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type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans' Services Specialists"
description: "State Government - Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans' Services Specialists"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 857"
citation: "Maryland SB 857 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Administrative Agencies", "Committees and Commissions", "Electronic Communication", "Job Training", "Veterans Affairs", "Department of", "Veterans", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith and Waugh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83a0bf04-5d87-4862-85a8-f96e3e9df706"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB857&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "a393d3c617ae6feb71332a3a9fc1cefec9898ff7f221a29d1cc32c58c3e9f599"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---
# Maryland SB 857 (2017) — State Government - Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans' Services Specialists
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0857f.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **470** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **470** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **1390** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Smith and Waugh — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Special Order until 3/15 (Senator Waugh) Adopted
- **2017-03-15** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Floor Amendment {523627/1 (Senator Waugh)
- **2017-03-15** Special Order until 3/16 (Senator Conway) Adopted
- **2017-03-16** Floor Amendment {523627/1 (Senator Waugh) Withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-17** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-17** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Favorable with Amendments {796886/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-28** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-03** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 707 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83a0bf04-5d87-4862-85a8-f96e3e9df706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).