Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB720: Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date
Status: Signed into law, April 14, 2026
Repealing the prohibition on awarding the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship after June 30, 2030; and repealing the limitation on renewing the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship if the scholarship recipient received an initial scholarship before June 30, 2030.
What the bill says
An act concerning Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date FOR the purpose of repealing the prohibition on awarding the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship after a certain date; repealing the limitation on renewing the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship if the scholarship recipient received an initial scholarship before a certain date; and generally relating to the Douglas J. J…
From the enrolled text, April 21, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date FOR the purpose of repealing the prohibition on awarding the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship after a certain date; repealing the limitation on renewing the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship if the scholarship recipient received an initial scholarship before a certain date; and generally relating to the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Education Section 18-604 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Education 18-604. (a) For purposes of this section, an individual served in the Afghanistan or Iraq conflict if the individual was an active service member who served in: (1) Afghanistan or contiguous air space, as defined in federal regulations, on or after October 24, 2001; or (2) Iraq or contiguous waters or air space, as defined in federal regulations, on or after March 19, 2003. (b) There is a Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship. (c) …