---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act"
description: "Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "Maryland SB 242 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Carozza", "Ellis", "Gallion", "Gile", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Watson", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74b9fc96-ee22-401e-ac18-5fc8bc04f978"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0242?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "7779b2c425af4a207d02fbfb35c5d7feca8742778f09a12b16f2e4fec89567d2"
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 242 (2026) — Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_694_sb0242e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0242e.pdf)
3. **First - Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0242f.pdf)
4. **Third - Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0242t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 694 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74b9fc96-ee22-401e-ac18-5fc8bc04f978`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).