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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: "SB 243"
+citation: "Maryland SB 243 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Gallion", "Gile", "Harris", "Hester", "Kagan", "Kramer", "M. Washington", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Watson", "West"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-15"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93fb875a-7192-49b8-ac07-068e175ec430"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0243?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "dfbef3e238cf212571a59ce19b1f0775b2862d704edd298ec6a8f83d24309c8b"
+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 243 (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_489_sb0243t.pdf)
+2. **First - Uniformed Services Spouses Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0243f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Uniformed Services Spouses Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0243t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Attar — primary (person)
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- Carozza — primary (person)
+- Ellis — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Gallion — primary (person)
+- Gile — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Hester — primary (person)
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+- Kramer — primary (person)
+- M. Washington — 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 `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-30** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-03-30** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93fb875a-7192-49b8-ac07-068e175ec430`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+