---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date"
description: "Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Maryland SB 7 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Attar", "Augustine", "Bailey", "Beidle", "Benson", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Charles", "Corderman", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Folden", "Gallion", "Gile", "Guzzone", "Harris", "Hayes", "Henson", "Hershey", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "James", "Jennings", "Kagan", "King", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lewis Young", "Love", "M. Washington", "Mautz", "McCray", "McKay", "Muse", "Ready", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Watson", "West", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-30"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3f6d43c-9d41-436e-b7b3-ed59da99f5df"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0007?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "c102b0fe1732b7403e1f2d07a275db13fdef979755524a6c44d27816e7cc2da3"
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 7 (2026) — Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_59_sb0007t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0007f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0007t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-30** 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.
- **2026-03-16** 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** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Salling) Adopted
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** 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 59 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3f6d43c-9d41-436e-b7b3-ed59da99f5df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).