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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date"
+description: "Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 720"
+citation: "Maryland HB 720 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Allen", "Arentz", "Behler", "Buckel", "Cardin", "Coley", "Crutchfield", "Griffith", "Harrison", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Howard", "Ivey", "J. Long", "Kipke", "Lewis", "McComas", "Metzgar", "Miller", "Odom", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Pruski", "Reilly", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Rose", "Sample-Hughes", "Schmidt", "Simmons", "Solomon", "Spiegel", "Stinnett", "T. Morgan", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Turner", "Wims", "Wolek", "Woods"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32c84397-42aa-4f83-8e02-04b0e53273b0"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0720?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "fb4cbb5bc238ff674bbd87538ffaaed63b4536e385423c40731ee97736ce79b0"
+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 720 (2026) — Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_58_hb0720t.pdf)
+2. **First - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0720f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0720t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Arentz — primary (person)
+- Behler — primary (person)
+- Buckel — primary (person)
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Coley — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Harrison — primary (person)
+- Hartman — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — primary (person)
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- J. Long — primary (person)
+- Kipke — primary (person)
+- Lewis — primary (person)
+- McComas — primary (person)
+- Metzgar — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Odom — primary (person)
+- Pasteur — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Pruski — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+- Roberson — primary (person)
+- Roberts — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
+- Schmidt — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Spiegel — primary (person)
+- Stinnett — primary (person)
+- T. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Taveras — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Turner — primary (person)
+- Wims — primary (person)
+- Wolek — primary (person)
+- Woods — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-20** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-02-20** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 58 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32c84397-42aa-4f83-8e02-04b0e53273b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+