---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recreational Equality for Service Members Act"
description: "Recreational Equality for Service Members Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 282"
citation: "Maryland SB 282 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Gallion", "Jennings", "M. Jackson", "Mautz", "Salling", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e52dd1f-1e87-41f1-9458-08defd4f5d1a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0282?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9513c81ed551761fd6ec36b48ce54699570e260430d7a80abc0d9c84ea1cf3b6"
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 282 (2025) — Recreational Equality for Service Members Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Recreational Equality for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_265_sb0282e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Recreational Equality for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0282e.pdf)
3. **First - Recreational Equality for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0282f.pdf)
4. **Third - Recreational Equality for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0282t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- M. Jackson — 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 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 265 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e52dd1f-1e87-41f1-9458-08defd4f5d1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).