SB 48 Maryland Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Department of General Services - Identification Cards - Veteran Status Notation

SB 48 allows Maryland's Department of General Services to add a "veteran status" notation on state-issued identification cards when veterans provide documentation like a DD-214 form. It requires the Department to obtain explicit consent from cardholders before sharing veteran status information with other state agencies. The bill prohibits the Department from transmitting veteran status details without this consent, except as required by law. This affects veterans who hold state-issued ID cards for purposes like employment or contractor access.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced May 18, 2024 Signed May 6, 2025
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MODERATE
SB 48 was amended to add committee approval and adoption status, change the sponsor from 'Senators Simonaire and Jackson' to 'Senators Simonaire and M. Jackson', and update the bill's header from 'A BILL ENTITLED' to 'CHAPTER ______'. The substantive legislative text regarding veteran status notation on identification cards remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Added 'Committee Report: Favorable', 'Senate action: Adopted', and 'Read second time: February 2, 2025' to the bill header to reflect procedural progress.

Changed the bill sponsor name from 'Senators Simonaire and Jackson' to 'Senators Simonaire and M. Jackson'.

Replaced 'A BILL ENTITLED' with 'CHAPTER ______' in the bill header.

Removed the original 'A BILL ENTITLED' text and associated line numbers that were replaced by the new header format.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2025 · House of Delegates Mar 14, 2025

How they voted

440
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 46
Feb 4, 2025
D Democratic33
31 Yea 2
93% Yea
R Republican13
13 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
10
Committee
6
May 6, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 247
executive
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned Passed
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
lower
Mar 14, 2025
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (131-0-8)
house of delegates
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Referred Health and Government Operations
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable Adopted
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (44-0-2)
senate
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
upper
May 18, 2024
Introduced
Pre-filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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