---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniformed Services Spouses Act"
description: "Uniformed Services Spouses Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 243"
citation: "Maryland SB 243 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Gallion", "Gile", "Harris", "Hester", "Kagan", "Kramer", "M. Washington", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Watson", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93fb875a-7192-49b8-ac07-068e175ec430"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0243?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "dfbef3e238cf212571a59ce19b1f0775b2862d704edd298ec6a8f83d24309c8b"
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 243 (2026) — Uniformed Services Spouses Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Uniformed Services Spouses Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_489_sb0243t.pdf)
2. **First - Uniformed Services Spouses Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0243f.pdf)
3. **Third - Uniformed Services Spouses Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0243t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- M. Washington — 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 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** 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
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93fb875a-7192-49b8-ac07-068e175ec430`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).