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type: "Bill"
title: "Armed Forces Support of Military Families and Addition of Space Force"
description: "Armed Forces Support of Military Families and Addition of Space Force"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 707"
citation: "Maryland SB 707 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Feldman", "Hester", "Jackson", "Kagan", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ea91a50-5962-46c6-94b5-af0667bce05d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0707?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5457e67dc54095ead179b041f513a77d10664ea8ea54737dd6e2e658afc13a15"
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 707 (2024) — Armed Forces Support of Military Families and Addition of Space Force
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Armed Forces Support of Military Families and Addition of Space Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_26_sb0707t.pdf)
2. **First - Armed Forces Support of Military Families and Addition of Space Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0707f.pdf)
3. **Third - Armed Forces Support of Military Families and Addition of Space Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0707t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1390** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-30** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** 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 Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 26 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ea91a50-5962-46c6-94b5-af0667bce05d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).