---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Maryland Veterans Suicide Prevention Day"
description: "General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Maryland Veterans Suicide Prevention Day"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 615"
citation: "Maryland SB 615 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Folden", "Gallion", "Hershey", "Hester", "Jackson", "Jennings", "Lam", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "McKay", "Ready", "Salling", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2daaebe-cc33-4b99-a1ad-8a0074a4da9c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0615?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "abcfd7bbd60c154fe70d70a4a02adbaa8cffcddb06d26e179836e985649470d5"
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 615 (2024) — General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Maryland Veterans Suicide Prevention Day

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Maryland Veterans Suicide Prevention Day** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_805_sb0615t.pdf)
2. **First - General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Maryland Veterans Suicide Awareness Day** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0615f.pdf)
3. **Third - General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Maryland Veterans Suicide Prevention Day** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0615t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-13** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-13** Hearing 3/08 at 9:00 a.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 805 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2daaebe-cc33-4b99-a1ad-8a0074a4da9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).