MD SB587 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-27 - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Pending: Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 27 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-27 - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Pending: Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission to study and make recommendations relating to appropriate benefits to be made to individuals whose ancestors were enslaved in the State or were impacted by certain inequitable government policies; and requiring the Commission to submit a preliminary report by January 1, 2027, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2027.
Title
State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-27 | Senate | First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Subjects
Budgets
Committees and Commissions
Intergovernmental Cooperation
Minorities
Reparations
Reports
Revenue and Taxes
Standards and Best Practices
State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials
studies
Sunset
Work, Labor, and Employment
Committees and Commissions
Intergovernmental Cooperation
Minorities
Reparations
Reports
Revenue and Taxes
Standards and Best Practices
State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials
studies
Sunset
Work, Labor, and Employment
Maryland State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0587?ys=2025RS |
| Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0587f.pdf |
