---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans and Uniformed Services - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund and Application of Laws"
description: "Veterans and Uniformed Services - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund and Application of Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 215"
citation: "Maryland SB 215 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-26"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2b72b3d-e852-43f6-b150-1e7b675cabd8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0215?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "b6c2584469ea8d1da7f6186df816072ed4f5c071d60dcb74b22f8c9fb9850397"
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 215 (2026) — Veterans and Uniformed Services - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund and Application of Laws

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Veterans and Uniformed Services - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund and Application of Laws** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_494_sb0215t.pdf)
2. **First - Veterans and Uniformed Services - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund and Application of Laws** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0215f.pdf)
3. **Third - Veterans and Uniformed Services - Maryland Veterans Trust Fund and Application of Laws** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0215t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-26** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2026-03-09** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** 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 494 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2b72b3d-e852-43f6-b150-1e7b675cabd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).