# Maryland SB 0768: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications

Maryland SB 0768, Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by M. Jackson; status signed, last action 2025-05-20 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 776); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0768
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-31
- Last action: 2025-05-20, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 776
- Sponsor: M. Jackson
- 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 (180 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Correctional pensions expand for Maryland health workers: benefit, high. The law requires listed Maryland health workers at seven facilities to join the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System. Covered jobs include direct-care, nursing, security, and supervisory roles. Qualifying service starts July 1, 2024, or July 1, 2025, depending on the position. Newly covered wor…
- Higher disability benefit protects transferred state workers: benefit, medium. The law protects workers whose state employee retirement or pension service transfers into the correctional officers’ system. When they receive an ordinary disability benefit, the retirement board must calculate it under both applicable benefit formulas. The board must pay the higher result.
- Pension service transfers for covered state workers: benefit, medium. Workers in affected jobs on July 1, 2025, receive transfers of earlier state pension service into the correctional system. Workers with Employees’ Pension System service before July 1, 2008, receive their transfer on June 30, 2026. They can decline by filing the State Retirement Agency form by June…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: M. Jackson

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 137 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025-03-17 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 43 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-05-20: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 776
- 2025-04-07: Returned Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (137-0) (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)
- 2025-02-05: Hearing 2/27 at 9:00 a.m. (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Hearing canceled (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Hearing 2/13 at 9:00 a.m. (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: First Reading Budget and Taxation (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-05-20: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_776_sb0768t.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-03-14: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0768t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-31: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0768f.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_776_sb0768t.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0768t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0768f.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-SB0768-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).