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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act"
+description: "Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 242"
+citation: "Maryland SB 242 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Carozza", "Ellis", "Gallion", "Gile", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Watson", "West"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-15"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74b9fc96-ee22-401e-ac18-5fc8bc04f978"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0242?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "7779b2c425af4a207d02fbfb35c5d7feca8742778f09a12b16f2e4fec89567d2"
+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 242 (2026) — Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_694_sb0242e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0242e.pdf)
+3. **First - Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0242f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0242t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- Carozza — primary (person)
+- Ellis — primary (person)
+- Gallion — primary (person)
+- Gile — primary (person)
+- Simonaire — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-15** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
+- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-20** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 694 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74b9fc96-ee22-401e-ac18-5fc8bc04f978`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+