---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Military Department – National Guard – Tuition Assistance"
description: "Maryland Military Department – National Guard – Tuition Assistance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 232"
citation: "Maryland HB 232 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-09-17"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddd5d617-1bf3-41ea-8908-116df6233fae"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0232?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "fb0b73d2e3fa298c410153cb341166ac708e6d344443dab8eea6ff42e64e479d"
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 232 (2026) — Maryland Military Department – National Guard – Tuition Assistance

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Military Department – National Guard – Tuition Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_143_hb0232t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Military Department – National Guard – Tuition Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0232f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Military Department – National Guard – Tuition Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0232t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 143 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddd5d617-1bf3-41ea-8908-116df6233fae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).