Higher Education
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Higher Education - Religious Educational Institutions - Certificate of Approval [SB-524]
[Education ]
[Religion ]
Exempting certain religious educational institutions accredited by certain accrediting bodies from the requirement to obtain a certificate of approval from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to operate in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
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Juvenile Services Education Board - Alterations [HB-658]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Higher Education and the State Superintendent of Schools to select a designee to serve on the Juvenile Services Education Board; altering the terms of membership for the Board; and altering certain requirements for meetings of the Board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 456 on 05/13/2025
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Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Student Support Act) [SB-511]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain public senior higher education institutions to adopt a plan regarding pregnant and parenting students to include referral to on-campus or off-campus services to assist regarding the availability of or eligibility for certain government assistance programs and any other programs, scholarships, or subsidies that may be available for pregnant and parenting students; and requiring each public senior higher education institution to post the plan on the institution's website on or before August 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 335 on 05/06/2025
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Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions [HB-704]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Expanding eligibility under the Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program to include certain students attending the Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Wivell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 382 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Adoption and Reporting Requirements [SB-537]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
Applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; requiring certain research facilities and testing facilities to submit to the Department of Agriculture certain information regarding dogs and cats on or before January 31 each year; and requiring a school or an institution of higher education that uses animals for certain purposes to submit a report on the results of certain inspections to the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Faculty [HB-661]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain faculty at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for faculty and contingent, contractual, or temporary faculty; and authorizing the bargaining units to combine into a single bargaining unit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulations [SB-535]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring each research facility and testing facility in the State that uses animals in research, education, or testing to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture; applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; establishing a State Inspector of Animal Welfare in the Department to inspect research facilities and testing facilities; requiring a research facility and a testing facility to notify the State Inspector of certain violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Talent Connect [SB-162]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Talent Connect
Sponsored by: Rep. Jefferson Moss
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act) [SB-469]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission to develop and administer a program to provide compensatory benefits to the descendants of individuals enslaved in the State; providing that any individual whose ancestors were enslaved in the State is eligible to receive certain benefits; authorizing the Commission to seek the assistance of State agencies to develop and evaluate processes and applications; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill such sums as necessary to carry out the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 01/30/2025
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Sports Venues - Reusable Beverage Containers - Use During Sporting Events [HB-639]
[Sports ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Requiring the owner or operator of a sports venue and the governing body of an institution of higher education that operates a sports venue to allow an individual attending a sporting event at the sports venue to bring and use a reusable beverage container during a sporting event.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/19/2025
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Educational Equality for Service Members Act [HB-600]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of law governing education to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 256 on 05/06/2025
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Education - Prohibited Behavior on School Grounds and Property - Application [HB-627]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Specifying that provisions of law prohibiting and penalizing certain disruptive and threatening behavior on certain school grounds and property do not apply to students who commit offenses at the institution they attend or students who commit offenses at another institution while participating in or attending a sporting event or other extracurricular program sponsored at that institution.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Favorable Report By Ways And Means on 01/29/2025
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Institutions of Higher Education - Mandatory Disclosures for New and Prospective Students (Informed Enrollment Act) [HB-611]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring each institution of higher education in the State that admits first-time undergraduate students, by July 1, 2026, to prominently display on its publicly accessible prospective student website a link to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard website; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to make certain data available to institutions of higher education in the State under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Ghrist
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2025
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Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility [HB-643]
[Student Loans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Animals ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
Expanding the eligibility for the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program to include individuals who received a certain degree from an accredited veterinary school and provided veterinary services in the State for not less than 5 years or provided volunteer veterinary services at certain animal shelters for 3 years and to include individuals who provided veterinary technician services for not less than 5 years or provided volunteer veterinary technician services at certain animal shelters over a 3-year period.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 388 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland Higher Education Commission - PAREA Grant Program - Established [HB-607]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Education ]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Establishing the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Grant Program to provide grants to certain individuals with the goal of becoming a real estate appraiser in certain communities; providing the purpose of the Program is to assist in closing appraisal gaps that occur in historically redlined neighborhoods and underrepresented communities; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to administer the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2025
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Legislative Scholarship Programs - Eligibility and Use - Real Estate Appraisal Program [HB-609]
[Real Estate ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Exempting certain applicants for a senatorial scholarship from certain examination requirements; and authorizing certain uses of senatorial and Delegate scholarships for applicants who plan to complete the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria of the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/07/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [HB-1320]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requires the University of Hawaii System to collect, analyze, and publicly report certain graduate outcome data. Requires and appropriates funds for the development and maintenance of a graduate outcomes dashboard. Appropriates funds for positions within the University of Hawaii's Office of the Vice President of Academic Strategy. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti
Conference Committee Meeting Will Reconvene On Friday, 04-25-25 At 5:00pm In Conference Room 229. on 04/25/2025
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Utah 2025 General Session
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Legislative Audit Amendments [SB-154]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Legislative Audit Amendments
Sponsored by: Sen. Brady Brammer
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Higher Education - High Impact Economic Development Activities - Alterations [SB-439]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the definition of "high impact economic development activity" to exclude cost savings related to the reduction in the number of University System of Maryland or Morgan State University employees; requiring the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland and the Board of Regents of Morgan State University to report certain information relating to high impact economic development activities; making a high impact economic development activity subject to State procurement law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act [HB-506]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Food ]
Establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program; establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program Fund to support actions associated with the Program's purpose; altering the definition of "healthy soils" for purposes of the Maryland Healthy Soils Program; exempting certain holders of certain fishing licenses from the requirement to obtain a food establishment license from the Maryland Department of Health; establishing the Water Quality Monitoring Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 430 on 05/13/2025