---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland National Guard - Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program - Establishment (Health Care for Heroes Act of 2023)"
description: "Maryland National Guard - Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program - Establishment (Health Care for Heroes Act of 2023)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 554"
citation: "Maryland SB 554 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Bailey", "Beidle", "Benson", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Gallion", "Gile", "Hershey", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "James", "Jennings", "King", "Klausmeier", "M. Washington", "McKay", "Muse", "President", "Ready", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cfb7693-b035-4567-adb1-e035e11cbd4e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0554?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "108740efeb6de9eff2e6a04c9b06451d2627decb95e39250a4950cc083823937"
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 554 (2023) — Maryland National Guard - Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program - Establishment (Health Care for Heroes Act of 2023)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland National Guard - Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program - Establishment (Health Care for Heroes Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_612_sb0554t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland National Guard - Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program - Establishment (Health Care for Heroes Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0554f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland National Guard - Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program - Establishment (Health Care for Heroes Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0554t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Administration — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-17** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 3/29 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
- **2023-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cfb7693-b035-4567-adb1-e035e11cbd4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).