---
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: "SB 286"
citation: "Maryland SB 286 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Bailey", "Brooks", "Feldman", "Folden", "Gallion", "Jennings", "Lewis Young", "Salling", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4170282-7a8d-4de4-8e20-4b2a305a7a54"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0286?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cacb4c53773e960a05f92c62bc3c05bd3030df299453bd02a8cb00b71aea3e7d"
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 286 (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_616_sb0286t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Veterans Affairs - Burial in State Veterans' Cemeteries - Spouses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0286f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Veterans Affairs - Burial in State Veterans' Cemeteries - Spouses and Dependents** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0286t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 616 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4170282-7a8d-4de4-8e20-4b2a305a7a54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).