Maryland House Bill 699

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-29 - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Health and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Defining "honorable discharge" with respect to any State program of benefits, rights, or privileges applicable to a veteran to include certain discharges based on an incident or incidents relating to a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury made by an individual licensed to provide health care services at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facility or an experience of sexual trauma disclosed to a certain individual at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facility.

General Provisions - Veterans Benefits - Honorable Discharge

Del. Nick Allen [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Regina Boyce [D]	Del. Eric Ebersole [D]
Del. Kris Fair [D]	Del. Catherine Forbes [D]	Del. Michele Guyton [D]	Del. Dana Jones [D]
Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]
Del. Aletheia McCaskill [D]	Del. Mike Rogers [D]	Del. Dana Stein [D]	Del. Joe Vogel [D]
Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-29	House	Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-01-24	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

SB491 (Crossfiled) 2025-01-30 - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
General Provisions	1	109.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0699?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0699f.pdf