republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2022/hb-279.md

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Bill	Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act	Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2022	HB 279	Maryland HB 279 (2022)	bill		enacted	Bagnall Bartlett Belcastro Bhandari Carr Charles Chisholm Crosby Cullison Henson Hill Johnson K. Young Kaiser Kelly Kerr Kipke Krebs Landis Love Morgan Patterson Pena-Melnyk R. Jones R. Lewis Reilly Rogers Rosenberg Saab Sample-Hughes Szeliga Williams	4	17	3	2022-01-17	2022-04-12	openstates	ocd-bill/de4e20b0-1917-4b36-80cb-bebedbff88fa	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0279?ys=2022RS&search=True	423554eaf7d3b01be4f905db56473c4644001a007c349afa2a309fe639ec9d63	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 279 (2022) — Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Veterans Affairs - Office of Communications and Public Affairs - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 138–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 129–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bagnall — primary (person)
• Bartlett — primary (person)
• Belcastro — primary (person)
• Bhandari — primary (person)
• Carr — primary (person)
• Charles — primary (person)
• Chisholm — primary (person)
• Crosby — primary (person)
• Cullison — primary (person)
• Henson — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• K. Young — primary (person)
• Kaiser — primary (person)
• Kelly — primary (person)
• Kerr — primary (person)
• Kipke — primary (person)
• Krebs — primary (person)
• Landis — primary (person)
• Love — primary (person)
• Morgan — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
• R. Jones — primary (person)
• R. Lewis — primary (person)
• Reilly — primary (person)
• Rogers — primary (person)
• Rosenberg — primary (person)
• Saab — primary (person)
• Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
• Szeliga — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-17 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2022-01-18 Hearing 2/08 at 2:30 p.m.
• 2022-01-25 Hearing canceled
• 2022-01-25 Hearing 2/08 at 3:00 p.m.
• 2022-02-21 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-22 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-22 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2022-02-24 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2022-02-25 Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2022-03-29 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-29 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-29 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2022-03-31 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2022-04-07 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2022-04-07 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2022-04-07 Passed Enrolled
• 2022-04-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de4e20b0-1917-4b36-80cb-bebedbff88fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).