| MD | HB6 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to collect data regarding the parental status of students from each public institution of higher education; requiring public institutions of higher education to collect and report certain demographic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 735 |
| MD | HB3 | Pass | Exempting spouses and financially dependent children of State or local public safety employees who die as a result of or in the course of performance of duties from paying out-of-state or out-of-county tuition at a public institution of higher educat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 798 |
| MD | SB198 | Pass | Requiring Prince George's Community College, in consultation with certain entities, to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study and program design assessment for aerospace and aviation systems technology workforce training programs; requiring Prince...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 784 |
| 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 | SB420 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to collect data regarding the parental status of students from each public institution of higher education; requiring public institutions of higher education to collect and report certain demographic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 734 |
| MD | HB623 | Pass | Altering the definition of "military-connected student" under the Purple Star Schools Program to conform with certain terms defined under State law; and establishing the Purple Star Colleges Program to recognize certain colleges that provide strong s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 670 |
| MD | SB509 | Pass | Implementing the federal Workforce Pell Grant Program in the State through which Pell Grants may be awarded to students enrolled in a certain short-term program; requiring the Governor, after consultation with certain entities, to determine whether t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 724 |
| 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 | SB532 | Pass | Requiring each public senior higher education institution and community college to submit a report on contraception access to the Maryland Higher Education Commission each year by September 1; requiring the Commission to submit a report on contracept...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 675 |
| MD | HB919 | Pass | Establishing the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Grant Program to provide grants to certain individuals with the goal of becoming a real estate appraiser in certain communities; providing the purpose of the Program is to assist in clo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 744 |
| MD | SB657 | Pass | Establishing the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Grant Program to provide grants to certain individuals with the goal of becoming a real estate appraiser in certain communities; providing the purpose of the Program is to assist in clo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 743 |
| MD | SB709 | Pass | Altering the definition of "military-connected student" under the Purple Star Schools Program to conform with certain terms defined under State law; and establishing the Purple Star Colleges Program to recognize certain colleges that provide strong s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 671 |
| MD | HB1076 | Pass | Requiring each public senior higher education institution and community college to submit a report on contraception access to the Maryland Higher Education Commission each year; requiring the Commission to submit a report on contraception access to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 674 |
| MD | SB805 | Pass | Altering certain provisions of law governing the recapture of certain amounts of the credit against the State income tax for certain individuals with student loan debt to require the recapture of the unused amount of the credit rather than the total ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 755 |
| MD | HB42 | Pass | Authorizing an individual registered by the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners to practice massage therapy in the State to continue to practice massage therapy beyond October 31, 2026; altering the requirements an individual must meet to qualif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 192 |
| MD | SB419 | Pass | Authorizing an individual registered by the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners to practice massage therapy in the State to continue to practice massage therapy beyond October 31, 2026; altering the requirements an individual must meet to qualif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 191 |
| 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 | SB212 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempting spouses and financially dependent children of State or local public safety employees who die as a result of or in the course of performance of duties from paying out-of-state or out-of-county tuition at a public institution of higher educat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (137-0) |
| 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 | HB1297 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering certain provisions of law governing the recapture of certain amounts of the credit against the State income tax for certain individuals with student loan debt to require the recapture of the unused amount of the credit rather than the total ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1311 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to assist incarcerated individuals in accessing certain student financial assistance; and requiring incarcerated individuals who meet eligibility criteria for certain student financi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB284 | Pass | Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; authorizing the Secretary of Health to establish the retention ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6 |
| 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 | SB983 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing the requirement that a proposed new academic program be a graduate program in order for the Maryland Higher Education Commission or institutions of higher education in the State to file an objection to implementation of the proposed program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB877 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring institutions of postsecondary education to submit a report on institutional debt to the Maryland Higher Education Commission by August 1 every 2 years, beginning in 2027; and requiring the Commission to develop and publish a data dictionary...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1628 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the requirement that a proposed new academic program be a graduate program in order for the Maryland Higher Education Commission or institutions of higher education in the State to file an objection to implementation of the proposed program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB538 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring each 4-year institution of higher education in the State, by July 1, 2027, that admits first-time undergraduate students to prominently display on its publicly accessible prospective student website a link to the U.S. Department of Educatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-12
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1231 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "dually enrolled student" to include both a nonpublic secondary school student and a homeschool student in Washington County so that these students are eligible to apply for the Part-Time Grant Program and the Early College...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB192 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempting certain religious educational institutions accredited by accrediting bodies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from the requirement to obtain a certificate of approval from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to operate in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-27
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1642 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish a framework for transformative economic efficiency for the purpose of optimizing independent continuous learning and encouraging transformative economic efficiency through the developmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-25
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB19 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program to assist in the repayment of higher education loans owed by State employees in order to attract, recruit, and retain these employees; requiring the Office of Student Financial Assista...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1340 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission as an independent unit of State government; and requiring the Commission, by January 1 each year, to submit a report of the Commission's activities, findings, and recommendations to the Gov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB28 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Secretary of Higher Education to allow certain private career schools to advertise certain information and collect contact information from potential new students before receiving a certificate of approval from the Maryland Higher Edu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB60 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting an institution of higher education from denying access or services to a student based on the student's diagnosis of sickle cell disease; requiring an institution of higher education to provide reasonable accommodations for students with s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB393 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "eligible project"; requiring an appropriation of a certain amount to the Community College Facilities Renewal Grant Program if the Governor appropriates less than $80,000,000 to the Community College Construction Grant Pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB882 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for certain individuals who are employed full-time in a public primary or secondary school in the State and have outstanding student loan debt; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after De...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB383 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Secretary of Higher Education to allow certain private career schools to advertise certain information and collect contact information from potential new students before receiving a certificate of approval from the Maryland Higher Edu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB430 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each institution of higher education in the State that admits first-time undergraduate students to prominently display on its publicly accessible prospective student website a link to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard websi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB478 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "dually enrolled student" to include both a nonpublic secondary school student and a homeschool student in Washington County so that these students are eligible to apply for the Part-Time Grant Program and the Early College...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB628 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring institutions of postsecondary education to submit a report on institutional debt to the Maryland Higher Education Commission by October 1 each year, beginning in 2027; authorizing the Commission to assess a civil penalty, up to $10,000 per ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB421 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting an institution of higher education from denying access or services to a student based on the student's diagnosis of sickle cell disease; requiring an institution of higher education to provide reasonable accommodations for students with s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB208 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempting certain religious educational institutions accredited by accrediting bodies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from the requirement to obtain a certificate of approval from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to operate in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
