---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Veterans' Cemeteries - Interment"
description: "State Veterans' Cemeteries - Interment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Maryland SB 46 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-08-22"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8237123-7313-4bf6-8d01-8a8d604ff760"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0046?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d6f9e8b894b492065c1edd34b8f03c9b1fc74c007edf031af9934ecf9259d488"
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 46 (2026) — State Veterans' Cemeteries - Interment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Veterans' Cemeteries - Interment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_495_sb0046t.pdf)
2. **First - State Veterans' Cemeteries - Interment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0046f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Veterans' Cemeteries - Interment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0046t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-08-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-02-10** Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2026-02-11** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-02-11** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 495 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8237123-7313-4bf6-8d01-8a8d604ff760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).