Maryland Senate Bill 563

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-24 - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation
Pending: Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing the Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to advance agricultural fairs and education in the State; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring $1,450,000 of proceeds from the State lottery, before being allocated to the General Fund, to be allocated to the Fund; and repealing the requirement that a certain amount of annual proceeds from the State horse racing special fund be used to promote State agricultural fairs and education.

Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment (Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Act)

Sen. Katie Hester [D]	Sen. Jack Bailey [R]	Sen. Chris West [R]	Sen. Justin Ready [R]
Sen. Jason Gallion [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-24	Senate	First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation

HB650 (Crossfiled) 2025-01-29 - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Agriculture	10	2201	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Agriculture	10	2202	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Agriculture	10	2203	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Business Regulation	11	403	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	6	226	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	120	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0563?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0563f.pdf