# Maryland SB 0654: State Police Retirement System - Mandatory Retirement Age - Alteration

Maryland SB 0654, State Police Retirement System - Mandatory Retirement Age - Alteration, is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Malcolm Augustine (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-28 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 268); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0654
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: State Police Retirement System - Mandatory Retirement Age - Alteration
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-06
- Last action: 2026-04-28, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 268
- Sponsor: Malcolm Augustine (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Pensions and Retirement, Age -see also- Age of Maj; Children; Elderly; Inf&Tod.; etc, Law Enforcement -see also- SRO; Sheriffs; State Police, Mandatory Retirement, Retirement -see also- Mandatory Retirement, State Police, Department of, Work, Labor, and Employment -see also- JobTrn; Leave; etc.
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (180 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Maryland police get limited retirement-program extensions: benefit, medium. Beginning June 1, 2026, existing Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) participants gain an option to extend their participation. They must have started before that date and still participate on or after it. The extension is the shorter of two amounts: seven years minus their originally elected…
- Later retirement, tighter limits for Maryland police: mixed, high. Beginning June 1, 2026, most Maryland State Police Retirement System members face mandatory retirement at 62 instead of 60. They must retire by the first day of the month after turning 62. The Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) lets members keep working while pension payments go into a separ…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Malcolm Augustine (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-13 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 135 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 45 | 0 |   |

## Actions (13)

- 2026-04-28: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 268
- 2026-04-13: Returned Passed (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: Third Reading Passed (135-0) (House)
- 2026-04-11: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House)
- 2026-04-11: Favorable Report by Appropriations (House)
- 2026-03-21: Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2026-03-20: Referred Appropriations (House)
- 2026-03-19: Third Reading Passed (45-0) (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Favorable with Amendments {993127/1 Adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Hearing 3/05 at 8:30 a.m. (Senate)
- 2026-02-06: First Reading Budget and Taxation (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2026-04-28: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_268_sb0654t.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2026-03-16: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0654t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2026-02-06: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0654f.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_268_sb0654t.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0654t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0654f.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0654-2026RS (as of 2026-10-11).