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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act"
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description: "Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 279"
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citation: "Maryland HB 279 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Bartlett", "Belcastro", "Bhandari", "Carr", "Charles", "Chisholm", "Crosby", "Cullison", "Henson", "Hill", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kaiser", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Krebs", "Landis", "Love", "Morgan", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Jones", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rogers", "Rosenberg", "Saab", "Sample-Hughes", "Szeliga", "Williams"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2022-01-17"
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last_action: "2022-04-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de4e20b0-1917-4b36-80cb-bebedbff88fa"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0279?ys=2022RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "423554eaf7d3b01be4f905db56473c4644001a007c349afa2a309fe639ec9d63"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 279 (2022) — Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_72_hb0279e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0279e.pdf)
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3. **First - Veterans Affairs - Office of Communications and Public Affairs - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0279f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Veterans Affairs - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Veterans Advocacy and Education Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0279t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Bartlett — primary (person)
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- Belcastro — primary (person)
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- Bhandari — primary (person)
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- Carr — primary (person)
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- Charles — primary (person)
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- Chisholm — primary (person)
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- Crosby — primary (person)
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- Cullison — primary (person)
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- Henson — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Johnson — primary (person)
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- K. Young — primary (person)
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- Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Kelly — primary (person)
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- Kerr — primary (person)
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- Kipke — primary (person)
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- Krebs — primary (person)
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- Landis — primary (person)
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- Love — primary (person)
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- Morgan — primary (person)
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- Patterson — primary (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
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- R. Jones — primary (person)
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- R. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Reilly — primary (person)
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- Rogers — primary (person)
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- Rosenberg — primary (person)
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- Saab — primary (person)
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- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
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- Szeliga — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-17** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-18** Hearing 2/08 at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2022-01-25** Hearing canceled
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- **2022-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 3:00 p.m.
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- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2022-02-25** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** Passed Enrolled
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- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de4e20b0-1917-4b36-80cb-bebedbff88fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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