Maryland Senate Bill 853 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-5)
Status: Passed on May 13 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-13 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Altering the eligibility requirements for an individual to be certified by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission as a police officer to require an individual to be a United States citizen or a permanent legal resident of the United States who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces and who has applied to obtain United States citizenship and the application is pending approval; requiring the certification of a police officer who fails to obtain United States citizenship to be terminated; etc.

Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility (Freedom to Serve Act)

Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]	Sen. Malcolm Augustine [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. Adelaide Eckardt [R]
Sen. George Edwards [R]	Sen. Sarah Elfreth [D]	Sen. Arthur Ellis [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]
Sen. William Ferguson [D]	Sen. Melony Griffith [D]	Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]	Sen. Antonio Hayes [D]
Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Nancy King [D]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]	Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]
Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Cory McCray [D]	Sen. Thomas Miller [D]
Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam [D]	Sen. Obie Patterson [D]	Sen. Douglas Peters [D]	Sen. Paul Pinsky [D]
Sen. Edward Reilly [R]	Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]	Sen. Johnny Salling [R]	Sen. William Smith [D]
Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]	Sen. Chris West [R]	Sen. Ronald Young [D]
Sen. Robert Zirkin [D]	Sen. Craig Zucker [D]

2019-03-23 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (107-30) (Y: 107 N: 30 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-03-16 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (45-0) (Y: 46 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-13	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490
2019-04-03	Senate	Returned Passed
2019-04-02	House	Third Reading Passed (107-30)
2019-03-29	House	Second Reading Passed
2019-03-29	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2019-03-29	House	Favorable Report by Judiciary
2019-03-19	House	Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-03-19	House	First Reading Judiciary
2019-03-18	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2019-03-18	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {178772/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2019-02-06	Senate	Hearing 2/20 at 12:00 p.m.
2019-02-04	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

SB853 (Carry Over) 2019-05-13 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0853?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0853f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0853t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/Chapters_noln/CH_490_sb0853t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0003/sb0853_17877201.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0003/sb0853.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0853_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/Senate/0643.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0853_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/House/1086.pdf