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Chapter 490 of 2026 (HB 721, Uniformed Services Spouses Act) Opened the 10-point state selection test credit to a veteran with an other than dishonorable discharge

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Expands benefits Opens the 10-point state selection test credit to a veteran with an other than dishonorable discharge.

Amends State Personnel and Pensions section 7-207(c)(1)(iii) from October 1, 2026 so an eligible veteran is one with an "other than dishonorable" rather than an "honorable" discharge, or a certificate of satisfactory completion, naming the reserve components and the Public Health Service and NOAA commissioned corps. The same act extends priority registration, community college support, legislative scholarships and Public Service Commission and private employer preferences to spouses. The Department of Budget and Management’s eligibility page still quotes an older text of the credit. Approved May 12, 2026.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, House
  2. In committee Done, House Appropriations, then Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House, 133-0
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate, 33-0
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • PattersonSponsor, House
  • AceveroCo-sponsor, House
  • AllenCo-sponsor, House
  • ArentzCo-sponsor, House
  • BagnallCo-sponsor, House
  • BehlerCo-sponsor, House
  • BoafoCo-sponsor, House
  • BuckelCo-sponsor, House
  • CardinCo-sponsor, House
  • ColeyCo-sponsor, House
  • CrutchfieldCo-sponsor, House
  • FairCo-sponsor, House
  • FennellCo-sponsor, House
  • GriffithCo-sponsor, House
  • HornbergerCo-sponsor, House
  • HowardCo-sponsor, House
  • IveyCo-sponsor, House
  • A. JohnsonCo-sponsor, House
  • S. JohnsonCo-sponsor, House
  • KaufmanCo-sponsor, House
  • LewisCo-sponsor, House
  • J. LongCo-sponsor, House
  • McComasCo-sponsor, House
  • MillerCo-sponsor, House
  • T. MorganCo-sponsor, House
  • OdomCo-sponsor, House
  • PasteurCo-sponsor, House
  • PruskiCo-sponsor, House
  • QueenCo-sponsor, House
  • ReillyCo-sponsor, House
  • RobersonCo-sponsor, House
  • RobertsCo-sponsor, House
  • RogersCo-sponsor, House
  • RoseCo-sponsor, House
  • SchmidtCo-sponsor, House
  • SimmonsCo-sponsor, House
  • SolomonCo-sponsor, House
  • SpiegelCo-sponsor, House
  • StinnettCo-sponsor, House
  • TaverasCo-sponsor, House
  • TolesCo-sponsor, House
  • TurnerCo-sponsor, House
  • WimsCo-sponsor, House
  • WolekCo-sponsor, House
  • WoodsCo-sponsor, House

What it touches

  • Md. Code, State Pers. & Pens. § 7-207
  • Md. Code, Lab. & Empl. § 3-714
  • Md. Code, Educ. § 15-124

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Official record

Read Chapter 490 of 2026 (HB 721, Uniformed Services Spouses Act) on the jurisdiction's own record