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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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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: "SB 654"
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citation: "Maryland SB 654 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2022-02-04"
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last_action: "2022-04-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b98074bd-14fe-4b96-8fe7-7c9ec3f2cc50"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0654?ys=2022RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "e5c97d922602ab25461e53ca1f8e04568789fa1d3b2f723d8a70d99dbf777f55"
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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 SB 654 (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_73_sb0654e.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/sb/sb0654e.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/sb/sb0654f.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/sb/sb0654t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
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- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Klausmeier — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-04** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-11** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2022-03-18** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-21** Hearing 3/29 at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2022-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Concurs House Amendments
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- **2022-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2022-04-01** Passed Enrolled
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- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 73 `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/b98074bd-14fe-4b96-8fe7-7c9ec3f2cc50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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