---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Eligibility - Family Members of Veterans"
description: "Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Eligibility - Family Members of Veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 182"
citation: "Maryland SB 182 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-09-10"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8237c4e1-139a-4f29-9d7d-29dfc131dcd6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0182?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0f761dc5f7c7824a42dd172d6bc1092be69c3a3f43aad61dc2865d73d19b73a1"
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 182 (2025) — Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Eligibility - Family Members of Veterans

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Eligibility - Family Members of Veterans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_268_sb0182t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Eligibility - Family Members of Veterans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0182f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Eligibility - Family Members of Veterans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0182t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-24** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 268 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8237c4e1-139a-4f29-9d7d-29dfc131dcd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).