# Maryland SB 0337: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications Maryland SB 0337, Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications, is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Karen Lewis Young (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-28 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 294); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-11). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0337-2026RS - As of: 2026-10-11 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maryland SB 0337 - State: Maryland - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-23 - Last action: 2026-04-28, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 294 - Sponsor: Karen Lewis Young (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: 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 (171 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Combined service helps covered workers retire: benefit, high. Beginning July 1, 2026, certain vested correctional pension members qualify for normal retirement with 20 years of combined eligibility service. Service can come from the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System and the Employees’ Retirement System or Employees’ Pension System. Members must have se… - Correctional pension coverage for health specialists: benefit, high. Beginning July 1, 2026, specified Maryland Department of Health specialists must join the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System. This covers CAMH Specialist I – CI and CAMH Specialist II – CI positions. Employees must work at a facility listed in State Personnel and Pensions Article § 25–201(a)(… - Higher disability pensions for transferred workers: benefit, high. Beginning July 1, 2026, qualifying transferred workers receive the higher of two ordinary disability benefit calculations. Their Employees’ Retirement System or Employees’ Pension System service must have transferred into the correctional system under this law. They must be granted an ordinary disa… - Former pension keeps workers’ sick-leave credit: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, qualifying workers receive a former-pension adjustment for unused sick leave earned before joining the correctional system. A membership change must have forced them out of the Employees’ Pension System or Employees’ Retirement System. They must leave their service credit th… - Pension transfers change workers’ service placement: mixed, low. The law sets transfer rules for affected workers employed on July 1, 2026. Those without Employees’ Pension System service before July 1, 2008, must transfer and combine that system’s credit with correctional service. Those with earlier service receive an automatic transfer on June 30, 2027, unless… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Karen Lewis Young (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-10 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 128 | 0 | 8 | | 2026-03-05 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 43 | 0 | | ## Actions (17) - 2026-04-28: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 294 - 2026-04-10: Returned Passed (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Third Reading Passed (128-0) (House) - 2026-04-08: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House) - 2026-04-08: Favorable Report by Appropriations (House) - 2026-04-07: Hearing 4/07 at 1:30 p.m. (House) - 2026-04-07: Hearing canceled (House) - 2026-04-07: Hearing 4/07 at 1:15 p.m. (House) - 2026-04-07: Hearing canceled (House) - 2026-03-26: Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m. (House) - 2026-03-06: Referred Appropriations (House) - 2026-03-05: Third Reading Passed (43-0) (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Favorable with Amendments {633421/1 Adopted (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation (Senate) - 2026-01-28: Hearing 2/05 at 9:30 a.m. (Senate) - 2026-01-23: First Reading Budget and Taxation (Senate) ## Bill text - Enacted, 2026-04-28: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_294_sb0337t.pdf) - Third Reading, 2026-03-03: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0337t.pdf) - First Reading, 2026-01-23: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0337f.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 0496: Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - Authorization (became law) - SB 0366: Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishment (became law) - SB 0244: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program (became law) - SB 0148: Income Tax - Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-1 Specialists Act) (became law) - SB 0016: Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits (became law) - HB 0529: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program (became law) ## Sources - [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_294_sb0337t.pdf) - [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0337t.pdf) - [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0337f.pdf) ## Related - [SB 0496: Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - A…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0496-2026RS) - [SB 0366: Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishm…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0366-2026RS) - [SB 0244: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0244-2026RS) - [SB 0148: Income Tax - Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0148-2026RS) - [SB 0016: Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0016-2026RS) - [HB 0529: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0529-2026RS) - [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-SB0337-2026RS (as of 2026-10-11).