---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act"
description: "Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 654"
citation: "Maryland SB 654 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b98074bd-14fe-4b96-8fe7-7c9ec3f2cc50"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0654?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e5c97d922602ab25461e53ca1f8e04568789fa1d3b2f723d8a70d99dbf777f55"
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 654 (2022) — Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_73_sb0654e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0654e.pdf)
3. **First - Veterans Affairs - Office of Communications and Public Affairs - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0654f.pdf)
4. **Third - Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0654t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Hearing 3/29 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 73 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b98074bd-14fe-4b96-8fe7-7c9ec3f2cc50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).