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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veterans – Benefits and Benefits Appeals Services – Disclosure Requirements"
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description: "Veterans – Benefits and Benefits Appeals Services – Disclosure Requirements"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 353"
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citation: "Maryland SB 353 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-09-22"
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last_action: "2021-05-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3673225-0e5b-40ea-99cc-b99cb894543c"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0353?ys=2021RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "14349bafe7750ca7f8cdc52ee66f744b476d85adcce8dce6f6f1320d6fa08031"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 353 (2021) — Veterans – Benefits and Benefits Appeals Services – Disclosure Requirements
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Veterans – Benefits and Benefits Appeals Services – Disclosure Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_312_sb0353t.pdf)
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2. **First - Veterans – Benefits and Benefits Appeals Services – Disclosure Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0353f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Veterans – Benefits and Benefits Appeals Services – Disclosure Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0353t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-09-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-06** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2021-01-19** Hearing canceled
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- **2021-01-19** Hearing 2/02 at 2:00 p.m.
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- **2021-02-01** Hearing canceled
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- **2021-02-01** Hearing 2/02 at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2021-02-02** Hearing canceled
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- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/02 at 2:00 p.m.
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- **2021-02-12** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-16** Second Reading Passed
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- **2021-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-02-19** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
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- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 312 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3673225-0e5b-40ea-99cc-b99cb894543c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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