Mandatory Retirement, Sunset, Work, Labor, and Employment -see also- JobTrn; Leave; etc. - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (185 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Higher disability calculation for transferred state workers: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, qualifying transferred workers receive the higher of two ordinary disability benefit calculations. Their Employees’ Retirement System or Employees’ Pension System service must have transferred to the correctional system under this law. They must also be granted an ordinary d… - Some state workers keep sick-leave pension credit: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, qualifying correctional-system members can count earlier unused sick leave toward a vested Employees’ Pension or Retirement System benefit. A membership change must have forced their move from that former system, and its service credit must remain there. They must also have… - New pension coverage for Maryland health workers: mixed, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, specified Maryland health workers at listed facilities enter the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System. Added jobs include CAMH Associate Supervisor–CI and Developmental Disability Associate Assistant Manager–CI, Manager–CI, and Supervisor–CI. Direct Care Trainee–CI and L… - State workers face pension transfer deadlines: mixed, medium. These transfer rules cover employees working in affected positions on July 1, 2025. Employees with Employees’ Pension System credit earned before July 1, 2008, have service transferred to the correctional system on June 30, 2026. They can opt out by submitting the State Retirement Agency form to th… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Catherine M. Forbes (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-02 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 46 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-03-14 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 139 | 0 | | ## Actions (11) - 2025-05-20: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 777 - 2025-04-02: Returned Passed (House) - 2025-04-02: Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Referred Budget and Taxation (Senate) - 2025-03-14: Third Reading Passed (139-0) (House) - 2025-03-14: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House) - 2025-03-14: Favorable Report by Appropriations (House) - 2025-02-21: Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (House) - 2025-02-03: First Reading Appropriations (House) ## Bill text - Enacted, 2025-05-20: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_777_hb1029t.pdf) - Third Reading, 2025-03-14: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1029t.pdf) - First Reading, 2025-02-03: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1029f.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed) - SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed) - HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed) - SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed) - HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law) - HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed) ## Sources - [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_777_hb1029t.pdf) - [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1029t.pdf) - [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1029f.pdf) ## Related - [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS) - [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS) - [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS) - [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS) - [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS) - [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS) - [Maryland bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland/bills) - [Maryland state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1029-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).