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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Veterans and Uniformed Services - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund and Application of Laws"
+description: "Veterans and Uniformed Services - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund and Application of Laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 215"
+citation: "Maryland SB 215 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-06-26"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2b72b3d-e852-43f6-b150-1e7b675cabd8"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0215?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "b6c2584469ea8d1da7f6186df816072ed4f5c071d60dcb74b22f8c9fb9850397"
+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 SB 215 (2026) — Veterans and Uniformed Services - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund and Application of Laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Veterans and Uniformed Services - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund and Application of Laws** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_494_sb0215t.pdf)
+2. **First - Veterans and Uniformed Services - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund and Application of Laws** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0215f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Veterans and Uniformed Services - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund and Application of Laws** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0215t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Simonaire — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-26** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
+- **2026-03-09** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `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 Government, Labor, and Elections Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 494 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2b72b3d-e852-43f6-b150-1e7b675cabd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+