---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland National Guard - Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program - Alterations"
description: "Maryland National Guard - Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 697"
citation: "Maryland SB 697 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Ellis", "Gile", "Hershey", "Klausmeier", "Lam", "Ready"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55890342-5bf7-4522-a2af-11a0b14852db"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0697?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5d23efa0cb37d5cd7068862bed93d864dfc9bd0667b64ad41dd7b5f98fd79875"
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 697 (2024) — Maryland National Guard - Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program - Alterations

## 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 - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_745_sb0697t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland National Guard - Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0697f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland National Guard - Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0697t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `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 Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-27** Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 745 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55890342-5bf7-4522-a2af-11a0b14852db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).