---
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: "SB 142"
citation: "Maryland SB 142 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-17"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77098bad-c02e-4c8f-90c1-7b6795da9066"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0142?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "a8e52f1faa525f6c49ceef616114c309e8926e63ecf0ea98af24d9ecbad21b7b"
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 142 (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_144_sb0142t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Military Department - National Guard - Tuition Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0142f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Military Department - National Guard - Tuition Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0142t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2026-01-21** Hearing canceled
- **2026-01-21** Hearing 1/28 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-30** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-30** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 144 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77098bad-c02e-4c8f-90c1-7b6795da9066`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).