---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disaster Service and Uniformed Services Leave Modernization Act of 2023"
description: "Disaster Service and Uniformed Services Leave Modernization Act of 2023"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 48"
citation: "Maryland SB 48 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-10-06"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6117c19e-6f92-460c-8485-d61bdb3e1450"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0048?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bb3cdbb0b4922e98cd004a10e00a130ec228a0b96606150ad33f1c33372bb4b0"
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 48 (2023) — Disaster Service and Uniformed Services Leave Modernization Act of 2023

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Disaster Service and Uniformed Services Leave Modernization Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_563_sb0048t.pdf)
2. **First - Disaster Service and Uniformed Services Leave Modernization Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0048f.pdf)
3. **Third - Disaster Service and Uniformed Services Leave Modernization Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0048t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-06** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Reassigned to Finance
- **2023-01-13** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 563 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6117c19e-6f92-460c-8485-d61bdb3e1450`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).