---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniformed Services Spouses Act"
description: "Uniformed Services Spouses Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 721"
citation: "Maryland HB 721 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Acevero", "Allen", "Arentz", "Bagnall", "Behler", "Boafo", "Buckel", "Cardin", "Coley", "Crutchfield", "Fair", "Fennell", "Griffith", "Hornberger", "Howard", "Ivey", "J. Long", "Kaufman", "Lewis", "McComas", "Miller", "Odom", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Pruski", "Queen", "Reilly", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Rogers", "Rose", "S. Johnson", "Schmidt", "Simmons", "Solomon", "Spiegel", "Stinnett", "T. Morgan", "Taveras", "Toles", "Turner", "Wims", "Wolek", "Woods"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a22f9b2-02cb-4e35-9927-376bc7e1d69a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0721?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d0317e21427ed68d4e1093ad909de7487faf00b44e1a6f03f473ae4890593dd4"
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 721 (2026) — Uniformed Services Spouses Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Uniformed Services Spouses Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_490_hb0721t.pdf)
2. **First - Uniformed Services Spouses Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0721f.pdf)
3. **Third - Uniformed Services Spouses Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0721t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Acevero — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Coley — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Wolek — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-20** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-20** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Report by Appropriations `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 Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a22f9b2-02cb-4e35-9927-376bc7e1d69a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).