Public Health - Buprenorphine - Training Grant Program and Workgroup [HB-1131]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Mental Health ]
Establishing the Buprenorphine Training Grant Program to assist counties with offsetting the cost of training paramedics to administer buprenorphine; including the Program as an authorized use of funding from the Opioid Restitution Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $50,000 from the Opioid Restitution Fund for the Program; and requiring the Maryland Office of Overdose Response to convene a workgroup to study access to buprenorphine in the State.
HB-1131: Public Health - Buprenorphine - Training Grant Program and Workgroup
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 759 on 05/20/2025
Higher Education - Private Career Schools - Advertising [HB-1138]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Higher Education to allow certain private career schools to advertise certain information and collect contact information from potential new students before receiving a certificate of approval from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to operate a private career school in the State under certain circumstances; requiring an approved private career school to advertise only information relating to the opening of the private career school and include a certain disclosure; etc.
HB-1138: Higher Education - Private Career Schools - Advertising
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2025
Maryland Higher Education Commission - Maryland College Aid Processing System - Applications [HB-1090]
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[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Student Loans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to add a certain question to the Maryland College Aid Processing System application asking if the applicant has missed a meal in the previous 6 months because of an inability to afford a meal; and prohibiting the Commission from requiring a student to answer the question.
HB-1090: Maryland Higher Education Commission - Maryland College Aid Processing System - Applications
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
Higher Education – High Impact Economic Development Activities – Alterations [HB-1054]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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 employees; requiring the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland to report the amount of State or University funds used on each high impact economic development activity, the net benefit of each activity, and whether the activity is in the best interest of the State; and making a high impact economic development activity subject to State procurement law.
HB-1054: Higher Education – High Impact Economic Development Activities – Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Renaming and Funding [HB-1114]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Renaming the Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program to be the Public Service Internship Scholarship Program; adding services in transportation and other fields within State or local government to the list of certain criteria for which an eligible student must be given priority for participation in the Program; and requiring that the Governor include in the annual budget bill an appropriation for the Program sufficient to provide a certain number of internships.
HB-1114: Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Renaming and Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
Nuclear Workforce Development & Education Program [SB-120]
[Education ]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Concerning promoting workforce development opportunities in Colorado's nuclear sector, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
SB-120: Nuclear Workforce Development & Education Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet
House Committee On Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed on 05/13/2025
Criminal Law - Distribution of Students' Personal Information - Prohibition [SB-889]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Education ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from distributing personal identifying information or images of a student enrolled in an institution of secondary education or an institution of postsecondary education with intent or knowledge that the information will be used to harm the student or with reckless disregard for the risk the information will be used to harm the student; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to imprisonment of up to 1 year or a fine of up to $5,000 or both.
SB-889: Criminal Law - Distribution of Students' Personal Information - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Education - High School Class Rankings and Guaranteed Admissions to Public Senior Institutions of Higher Education [SB-899]
[Education ]
Requiring, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, certain high schools to prepare, in a certain manner, a class ranking of each student who completes grade 11 to establish rankings for use in a certain guaranteed admissions process to certain public senior institutions of higher education in the State; and requiring, beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year, public senior institutions of higher education to establish a certain process for accepting high school students who apply under a guaranteed admission policy.
SB-899: Education - High School Class Rankings and Guaranteed Admissions to Public Senior Institutions of Higher Education
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
Institutions of Higher Education - Dually Enrolled Students - Alterations [SB-879]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the definition of "dually enrolled student" to include a nonpublic secondary school student and a home school student to be eligible to apply for the Part-Time Grant Program and the Early College Access Grant.
SB-879: Institutions of Higher Education - Dually Enrolled Students - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act) [SB-847]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.
SB-847: Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
You have voted SB-847: Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act).
Immigration Enforcement - Sensitive Locations - Access, Guidance, and Policies (Protecting Sensitive Locations Act) [SB-828]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Libraries ]
Prohibiting certain schools, libraries, and units of State government that operate at certain sensitive locations from allowing certain federal personnel to access certain areas, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the Attorney General to develop guidance regarding immigration enforcement at certain sensitive locations and guidance regarding individuals interacting with certain federal personnel; and requiring certain schools, libraries and units of State government to adopt policies consistent with the guidelines.
Real Estate Appraisers - Licensure and Certification - Qualifications [HB-1021]
[Real Estate ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting the State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors from requiring an applicant to hold a bachelor's degree or higher to qualify for a certain certification or licensure as a real estate appraiser.
HB-1021: Real Estate Appraisers - Licensure and Certification - Qualifications
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 341 on 05/06/2025
Higher Education - Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program - Alterations [SB-789]
[Education ]
[Food ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to designate certain private institutions of higher education as hunger-free campuses; prohibiting a 4-year or 2-year private institution of higher education or a regional higher education center operated by a private nonprofit institution of higher education from being eligible to receive grant funding under the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program; and authorizing the Governor in certain fiscal years to include $150,000 in the annual budget bill for the Program.
SB-789: Higher Education - Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 322 on 05/06/2025
Howard Community College - Board of Trustees, Meetings, and Contracts - Alterations Ho. Co. 1-25 [SB-813]
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[Community Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Adding two members to the Board of Community College Trustees for Howard County; requiring each meeting of the Board to allow for public comment; requiring the Board to make a video or audio recording of its meetings which are to be made available on the Board's website; requiring Board members to undergo certain training specific to Board governance; and requiring the Board to submit a report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2026, and every 6 months thereafter until a contract is finalized, on the status of the faculty union contract.
SB-813: Howard Community College - Board of Trustees, Meetings, and Contracts - Alterations Ho. Co. 1-25
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 585 on 05/13/2025