---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts - Military Records - Recordation and Inspection"
description: "Courts - Military Records - Recordation and Inspection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "Maryland SB 159 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Carozza", "Gile", "Klausmeier", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-21"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f1e8e56-3bd6-458e-8e5c-90d79ce5f144"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0159?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "63980f418ab2378293192527560b1e74856d1c339367b2f78c07256de3c29939"
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 159 (2024) — Courts - Military Records - Recordation and Inspection

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Courts - Military Records - Recordation and Inspection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_913_sb0159t.pdf)
2. **First - Courts - Military Records - Recordation and Inspection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0159f.pdf)
3. **Third - Courts - Military Records - Recordation and Inspection** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0159t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-21** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ellis) Adopted
- **2024-02-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Motion Special Order until 2/9 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2024-02-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-02-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 913 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f1e8e56-3bd6-458e-8e5c-90d79ce5f144`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).