# Maryland SB 0692: State Retirement and Pension System - Alterations and Clarifications

Maryland SB 0692, State Retirement and Pension System - Alterations and Clarifications, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by M. Jackson; status signed, last action 2025-05-20 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 766); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0692
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: State Retirement and Pension System - Alterations and Clarifications
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-30
- Last action: 2025-05-20, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 766
- Sponsor: M. Jackson
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: State Government - Pensions and Retirement, Reports, Retirement -see also- Mandatory Retirement, State Employees, State Police, Department of
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (181 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- State police retirement option counts eligible work: mixed, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, Maryland measures State Police Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) service by years worked in membership-eligible jobs. Members who joined by June 30, 2011, need at least 22 but fewer than 32 years of that work. Those who joined on or after July 1, 2011, need at least…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: M. Jackson

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 138 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-03-17 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 43 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (13)

- 2025-05-20: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 766
- 2025-04-07: Returned Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (138-0) (House)
- 2025-04-04: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House)
- 2025-04-04: Favorable Report by Appropriations (House)
- 2025-03-19: Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-03-17: Referred Appropriations (House)
- 2025-03-17: Third Reading Passed (43-0) (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: Second Reading Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: Favorable Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Hearing 2/13 at 9:00 a.m. (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: First Reading Budget and Taxation (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-05-20: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_766_sb0692t.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-03-14: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0692t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-30: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0692f.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_766_sb0692t.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0692t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0692f.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0692-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).