| 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 | HB288 | Pass | Authorizing the State Superintendent of Schools to declare a prolonged state of emergency for an event that prevents regular, in-person attendance at a public school for at least 14 consecutive school days, subject to certain requirements; and requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 599 |
| MD | HB168 | Pass | Authorizing a county board of education to consider the provision of educator workforce housing as a school purpose under certain provisions of law; altering the eligible recipients of certain financial assistance and the housing innovation projects ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 678 |
| MD | SB218 | Pass | Authorizing the State Superintendent of Schools to declare a prolonged state of emergency for an event that prevents regular, in-person attendance at a public school for at least 14 consecutive school days, subject to certain requirements; establishi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 598 |
| MD | SB242 | Pass | Authorizing active service members and spouses, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state; and altering the definition of "eligible veteran" for purposes of certain pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 694 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | SB418 | Pass | Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, for the duration of the assignment or detail, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state under certain circu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493 |
| 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 | HB1120 | Pass | Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 492 |
| MD | HB1559 | Pass | Prohibiting the placement of children in unlicensed settings under the out-of-home placement program required to be established by the Social Services Administration; altering the duties of the pediatric hospital overstay coordinators; establishing t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 160 |
| 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 | HB420 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing active service members and spouses, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state; and altering the definition of "eligible veteran" for purposes of certain pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB1438 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Education to review graduation requirements for public high school students every 5 years; and requiring implementation of updated graduation requirements for the cohort entering high school in the school year following S...
[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 | HB16 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the appointing authority and method of appointment of parole commissioners; requiring a new commissioner to be appointed within 90 days after a vacancy; prohibiting a hearing examiner appointed under certain authority from serving for more t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB764 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2026, on an estimate of the total cost of implementing a $25 per hour minimum wage for education support professionals with cost e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1310 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that a high school student who experiences a certain traumatic loss may request the inclusion of a traumatic loss notation on the student's official transcript to indicate an impact on the student's academic performance, achievement, or att...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB490 | Engross
Sine Die | Extending the time period during which a certain method is used to calculate compensatory education enrollment through fiscal year 2027; altering the qualifications for an initial teacher certificate; requiring the State Department of Education to s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB29 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a county board of education to develop and establish income eligibility guidelines and procedures for payment of costs for a post college and career readiness (post-CCR) pathway, except under certain circumstances; extending the time peri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB355 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring that a certain program on the awareness and prevention of sexual abuse and assault include, for students in grades 6 through 8, material promoting the awareness and prevention of human and sex trafficking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1205 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a minimum wage rate of at least $25 per hour to be paid by county boards of education to certain education support professionals beginning on July 1, 2028; and requiring the State Department of Education to report to the Governor and the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB459 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the standard of review that the State Board of Education must use when considering an appeal of certain actions taken by a county board of education; and establishing a limit of 90 days on the duration of a stay ordered by the State Supe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1202 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Education to develop certain content standards regarding the culture and history of Palestine to be included in certain State standards for social studies; requiring the Department to develop certain curriculum guides and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB966 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an appeals process established by the State Board of Education not to exceed 90 days for appeals of actions taken by a county board of education for removal of the county superintendent or a member of the county board of education; and auth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB781 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum resources and county boards of education to develop and incorporate instruction on the consequences of a conviction for felony murder for public middle school students in the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB233 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2026-02-09
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB539 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Education to provide a pathway for individuals who are qualified to be child care teachers, but lack proof of necessary educational attainment, to attest to qualifying educational credentials to be a child care teacher t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB659 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include, as a member, an early childhood development professional with extensive experience in the operations of a child care business and early childhood curriculum and development; and requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB73 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Education to develop, by July 1, 2027, curriculum content for an elective course in water safety and swimming for public school students in kindergarten through grade 8; requiring, beginning in the 2027-2028 school year, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB189 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, beginning in the 2028-2029 school year, each public middle school and each public high school to begin instruction not earlier than 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., respectively, unless granted a waiver by the State Board of Education under certain c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-22
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB103 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, beginning in the 2028-2029 school year, each public middle school and each public high school to begin instruction not earlier than 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., respectively, unless granted a waiver by the State Board of Education under certain c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB147 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, by September 1 each year, the reporting of certain procurement contracts and memoranda of understanding entered into by certain public elementary and secondary education systems in the State; requiring, by October 1 each year, the State Su...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB219 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each county board of education to establish a policy to obtain at least one airway clearing device per school and to authorize school nurses and other school personnel to use an airway clearing device in certain emergency situations; and re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB174 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an appeals process established by the State Board of Education not to exceed 90 days for appeals of actions taken by a county board of education for removal of the county superintendent or a member of the county board of education; and auth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB254 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that a certain program on the awareness and prevention of sexual abuse and assault include, for students in grades 6 through 8, material promoting the awareness and prevention of human and sex trafficking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB116 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the reporting of certain procurement contracts and memoranda of understanding entered into by certain public elementary and secondary education systems in the State; and requiring each local school system to make publicly available on the l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-15
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB117 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each county board of education to establish a policy to obtain at least one airway clearing device per school and to authorize school nurses and other school personnel to use an airway clearing device in certain emergency situations; and re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-15
To House Ways and Means Committee |
