Maryland House Bill 708 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 45-2)
Status: Engrossed on April 11 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-11 - First Reading Senate Rules
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Establishing the Maryland Seal of Biliteracy Program that recognizes public high school graduates in the State who have attained proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in one or more languages in addition to English; providing that participation in the Program by a local school system is voluntary; providing that, beginning with the graduating class of 2017, eligible students shall receive a Seal of Biliteracy affixed to a diploma or transcript under specified circumstances; etc.

Education - Maryland Seal of Biliteracy Act - Establishment

Del. Ana Gutierrez [D]	Del. Angela Angel [D]	Del. Ben Barnes [D]	Del. Kumar Barve [D]
Del. Talmadge Branch [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Sen. Jill Carter [D]	Del. Mark Chang [D]
Del. Luke Clippinger [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Dereck Davis [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]
Del. William Frick [D]	Del. James Gilchrist [D]	Del. Peter Hammen [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]
Del. Kevin Hornberger [R]	Del. Carolyn Howard [D]	Del. Adrienne Jones [D]	Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]
Del. Marc Korman [D]	Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]	Del. Susan Krebs [R]	Del. Brooke Lierman [D]
Del. Eric Luedtke [D]	Del. Maggie McIntosh [D]	Del. Aruna Miller [D]	Del. David Moon [D]
Del. Marice Morales [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Shane Pendergrass [D]	Del. Andrew Platt [D]
Del. Elizabeth Proctor [D]	Del. Kirill Reznik [D]	Sen. Barbara Robinson [D]	Del. Shane Robinson [D]
Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]	Del. James Tarlau [D]	Del. Frank Turner [D]
Del. Kriselda Valderrama [D]	Del. Geraldine Valentino-Smith [D]	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]	Del. Jay Walker [D]
Sen. Alonzo Washington [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]	Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]

2016-04-05 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (135-5) (Y: 135 N: 5 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-11	Senate	First Reading Senate Rules
2016-04-11	House	Third Reading Passed (135-5)
2016-04-09	House	Second Reading Passed
2016-04-09	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2016-04-09	House	Favorable Report by Ways and Means
2016-03-10	House	Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-17	House	Hearing cancelled
2016-03-07	House	Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-12	House	Hearing cancelled
2016-03-03	House	Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-05	House	First Reading Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0708?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0708f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0708t.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0008/hb0708.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/hb0708_w&m.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0708,h-1323&stab=02&ys=2016RS