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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law - Children in Foster Care - Background Information [HB-649]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a child placement agency to provide a background report concerning a child to a foster parent before the foster parent may consent to the placement of the child with the foster parent; and requiring the report to indicate whether the child has had any interaction with a law enforcement agency, including any arrests, been charged with or found guilty of a crime, been a member of or associated with a criminal gang, or been suspended or expelled from school.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/12/2025
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Gettr Maryland 2025 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Special Education Service Delivery Models - Publication Requirement [HB-702]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring each county board of education to publish on its website a certain list of special education service delivery models provided for parentally-placed private school students; and defining "parentally-placed private school student" as a child with a disability enrolled by the parent or guardian of the child in a private elementary or secondary school or facility, including a religious school or facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 544 on 05/13/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Fireworks. [SB-1615]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requires the Department Education, in coordination with the Department of Health, to develop a fireworks education and marketing program for implementation in public schools, including charter schools, and distribution to private schools.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Passed First Reading. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Issuance of License Near a Place of Worship or School [HB-568]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Dorchester County to issue an alcoholic beverages license to an establishment that is within 300 feet of a place of worship or school with the written consent of the place of worship or school.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Fireworks. [HB-1305]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requires the Department Education, in coordination with the Department of Health, to develop a fireworks education and marketing program for implementation in public schools, including charter schools, and distribution to private schools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Marten
Referred To Edn, Hlt, Fin, Referral Sheet 4 on 01/27/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Youth Mental Health. [HB-1314]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requires that all schools develop plans to execute mental health check-ins with their students grades six through twelve. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. Amy Perruso
The Committee(s) On Hlt Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 02/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval - Revisions [HB-479]
[Education ]
Requiring certain nonpublic institutions of higher education to submit a certain letter of intent regarding intended new graduate level programs to the Maryland Higher Education Commission in a certain manner and every 6 months; and repealing a certain provision of law that limited which institutions of higher education could propose or implement certain academic programs for certain graduate level programs under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
First Reading Appropriations on 01/20/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Voter Registration. [HB-473]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishes a process, beginning on January 1, 2026, for automatically preregistering or registering public, charter, and private school-enrolled students who are at least 16 years old to vote.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/21/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [HB-63]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, requires each public, private, and charter school in the State to establish a program within the health education curriculum for high school students to provide instruction in CPR. Specifies instruction requirements. Waives liability for instruction under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Amy Perruso
Referred To Edn, Fin, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Interference With Access to or Egress From a Religious Facility - Prohibition [SB-287]
[Crime ]
[Religion ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person, acting alone or with others, from preventing another from entering or exiting a religious facility; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine not to exceed $1,000 or both.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Mental Health. [SB-37]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires all public and private schools that serve students in grades 6 through 12 and issue student identification cards to have information on mental health and suicide prevention hotlines printed on the student identification cards. Establishes exceptions and penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Edu, Wam/jdc. on 01/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Interference With Access to or Egress From a Religious Facility - Prohibition [HB-305]
[Crime ]
[Religion ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person, acting alone or with others, from preventing another from entering or exiting a religious facility; and establishing that a violation of the Act is a misdemeanor with a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both on conviction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams - Designation Based on Sex (Fairness in Girls' Sports Act) [HB-156]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Sports ]
Requiring certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools to be expressly designated based on biological sex; prohibiting certain entities from taking certain adverse actions against a school for maintaining separate interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams and sports for students of the female sex; and providing that certain individuals have the right to bring a civil action under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Child Sex Offenders - Juvenile Sex Offender Registry and Prohibition on In-Person School Attendance [SB-78]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding the acts for which a child adjudicated delinquent is required to register with the juvenile sex offender registry and supervising authority; requiring law enforcement agencies and State's Attorneys to notify schools of certain information when a child is arrested for a certain offense; prohibiting a child from in-person attendance at a public school or a nonpublic school that receives State funds if the child has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent of certain offenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 01/09/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Penalties [SB-118]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the penalties for a civil citation issued as a result of a recorded image produced by a speed monitoring system; requiring the State Highway Administration to convene a workgroup to study best practices regarding speed monitoring systems in school zones; and requiring the Administration to submit the findings and any recommendations of the study to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Third Reading Passed (37-10) on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval - Revisions [SB-9]
[Education ]
Requiring certain nonpublic institutions of higher education to submit a certain letter of intent regarding intended new graduate level programs to the Maryland Higher Education Commission in a certain manner and every 6 months; repealing a provision of law that required the Commission to circulate certain letters of intent; repealing a certain provision of law that limited which institutions of higher education could propose or implement certain academic programs for certain graduate level programs under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 143 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Parental School Engagement Leave Act [SB-58]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain employers to provide certain employees with at least 12 hours of parental school engagement leave each school year to attend meetings and conferences relating to the schooling of the employee's child; and requiring the State Superintendent of Schools and the Commissioner of Labor to provide notice of certain provisions of the Act and develop and make available a document that may be used to validate an employee's use of parental school engagement leave.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Higher Education - Disciplinary Records - Use in Admissions and Disciplinary Proceedings [SB-151]
[Education ]
Prohibiting an institution of higher education from using an admissions application that contains questions about an applicant's disciplinary record, subject to certain exceptions; and authorizing an institution of higher education to make inquiries into and consider information about a student's disciplinary record for discipline related to academic dishonesty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing Canceled on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Nonpublic Schools - Transcripts - Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt [HB-184]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting nonpublic schools that participate in State-funded education programs from refusing to provide a current or former student or the student's parent or guardian with a transcript or taking other punitive measures regarding a student's transcript request because the student owes a debt to the nonpublic school.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2025
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
HBCU/HMSI Omnibus [SB-891]
[Education ]
HBCU/HMSI Omnibus
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Lowe
Passed 1st Reading on 05/06/2024