---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard"
description: "Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "Maryland HB 228 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-10-30"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2c6108a-36f0-4f30-9387-936439bd4dca"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0228?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "34e29a8694ad822c152a04a5b37866be737d8791b7923935bb5f4d96e6f6ef10"
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 HB 228 (2025) — Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_617_hb0228t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0228f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0228t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Chair, Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-08** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 617 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2c6108a-36f0-4f30-9387-936439bd4dca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).