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Maryland committee hears paired bills to modernize state law for all uniformed services
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Delegate Nicholas Kipke told the House Health and Government Operations Committee that two crossfiled measures would modernize Maryland code to treat all eight uniformed service branches consistently for licensing, benefits and statutory definitions.
Delegate Nicholas Kipke, sponsor, told the House Health and Government Operations Committee the twin bills would update Maryland law to apply existing benefits and licensing accommodations across all eight uniformed service branches and to centralize definitions in the state code. "These bills are not changing any underlying policy," Delegate Kipke said, "It just simply expands it to all the uniform services."
Dave Dragic, legislative director for the Maryland Military Coalition and a retired Army colonel, urged a "favorable with amendment"…
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