---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families"
description: "Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 88"
citation: "Maryland SB 88 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Feldman", "Gallion", "Gile", "Hester", "Kagan", "Klausmeier", "Lewis Young", "Simonaire", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-15"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d031b4c-43cd-4959-bcb3-14156bd760aa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0088?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cb2b403f612a6e79e6058d3e69a81c4b338f25d2f4f6a27b029c496a34cdfebf"
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 88 (2024) — Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_10_sb0088t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0088f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0088t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-15** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/18 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-01-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-02** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 10 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d031b4c-43cd-4959-bcb3-14156bd760aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).