republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-721.md

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Bill	Uniformed Services Spouses Act	Uniformed Services Spouses Act	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 721	Maryland HB 721 (2026)	bill		enacted	A. Johnson Acevero Allen Arentz Bagnall Behler Boafo Buckel Cardin Coley Crutchfield Fair Fennell Griffith Hornberger Howard Ivey J. Long Kaufman Lewis McComas Miller Odom Pasteur Patterson Pruski Queen Reilly Roberson Roberts Rogers Rose S. Johnson Schmidt Simmons Solomon Spiegel Stinnett T. Morgan Taveras Toles Turner Wims Wolek Woods	3	15	2	2026-02-02	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/2a22f9b2-02cb-4e35-9927-376bc7e1d69a	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0721?ys=2026RS	d0317e21427ed68d4e1093ad909de7487faf00b44e1a6f03f473ae4890593dd4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 721 (2026) — Uniformed Services Spouses Act

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Uniformed Services Spouses Act (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Uniformed Services Spouses Act (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Uniformed Services Spouses Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 133–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Johnson — primary (person)
• Acevero — primary (person)
• Allen — primary (person)
• Arentz — primary (person)
• Bagnall — primary (person)
• Behler — primary (person)
• Boafo — primary (person)
• Buckel — primary (person)
• Cardin — primary (person)
• Coley — primary (person)
• Crutchfield — primary (person)
• Fair — primary (person)
• Fennell — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Hornberger — primary (person)
• Howard — primary (person)
• Ivey — primary (person)
• J. Long — primary (person)
• Kaufman — primary (person)
• Lewis — primary (person)
• McComas — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Odom — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Pruski — primary (person)
• Queen — primary (person)
• Reilly — primary (person)
• Roberson — primary (person)
• Roberts — primary (person)
• Rogers — primary (person)
• Rose — primary (person)
• S. Johnson — primary (person)
• Schmidt — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)
• Spiegel — primary (person)
• Stinnett — primary (person)
• T. Morgan — primary (person)
• Taveras — primary (person)
• Toles — 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 Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-10 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-10 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-03-12 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-13 Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2026-04-08 Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-04-09 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-10 Returned Passed
• 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a22f9b2-02cb-4e35-9927-376bc7e1d69a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).