Maryland Senate Bill 543 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Vetoed on May 26 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-12 - Veto overridden (32-15)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Prohibiting specified institutions of higher education from using information about the criminal history of applicants on admissions applications; allowing an institution of higher education to use a third-party admissions application that contains questions about the criminal history of the applicant under specified conditions; prohibiting an institution of higher education from automatically or unreasonably restricting a student's admission based on that student's criminal history; etc.

Higher Education - Admissions Process - Criminal History (Maryland Fair Access to Education Act of 2017)

Sen. Joan Conway [D]

2018-01-12 - Senate - Senate Floor - Overridden (32-15) (Y: 33 N: 16 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-04-02 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (36-11) (Y: 36 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-03-31 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (93-44) (Y: 93 N: 44 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2017-03-02 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (33-14) (Y: 33 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-12	Senate	Veto overridden (32-15)
2017-05-26	Senate	Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
2017-04-10	Senate	Passed Enrolled
2017-04-10	Senate	Third Reading Passed (36-11)
2017-04-10	Senate	Senate Concur - House Amendments
2017-04-07	House	Third Reading Passed with Amendments (93-44)
2017-04-06	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2017-04-06	House	Favorable with Amendments {774863/1 Report Adopted
2017-04-06	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
2018-04-05	House	Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-04-04	House	Rereferred to Appropriations
2017-03-28	House	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
2017-03-28	Senate	Third Reading Passed (33-14)
2017-03-27	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2017-03-27	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {494033/1 Report Adopted
2017-03-27	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2018-02-15	Senate	Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-02-01	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0543?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0543f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0543t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0543e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0003/sb0543_49403301.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0003/sb0543_77486301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0003/sb0543.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0543_ehe.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0543_app.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/veto_letters/sb0543.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes/Senate/0017.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0543,s-0863&stab=02&ys=2017RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0543,h-1255&stab=02&ys=2017RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0543,s-1350&stab=02&ys=2017RS