---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Display of the POW/MIA Flag on State Building Grounds"
description: "State Government - Display of the POW/MIA Flag on State Building Grounds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 579"
citation: "Maryland SB 579 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Armed Forces", "Flags", "General Services", "Department of", "Public Buildings and Facilities", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathias"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1c27989-b104-4448-a664-106cc8fce6af"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB579&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "10c20edd5d5800252a6a944fbb7841e521482aa1f7483d0cebdccc2d86786691"
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 579 (2017) — State Government - Display of the POW/MIA Flag on State Building Grounds

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0579f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · legislature
- Favorable — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mathias — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- DeGrange — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Salling — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Waugh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-02** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted (44-0) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-06** Third Reading Passed (42-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2017-04-08** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 675 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1c27989-b104-4448-a664-106cc8fce6af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).