---
type: "Bill"
title: "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Alternative Therapies Fund - Establishment (David Perez Military Heroes Act (End 22 a Day))"
description: "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Alternative Therapies Fund - Establishment (David Perez Military Heroes Act (End 22 a Day))"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 709"
citation: "Maryland SB 709 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Beidle", "Elfreth", "Hester", "Hough", "Jackson", "Jennings", "Klausmeier", "Salling", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ee2b060-cd97-48d7-a740-5d08a73991f9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0709?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4fc4a8078029e6bf41c8207424315a496c65a7f76d5b11940bb806fbe9b19dab"
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 709 (2022) — Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Alternative Therapies Fund - Establishment (David Perez Military Heroes Act (End 22 a Day))

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Alternative Therapies Fund - Establishment (David Perez Military Heroes Act (End 22 a Day))** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_731_sb0709t.pdf)
2. **First - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Alternative Therapies Fund - Establishment (David Perez Military Heroes Act (End 22 a Day))** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0709f.pdf)
3. **Third - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Alternative Therapies Fund - Establishment (David Perez Military Heroes Act (End 22 a Day))** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0709t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hough — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-05** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2022-04-01** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 731 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ee2b060-cd97-48d7-a740-5d08a73991f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).