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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act"
+description: "Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 156"
+citation: "Maryland HB 156 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Griffith", "Luedtke"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-09-21"
+last_action: "2021-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2cc1673-76ce-4b71-a8aa-14b1288a80d9"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0156?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "800814e1aa9da9be33bbe080142dd18dfe16aacc25d28a211f9dc2d124c0742f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 156 (2021) — Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_656_hb0156e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0156e.pdf)
+3. **First - Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0156f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0156t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **106–22** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **108–25** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Luedtke — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-09-21** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/26 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-16** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted
+- **2021-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-24** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-10** Passed Enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 656 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2cc1673-76ce-4b71-a8aa-14b1288a80d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+