Maryland Senate Bill 511 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on May 6 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-05-06 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 335
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring certain public senior higher education institutions to adopt a plan regarding pregnant and parenting students to include referral to on-campus or off-campus services to assist regarding the availability of or eligibility for certain government assistance programs and any other programs, scholarships, or subsidies that may be available for pregnant and parenting students; and requiring each public senior higher education institution to post the plan on the institution's website on or before August 1, 2026.

Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Student Support Act)

Sen. Shaneka Henson [D]

2025-04-07 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 116 N: 24 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-03-06 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-05-06	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 335
2025-04-07	Senate	Returned Passed
2025-04-07	House	Third Reading Passed (116-24)
2025-04-07	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2025-04-05	House	Favorable Report by Appropriations
2025-03-19	House	Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-03-07	House	Referred Appropriations
2025-03-06	Senate	Third Reading Passed (44-0)
2025-03-04	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2025-03-04	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {143429/1 Adopted
2025-03-03	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2025-02-06	Senate	Hearing 2/19 at 2:00 p.m.
2025-02-06	Senate	Hearing canceled
2025-01-29	Senate	Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-01-24	Senate	First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

SB511 (Carry Over) 2025-05-06 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 335
HB771 (Carry Over) 2024-03-18 - Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
HB840 (Crossfiled) 2025-05-06 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 336

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Education	15	140	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0511?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0511f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0511t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_335_sb0511t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0511_14342901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes_comm/sb0511_eee.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes_comm/sb0511_app.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes/Senate/0353.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes/House/1494.pdf