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type: "Bill"
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title: "Recreational Equality for Service Members Act"
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description: "Recreational Equality for Service Members Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 494"
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citation: "Maryland HB 494 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Guyton", "Holmes", "Lehman", "R. Lewis"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-20"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02e0738d-af41-42ba-b974-a44c3cf43d13"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0494?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "184ddd370bc9cd274e5b5c9f57dd88c6c6742ef0ebb4c01b026cb2cf76890efc"
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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 494 (2025) — Recreational Equality for Service Members 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 - Recreational Equality for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_266_hb0494t.pdf)
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2. **First - Recreational Equality for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0494f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Recreational Equality for Service Members Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0494t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Allen — primary (person)
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- Guyton — primary (person)
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- Holmes — primary (person)
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- Lehman — primary (person)
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- R. Lewis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-22** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-17** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** Second Reading Passed
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- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** Returned Passed
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- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 266 `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/02e0738d-af41-42ba-b974-a44c3cf43d13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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