Maryland House Bill 495

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-29 - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring certain schools that have an antidiscrimination policy to ensure that the policy includes certain information and is available to certain individuals in a certain manner; requiring a school to provide a certain training regarding antidiscrimination policies to students and employees in a certain manner; and requiring, if sufficient resources are not available to provide training, a school to coordinate with a community organization with certain expertise to provide the training to students and employees at no cost.

Education - Antidiscrimination Policies - Policy and Notice Requirements

Del. Aaron Kaufman [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Jon Cardin [D]	Del. Frank Conaway [D]
Del. Mark Edelson [D]	Del. Jessica Feldmark [D]	Del. Andre Johnson [D]	Del. Mary Lehman [D]
Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Edith Patterson [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Scott Phillips [D]
Del. Pamela Queen [D]	Del. Kent Roberson [D]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Malcolm Ruff [D]
Del. Matthew Schindler [D]	Del. Emily Shetty [D]	Del. Karen Simpson [D]	Del. Jared Solomon [D]
Del. Ryan Spiegel [D]	Del. Nicole Williams [D]	Del. Greg Wims [D]	Del. Jamila Woods [D]
Del. Teresa Woorman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-29	House	Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
2025-01-20	House	First Reading Ways and Means and Appropriations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Education	26	706	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0495?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0495f.pdf