republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/sb-242.md

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Bill	Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act	Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	SB 242	Maryland SB 242 (2026)	bill		enacted	Brooks Carozza Ellis Gallion Gile Simonaire Smith Watson West	4	16	3	2026-01-15	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/74b9fc96-ee22-401e-ac18-5fc8bc04f978	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0242?ys=2026RS	7779b2c425af4a207d02fbfb35c5d7feca8742778f09a12b16f2e4fec89567d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 242 (2026) — Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 135–0 (pass) · lower
• Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brooks — primary (person)
• Carozza — primary (person)
• Ellis — primary (person)
• Gallion — primary (person)
• Gile — primary (person)
• Simonaire — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Watson — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-15 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
• 2026-03-18 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-19 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-20 Referred Government, Labor, and Elections Health referral-committee
• 2026-03-26 Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
• 2026-04-09 Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-09 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-09 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 Senate Concurs House Amendments
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 Passed Enrolled
• 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 694 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74b9fc96-ee22-401e-ac18-5fc8bc04f978. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).