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type: "Bill"
title: "Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date"
description: "Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 720"
citation: "Maryland HB 720 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Allen", "Arentz", "Behler", "Buckel", "Cardin", "Coley", "Crutchfield", "Griffith", "Harrison", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Howard", "Ivey", "J. Long", "Kipke", "Lewis", "McComas", "Metzgar", "Miller", "Odom", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Pruski", "Reilly", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Rose", "Sample-Hughes", "Schmidt", "Simmons", "Solomon", "Spiegel", "Stinnett", "T. Morgan", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Turner", "Wims", "Wolek", "Woods"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32c84397-42aa-4f83-8e02-04b0e53273b0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0720?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "fb4cbb5bc238ff674bbd87538ffaaed63b4536e385423c40731ee97736ce79b0"
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 HB 720 (2026) — Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_58_hb0720t.pdf)
2. **First - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0720f.pdf)
3. **Third - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0720t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1350** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Coley — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Metzgar — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Wolek — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-02** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-20** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-20** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 58 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32c84397-42aa-4f83-8e02-04b0e53273b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).