---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Veterans Affairs - Burial in State Veterans' Cemeteries - Spouses and Dependents"
description: "Department of Veterans Affairs - Burial in State Veterans' Cemeteries - Spouses and Dependents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 480"
citation: "Maryland HB 480 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Adams", "Allen", "Alston", "Bagnall", "Bartlett", "Bhandari", "Chang", "Charles", "Chisholm", "Crosby", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Henson", "Hill", "Howard", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Munoz", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rogers", "Rosenberg", "S. Johnson", "Sample-Hughes", "Simmons", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a833a5d4-468b-41c9-bb24-d93d0149d3f9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0480?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "537e1f7d4588579a3cab3e515391d03d6e49b339a7975c2f6ea74e1f5d03f295"
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 480 (2023) — Department of Veterans Affairs - Burial in State Veterans' Cemeteries - Spouses and Dependents

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Veterans Affairs - Burial in State Veterans' Cemeteries - Spouses and Dependents** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_615_hb0480t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Veterans Affairs - Burial in State Veterans' Cemeteries - Spouses and Dependents** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0480f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Veterans Affairs - Burial in State Veterans' Cemeteries - Spouses and Dependents** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0480t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Adams — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Munoz — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 615 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a833a5d4-468b-41c9-bb24-d93d0149d3f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).