---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Provisions - LGBTQ Veterans - Honorable Discharge (Restoration of Honor Act)"
description: "General Provisions - LGBTQ Veterans - Honorable Discharge (Restoration of Honor Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1380"
citation: "Maryland HB 1380 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Hornberger", "K. Young", "Kaiser", "Lierman", "Novotny", "P. Young", "Patterson", "Ruth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df5ddcbf-5344-4269-ace4-84f765440993"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1380?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6d26cd9695b08fb516f907229ab084b25aef2e452d92fa09e5a5fcc17cd5526c"
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 HB 1380 (2022) — General Provisions - LGBTQ Veterans - Honorable Discharge (Restoration of Honor Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - General Provisions - LGBTQ Veterans - Honorable Discharge (Restoration of Honor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_422_hb1380e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - General Provisions - LGBTQ Veterans - Honorable Discharge (Restoration of Honor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1380e.pdf)
3. **First - General Provisions - LGBTQ Veterans - Honorable Discharge (Restoration of Honor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1380f.pdf)
4. **Third - General Provisions - LGBTQ Veterans - Honorable Discharge (Restoration of Honor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1380t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **125–2** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **109–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Novotny — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Kagan) Adopted
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2022-04-11** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates P. Young, McIntosh and Novotny)
- **2022-04-11** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2022-04-11** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates P. Young, McIntosh and Novotny)
- **2022-04-11** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2022-04-11** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kagan, Washington and Gallion)
- **2022-04-11** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2022-04-11** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kagan, Washington and Gallion)
- **2022-04-11** Conference Committee Report {
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Conference Committee Report {
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 422 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df5ddcbf-5344-4269-ace4-84f765440993`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).