republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2025/sb-255.md

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Bill	Military Department – Chief of Staff and Aides – Appointment Authority	Military Department – Chief of Staff and Aides – Appointment Authority	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2025	SB 255	Maryland SB 255 (2025)	bill		enacted		3	14	2	2024-09-29	2025-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/813efcc3-ce22-4338-94f3-ba56d8073fe5	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0255?ys=2025RS&search=True	82ae80b49d7a392e216901c9caaab8cdb89520070e3a8797f0db05b8929bb695	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 255 (2025) — Military Department – Chief of Staff and Aides – Appointment Authority

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Military Department – Chief of Staff and Aides – Appointment Authority (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Military Department – Chief of Staff and Aides – Appointment Authority (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Military Department – Chief of Staff and Aides – Appointment Authority (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 132–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2024-09-29 Pre-filed introduction
• 2025-01-08 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2025-01-09 Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2025-02-03 Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-04 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-04 Second Reading Passed
• 2025-02-06 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2025-02-07 Referred Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2025-03-11 Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2025-03-28 Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-28 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2025-03-31 Returned Passed
• 2025-04-08 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 20 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/813efcc3-ce22-4338-94f3-ba56d8073fe5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).