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type: "Bill"
title: "Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland"
description: "Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 448"
citation: "Maryland SB 448 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Feldman", "Gallion", "Hester", "Kagan", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "Muse", "Ready"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2aa863bb-352e-4eaa-a2f9-90bde136795d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0448?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bcbc0ef868afb1961d356b12a054ef21935c3a40aa9c8519848cfb93c6795e95"
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 448 (2024) — Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_434_sb0448e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Study on African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0448e.pdf)
3. **First - Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0448f.pdf)
4. **Third - Study on African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0448t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **1390** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-22** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2024-04-03** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kagan, M. Washington and Gallion)
- **2024-04-03** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2024-04-03** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kagan, M. Washington and Gallion)
- **2024-04-03** House Refuses Recede
- **2024-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 434 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2aa863bb-352e-4eaa-a2f9-90bde136795d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).