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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: "SB 7"
+citation: "Maryland SB 7 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Attar", "Augustine", "Bailey", "Beidle", "Benson", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Charles", "Corderman", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Folden", "Gallion", "Gile", "Guzzone", "Harris", "Hayes", "Henson", "Hershey", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "James", "Jennings", "Kagan", "King", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lewis Young", "Love", "M. Washington", "Mautz", "McCray", "McKay", "Muse", "Ready", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Watson", "West", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-06-30"
+last_action: "2026-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3f6d43c-9d41-436e-b7b3-ed59da99f5df"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0007?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "c102b0fe1732b7403e1f2d07a275db13fdef979755524a6c44d27816e7cc2da3"
+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 7 (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_59_sb0007t.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/sb/sb0007f.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/sb/sb0007t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Washington — primary (person)
+- Attar — primary (person)
+- Augustine — primary (person)
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Benson — primary (person)
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- Carozza — primary (person)
+- Charles — primary (person)
+- Corderman — primary (person)
+- Ellis — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Ferguson — primary (person)
+- Folden — primary (person)
+- Gallion — primary (person)
+- Gile — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Hayes — primary (person)
+- Henson — primary (person)
+- Hershey — primary (person)
+- Hester — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- James — primary (person)
+- Jennings — primary (person)
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- Kramer — primary (person)
+- Lam — primary (person)
+- Lewis Young — primary (person)
+- Love — primary (person)
+- M. Washington — primary (person)
+- Mautz — primary (person)
+- McCray — primary (person)
+- McKay — primary (person)
+- Muse — primary (person)
+- Ready — primary (person)
+- Rosapepe — primary (person)
+- Salling — primary (person)
+- Simonaire — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Sydnor — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-16** Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m.
+- **2026-01-21** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-01-21** Hearing 1/28 at 10:00 a.m.
+- **2026-03-16** 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** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Salling) Adopted
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-21** 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
+- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 59 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3f6d43c-9d41-436e-b7b3-ed59da99f5df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+