---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Altering Name of Scholarship"
description: "Higher Education - Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Altering Name of Scholarship"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 289"
citation: "Maryland SB 289 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Augustine", "Bailey", "Beidle", "Benson", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Carter", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Folden", "Gallion", "Gile", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "James", "Jennings", "Kagan", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "Mautz", "McCray", "McKay", "Muse", "Ready", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Watson", "West", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/581cf2d4-f746-489a-ba19-bcdbc8dbcdba"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0289?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "56dc816f33a8f3d528a40338640de9e555bfc35a8dab4787ea20a6cb7e6de83c"
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 289 (2023) — Higher Education - Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Altering Name of Scholarship

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Altering Name of Scholarship** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_733_sb0289t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Altering Name of Scholarship** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0289f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Altering Name of Scholarship** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0289t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zucker — 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 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-13** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Motion Special Order until 2/15 (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2023-02-15** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Motion Special Order until 2/21 (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2023-02-22** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Appropriations `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
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 733 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/581cf2d4-f746-489a-ba19-bcdbc8dbcdba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).