republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-720.md

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Bill	Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date	Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 720	Maryland HB 720 (2026)	bill		enacted	A. Johnson Allen Arentz Behler Buckel Cardin Coley Crutchfield Griffith Harrison Hartman Hornberger Howard Ivey J. Long Kipke Lewis McComas Metzgar Miller Odom Pasteur Patterson Pruski Reilly Roberson Roberts Rose Sample-Hughes Schmidt Simmons Solomon Spiegel Stinnett T. Morgan Taveras Taylor Turner Wims Wolek Woods	3	14	1	2026-02-02	2026-04-14	openstates	ocd-bill/32c84397-42aa-4f83-8e02-04b0e53273b0	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0720?ys=2026RS	fb4cbb5bc238ff674bbd87538ffaaed63b4536e385423c40731ee97736ce79b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 720 (2026) — Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 135–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Johnson — primary (person)
• Allen — primary (person)
• Arentz — primary (person)
• Behler — primary (person)
• Buckel — primary (person)
• Cardin — primary (person)
• Coley — primary (person)
• Crutchfield — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Harrison — primary (person)
• Hartman — primary (person)
• Hornberger — primary (person)
• Howard — primary (person)
• Ivey — primary (person)
• J. Long — primary (person)
• Kipke — primary (person)
• Lewis — primary (person)
• McComas — primary (person)
• Metzgar — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Odom — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Pruski — primary (person)
• Reilly — primary (person)
• Roberson — primary (person)
• Roberts — primary (person)
• Rose — primary (person)
• Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
• Schmidt — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)
• Spiegel — primary (person)
• Stinnett — primary (person)
• T. Morgan — primary (person)
• Taveras — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)
• Wims — primary (person)
• Wolek — primary (person)
• Woods — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-02 First Reading Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-02-20 Hearing canceled
• 2026-02-20 Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-10 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-10 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-10 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-11 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-12 Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2026-04-02 Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-03 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-08 Returned Passed
• 2026-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 58 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/32c84397-42aa-4f83-8e02-04b0e53273b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).