---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Veterans Affairs - Renaming and Deputy Secretary of Military Family Policy and Programs"
description: "Department of Veterans Affairs - Renaming and Deputy Secretary of Military Family Policy and Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 411"
citation: "Maryland SB 411 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Bailey", "Beidle", "Brooks", "Gile", "Klausmeier", "Mautz", "McKay", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/985c4a86-f1c3-4576-b23b-4e2a3a4dcafc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0411?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "477dab20366e72471163524ce2d46d7f94286307aee70859575b19defcf9a4b4"
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 411 (2024) — Department of Veterans Affairs - Renaming and Deputy Secretary of Military Family Policy and Programs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Veterans Affairs - Renaming and Deputy Secretary of Military Family Policy and Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_11_sb0411t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Veterans Affairs - Renaming and Deputy Secretary of Military Family Policy and Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0411f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Veterans Affairs - Renaming and Deputy Secretary of Military Family Policy and Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0411t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 11 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/985c4a86-f1c3-4576-b23b-4e2a3a4dcafc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).