republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/sb-243.md

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Bill	Uniformed Services Spouses Act	Uniformed Services Spouses Act	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	SB 243	Maryland SB 243 (2026)	bill		enacted	Attar Brooks Carozza Ellis Feldman Gallion Gile Harris Hester Kagan Kramer M. Washington Simonaire Smith Watson West	3	15	2	2026-01-15	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/93fb875a-7192-49b8-ac07-068e175ec430	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0243?ys=2026RS	dfbef3e238cf212571a59ce19b1f0775b2862d704edd298ec6a8f83d24309c8b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 243 (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 — 134–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Attar — primary (person)
• Brooks — primary (person)
• Carozza — primary (person)
• Ellis — primary (person)
• Feldman — primary (person)
• Gallion — primary (person)
• Gile — primary (person)
• Harris — primary (person)
• Hester — primary (person)
• Kagan — primary (person)
• Kramer — primary (person)
• M. Washington — 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 referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m.
• 2026-02-23 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-24 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-24 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-02-26 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-02-27 Referred Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-03-26 Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-30 Hearing canceled
• 2026-03-30 Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-04-07 Favorable Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-07 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-09 Returned Passed
• 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93fb875a-7192-49b8-ac07-068e175ec430. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).