---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernization of Military Laws Act"
description: "Modernization of Military Laws Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 275"
citation: "Maryland SB 275 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Gallion", "Jennings", "Mautz", "Salling", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/082a9059-caaa-4735-b689-793724826dea"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0275?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a970948b72908d9c77a3625e6ef12725ba71af19e8f074ed8f5edb35b2f1bacb"
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 275 (2025) — Modernization of Military Laws Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Modernization of Military Laws Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_253_sb0275t.pdf)
2. **First - Modernization of Military Laws Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0275f.pdf)
3. **Third - Modernization of Military Laws Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0275t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-15** Hearing 3/25 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 253 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/082a9059-caaa-4735-b689-793724826dea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).