MD HB372 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-21 - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 25 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-21 - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring specified county boards of education to allow nonsectarian student-initiated voluntary prayer during mandatory and voluntary school-sponsored student events; providing that the Act does not diminish specified rights of specified individuals relating to free speech and the free exercise of religion; providing that the exercise of specified rights may not be construed as a specified support, approval, or sanction of the contents of a specified prayer; etc.
Title
Public Schools - Voluntary Nonsectarian Prayer at School-Sponsored Student Events
Sponsors
Del. Ric Metzgar [R] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2017-02-21 | House | Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. |
2017-01-25 | House | First Reading Ways and Means |
Subjects
Counties
Education, Boards of
Human Rights
Municipal Corporations
Primary and Secondary Education
Public Schools
Religion
Sports and Recreation
Education, Boards of
Human Rights
Municipal Corporations
Primary and Secondary Education
Public Schools
Religion
Sports and Recreation