---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act"
description: "Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 156"
citation: "Maryland HB 156 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffith", "Luedtke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-09-21"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2cc1673-76ce-4b71-a8aa-14b1288a80d9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0156?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "800814e1aa9da9be33bbe080142dd18dfe16aacc25d28a211f9dc2d124c0742f"
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 HB 156 (2021) — Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_656_hb0156e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0156e.pdf)
3. **First - Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0156f.pdf)
4. **Third - Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0156t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **106–22** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **108–25** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Griffith — primary (person)
- Luedtke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-21** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted
- **2021-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 656 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2cc1673-76ce-4b71-a8aa-14b1288a80d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).