---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland National Guard - Tuition Assistance Program - Modifications"
description: "Maryland National Guard - Tuition Assistance Program - Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 282"
citation: "Maryland SB 282 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Bailey", "Beidle", "Carozza", "Cassilly", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Gallion", "Hershey", "Hester", "Jennings", "Lam", "Peters", "President", "Ready", "Salling", "Serafini", "Simonaire", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b515193f-fd63-46a5-885b-fcdc5d603eab"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0282?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "50d905dc751da05ef82435469502dbf77032623bbe33e1441fdaf6f1b033c111"
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 282 (2020) — Maryland National Guard - Tuition Assistance Program - Modifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland National Guard - Tuition Assistance Program - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_181_sb0282t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland National Guard - Tuition Assistance Program - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0282f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland National Guard - Tuition Assistance Program - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0282t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Cassilly — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Serafini — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 181 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b515193f-fd63-46a5-885b-fcdc5d603eab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).