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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Uniformed Services Spouses Act"
+description: "Uniformed Services Spouses Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 721"
+citation: "Maryland HB 721 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Acevero", "Allen", "Arentz", "Bagnall", "Behler", "Boafo", "Buckel", "Cardin", "Coley", "Crutchfield", "Fair", "Fennell", "Griffith", "Hornberger", "Howard", "Ivey", "J. Long", "Kaufman", "Lewis", "McComas", "Miller", "Odom", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Pruski", "Queen", "Reilly", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Rogers", "Rose", "S. Johnson", "Schmidt", "Simmons", "Solomon", "Spiegel", "Stinnett", "T. Morgan", "Taveras", "Toles", "Turner", "Wims", "Wolek", "Woods"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a22f9b2-02cb-4e35-9927-376bc7e1d69a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0721?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "d0317e21427ed68d4e1093ad909de7487faf00b44e1a6f03f473ae4890593dd4"
+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 721 (2026) — Uniformed Services Spouses Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Uniformed Services Spouses Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_490_hb0721t.pdf)
+2. **First - Uniformed Services Spouses Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0721f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Uniformed Services Spouses Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0721t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Arentz — primary (person)
+- Bagnall — primary (person)
+- Behler — primary (person)
+- Boafo — primary (person)
+- Buckel — primary (person)
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Coley — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- Fair — primary (person)
+- Fennell — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — primary (person)
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- J. Long — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- Lewis — primary (person)
+- McComas — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Odom — primary (person)
+- Pasteur — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Pruski — primary (person)
+- Queen — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+- Roberson — primary (person)
+- Roberts — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- S. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Schmidt — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Spiegel — primary (person)
+- Stinnett — primary (person)
+- T. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Taveras — primary (person)
+- Toles — 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 Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a22f9b2-02cb-4e35-9927-376bc7e1d69a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+