---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Terminology - Active Service Members"
description: "Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Terminology - Active Service Members"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 96"
citation: "Maryland SB 96 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-08-22"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d166eb9-ac28-4164-8a48-4b072791ca11"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0096?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6162b9dc8452e2f9b940e31e52dd99623abe863d54756403f0ffe5d1169df766"
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 96 (2026) — Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Terminology - Active Service Members

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Terminology - Active Service Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_336_sb0096t.pdf)
2. **First - Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Terminology - Active Service Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0096f.pdf)
3. **Third - Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Terminology - Active Service Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0096t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## 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`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 1/27 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 336 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d166eb9-ac28-4164-8a48-4b072791ca11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).