| MD | HB14 | Pass | Altering the contents of a certain bullying, harassment, or intimidation form to require, if the incident is believed to have been motivated in whole or in substantial part by certain actual or perceived personal characteristics, identification of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 775 |
| MD | SB48 | Pass | Clarifying the type of proposals and plans that require the approval of the State Superintendent of Schools; requiring a county board of education to request and receive approval from the State Superintendent before a county board may proceed with ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600 |
| MD | HB57 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Civic Excellence Program for public high school students that exhibit civic readiness and engagement; requiring a certain capstone project be included in the Program; authorizing a local school system to participate in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 676 |
| MD | SB204 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Civic Excellence Program that recognizes the civic readiness and civic engagement of public high school students in the State; requiring that a certain capstone project be included in the Program; authorizing a local school ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 677 |
| MD | SB324 | Pass | Establishing a direct admission program at participating public senior higher education institutions for eligible high school students beginning in the 2028-2029 academic year; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the State Department ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 613 |
| MD | HB525 | Pass | Requiring each county board of education to develop and implement, by the 2027-2028 school year, a policy prohibiting the use of certain electronic communication devices by a student during the academic school day; and prohibiting the policy from res...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 596 |
| MD | HB546 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to make available a professional development course on educator well-being and flourishing to school personnel and administrators on or before July 1, 2027; and requiring the Department to make the course a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 758 |
| MD | HB575 | Pass | Requiring the student attendance policy of each county board of education to include a provision allowing an excused or discretionary absence for a public school student participating in civil engagement activities; and clarifying that civic engageme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 630 |
| MD | HB828 | Pass | Authorizing the Governor to appoint as a member of the State Board of Education an individual who is an employee of a county board of education, under certain circumstances; altering the number of members required to affirmatively vote for the State ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 649 |
| MD | SB529 | Pass | Requiring the University System of Maryland to develop, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission, certain recommendations for a Southern Maryland Early college Teacher Pathway Program and a t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 766 |
| MD | SB685 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a model sexual abuse and sexual misconduct response policy that includes, at minimum, a communications plan, an e-mail and other electronic communication documents retention policy, a requirement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 639 |
| MD | SB720 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to provide certain guidance on artificial intelligence to local school systems, educators, parents, and students through an online platform; requiring the Department to develop certain guidelines, best prac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 634 |
| MD | HB1321 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to identify, inform, and assist Child Care Scholarship Program applicants who qualify for enrollment in publicly funded prekindergarten, Head Start, and Early Head Start subject to certain conditions; requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595 |
| MD | HB1305 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to include certain additional information in an annual report submitted to the General Assembly regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; and requiring the State Department of E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 723 |
| MD | HB319 | Pass | Repealing the termination date of certain provisions of law that authorize a county board of education to provide transportation to and from school for certain students using a vehicle other than a certain type of school vehicle; and requiring the St...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 683 |
| MD | HB430 | Pass | Requiring a family child care provider who is a member of a reserve component to designate a substitute to provide family child care for not more than 45 working days in any 12-month period while the family child care provider is absent for required ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 732 |
| MD | HB849 | Pass | Prohibiting a freeze in enrollment in the Child Care Scholarship Program from including certain individuals enrolled in certain governmental support programs, children with siblings enrolled in the Program, and children who are homeless; requiring th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 594 |
| MD | SB292 | Pass | Repealing the termination date of certain provisions of law that authorize a county board of education to provide transportation to and from school for certain students using a vehicle other than a certain type of school vehicle under certain circums...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 682 |
| MD | SB311 | Pass | Extending the time period during which a certain method is used to calculate compensatory education enrollment through fiscal year 2028; repealing a termination date for the use of funds under the Concentration of Poverty Grant Program for the purpos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 602 |
| MD | HB1582 | Pass | Altering the school quality indicators authorized for an educational accountability program in public schools; and prohibiting the use of certain indicators in an educational accountability system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 593 |
| MD | SB359 | Pass | Requiring individuals who will have direct contact with children in certain child care facilities to submit to a criminal history records check; requiring the State Department of Education, by June 30, 2027, to establish a centralized unit for the pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 361 |
| MD | HB635 | Pass | Requiring individuals who will have direct contact with children in certain child care facilities to submit to a criminal history records check; requiring the State Department of Education to establish a centralized unit for the processing and manage...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360 |
| MD | HB856 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to register each local school system in the State as an associate member of a certain national membership organization; and requiring each local school system in the State to utilize the Educator Identifica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 362 |
| MD | SB648 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to register each local school system in the State as an associate member of a certain national membership organization; and requiring each local school system in the State to utilize the Educator Identifica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 363 |
| MD | SB70 | Pass | Establishing the MDiplomaWorks pathway as an alternative method of earning a high school diploma in the State; establishing the Program as a method to recognize and certify high school diploma achievement through demonstrated academic and career comp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 168 |
| MD | HB297 | Pass | Establishing the MDiplomaWorks pathway as an alternative method of earning a high school diploma in the State; providing the MDiplomaWorks pathway is a method to recognize and certify high school diploma achievement through demonstrated academic and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 169 |
| MD | HB640 | Pass | Modifying certain reporting requirements, boards, and commissions for practicability and efficiency; repealing certain reporting requirements that are unnecessary, obsolete, or duplicative; repealing as obsolete the Renewable Fuels Incentive Board, C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171 |
| MD | HB238 | Pass | Altering the voting membership of the Maryland Heritage Area Authority; increasing the number of voting members of the Authority that constitutes a quorum from 9 to 10; repealing the requirement that the Authority send copies of boundary maps to cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 123 |
| MD | SB226 | Pass | Altering the voting membership of the Maryland Heritage Area Authority; increasing the number of voting members of the Authority that constitutes a quorum from 9 to 10; repealing the requirement that the Authority send copies of boundary maps to cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124 |
| MD | SB136 | Pass | Applying certain provisions of law governing collective bargaining for State employees to police officers of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission who, in an official capacity, are authorized to make arrests and who are not supervisory, manag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 65 |
| MD | HB222 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring each county board of education to update certain policies to include information on authorized possession of naloxone or other opioid overdose-reversing medication by certain high school students and immunity from liability; and altering th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (31-6) |
| MD | HB479 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the University System of Maryland to develop, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission, certain recommendations for a Southern Maryland Early College Teacher Pathway Program and a t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB700 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing a direct admission program at participating public senior higher education institutions for certain eligible high school students beginning in the 2028-2029 academic year; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the State Dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| MD | SB672 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Prince George's County government to develop an implementation and financing plan to expand access to high-quality early childhood education and child care in Prince George's County for children from birth through 3 years; requiring the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (132-1) |
| MD | HB1057 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to provide certain guidance on artificial intelligence to Local school systems, educators, parents, and student through an online platform; requiring the Department to publish certain guidance for certain g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB904 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring, on or before July 1, 2027, the State Department of Education to design and develop a new system of professional development in public schools for paraeducators and other education support professionals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Senate Requests House Recede |
| MD | HB1117 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Council and the Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs to recommend the use of elopement response as safety tools for certain individuals who are at risk of elope...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance |
| MD | HB1254 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the policy of the State to use public school employees to perform functions for public schools in preference to contracting with the private sector; and requiring, under certain conditions, a county board of education that seeks to enter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1574 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a certain grace period for the implementation of new or substantively amended regulations adopted on or after July 1, 2026, subject to certain conditions; and altering the requirements that the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| MD | SB823 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the appointing authority and method of appointment of parole commissioners by repealing certain authority of the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services and requiring the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
Third Reading Passed (99-33) |
| MD | HB1168 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a model sexual abuse and sexual misconduct response policy that includes, at minimum, certain components; requiring each local school system to adopt a response policy based on the model policy ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB170 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Task Force on Education Funding and Student Population Growth to analyze the challenges related to the delay in student enrollment counts and its effect on school funding and the connection between growing student populations and the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-07
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB267 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing certain policies and processes to facilitate the development of residential housing in the State; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the Department of Housing and Commu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-02
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB627 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Commission on Historic, Cultural, and Civic Contributions in Education to study and make recommendations to the State Board of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission about certain lessons currently taught in public sc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-02
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB649 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Commission on Civil Rights to enforce a prohibition against discrimination and retaliation in educational institutions based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender id...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-27
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB531 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to study existing STEM and robotics programs in public schools in the State to determine the feasibility of establishing competitive extracurricular STEM and robotics programs throughout the State; and requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1059 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a program designed to assist with the accurate teaching of Asian American history; requiring the Department to identify certain courses and materials and make available a certain professional d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1034 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a child care providers in registered family child care homes and registered large family child care homes and licensees and staff of a child care center to complete training on the detection and reporting of child abuse at certain intervals...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1097 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring each public high school in the State to maintain an injury log for injuries that occur during school athletic activities, subject to certain requirements; and requiring each local school system to submit an annual report on high school athl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB57 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Department of Education to establish a process to include a notation indicating veteran status on licenses and public profiles of primary and secondary educators; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To House Ways and Means Committee |
