| MD | HB306 | Engross 50% | Establishing the Independent Innovation Agency of Prince George's County to promote innovation and technology in the county; authorizing the Agency to enter into certain contracts, accept grants, contributions, or other assistance from federal, State... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB473 | Engross 50% | Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation; establishing the Baltimore Innovation Initiative Pilot Program within the Maryland Innovation Initiative of the Corporation; requir... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| MD | SB620 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to assist incarcerated individuals in accessing federal Pell Grants for higher education; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to set goals for the number of incarcerated indiv... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| MD | SB691 | Engross 50% | Altering the Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship to make the scholarship applicable to all programs at institutions of higher education in the State; altering the maximum award available, when a scholarship ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| MD | HB771 | Engross 50% | Requiring each public senior higher education institution to adopt a policy regarding pregnant and parenting students using certain guidelines; and requiring each public senior higher education institution to post the policy on the institution's webs... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB808 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Department of Agriculture to coordinate with the Maryland Energy Administration, the Department of the Environment, the Department of Commerce, the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and certain other s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| MD | HB899 | Engross 50% | Altering the Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship to make the scholarship applicable to all programs at institutions of higher education in the State; altering the maximum award available, when a scholarship ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB979 | Engross 50% | Altering the regulatory approach for controlling invasive plant species in the State, including repealing certain provisions of law relating to a two-tiered regulatory approach and requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a list of prohibi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB999 | Engross 50% | Establishing the Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network to identify and analyze options for establishing and maintaining a network of experts in science, technology, and industry for certain purposes;... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB567 | Engross 50% | Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy to authorize a student to withdraw from the institution under extenuating circumstances and to refund the student for tuition and fees paid by the student for a certain semester ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm] To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1522 | Intro 25% | Requiring, to address a certain funding disparity, that the Governor include at least $5,000,000 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the annual budget bill each fiscal year until a total amount of $321,181,312 is appropriated; and authoriz... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm] To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB678 | Engross 50% | Altering certain principles of public higher education in the State to include a principle that public higher education in Maryland should be committed to promoting diversity and inclusion at certain institutions by attracting and graduating a divers... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB811 | Engross 50% | Establishing the Financial Well-Being Pilot Program at the University of Maryland, College Park Campus and Morgan State University to provide comprehensive financial guidance and coaching to help students who may benefit from financial coaching servi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB915 | Engross 50% | Altering the regulatory approach for controlling invasive plant species in the State, including repealing certain provisions of law relating to a two-tiered regulatory approach and requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a list of prohibi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB982 | Engross 50% | Altering the duties of the Secretary of Information Technology related to modernization of information technology systems; altering the authority of the Board of Public Works over certain information technology projects; establishing the Information ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB1120 | Engross 50% | Approving certain projects for the acquisition, development, and improvement of certain academic facilities for the University System of Maryland; authorizing the issuance of bonds by the University System of Maryland for financing the projects; and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 Third Reading Passed (44-0) |
| MD | SB1142 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Comptroller to distribute $250,000 of certain abandoned property funds to the Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders Fund, which provides grants to the University of Maryland School of Law, the University of Baltimore School of Law, and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB1022 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, the Department of Commerce, and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to each have a certain staff member who performs certain duties related to defining, identifying, and compiling data regarding the wo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB818 | Engross 50% | Requiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and assessments; requiring the Department of Information Technology to conduct certain monitoring and adopt certain policies and procedures; prohibiting a unit of State government... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| MD | SB376 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Governor to include in the annual State budget for the MPowering Joint Steering Council to use exclusively on the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing a General Fund appropriation of $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2026, $3,0... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB582 | Engross 50% | Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation; establishing the Baltimore Innovation Initiative Pilot Program within the Maryland Innovation Initiative of the Corporation; requir... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1244 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, the Department of Commerce, and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to each have a certain staff member who performs certain duties related to defining, identifying, and compiling data regarding the wo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1519 | Intro 25% | Authorizing the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland to amend certain policies and procedures governing procurements by the University System in a certain manner; and providing that the University System, Morgan State University, and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB527 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting institutions of higher education that receive State funds from considering a legacy preference as an eligible criterion for admissions standards at the institution; and allowing an institution of higher education to ask applicants for inf... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1020 | Intro 25% | Designating the Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center as the State's Regional Higher Education Community of Innovation; and altering the purposes of the Universities at Shady Grove to include serving a diverse citizenry in an i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB506 | Engross 50% | Providing that a certain required sexual harassment prevention training for employees of Morgan State University and St. Mary's College of Maryland may consist of webinar, computer-based, or online training if the training includes a certain evaluati... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB864 | Engross 50% | Designating the Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center as the State's Regional Higher Education Community of Innovation; and altering the purposes of the Universities at Shady Grove to include serving a diverse citizenry in an i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB92 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to assist incarcerated individuals in accessing federal Pell Grants for higher education; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to set goals for the number of incarcerated indiv... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB539 | Engross 50% | Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy to authorize a student to withdraw from the institution under extenuating circumstances and to refund the student for tuition and fees paid by the student for a certain semester ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB828 | Intro 25% | Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy to authorize a student to withdraw under extenuating circumstances and reimburse the student for tuition and fees paid for the semester in which the student withdraws under certa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1506 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Comptroller to distribute $250,000 of certain abandoned property funds to the Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders Fund, which provides grants to the University of Maryland School of Law, the University of Baltimore School of Law, and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB1184 | Intro 25% | Establishing a Class B-CAEVC (College Athletic Event Venue Concessionaire) beer, wine, and liquor license in Prince George's County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license to a certain concessionaire; authorizing beer, wi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21 To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB1179 | Intro 25% | Authorizing the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland to amend certain policies and procedures governing procurements by the University System in a certain manner; and providing that the University System, Morgan State University, and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20 To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB4 | Engross 50% | Prohibiting institutions of higher education that receive State funds from considering a legacy preference or donor preference as an eligible criterion for admissions standards at the institution; and allowing an institution of higher education to as... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB205 | Engross 50% | Requiring that certain appointing officials in making appointments to the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland ensure that one member of the Board is a graduate of a historically Black college or university in the University System o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1494 | Intro 25% | Increasing the number of Maryland residents from 30 to 42 in the student body of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, contingent on certain agreements. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1466 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Department of Agriculture to coordinate with the Maryland Energy Administration, the Department of the Environment, the Department of Commerce, the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and certain other s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1188 | Intro 25% | Altering the duties of the Secretary of Information Technology related to modernization of information technology systems; altering the authority of the Board of Public Works over certain information technology projects; establishing the Information ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB184 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal single-payer health care services for residents of the State by January 1, 2026; establishing requirements and prohibi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB823 | Intro 25% | Providing collective bargaining rights to certain faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for the faculty, part... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB1082 | Intro 25% | Authorizing a county to enact a local law creating a conservation and restoration fund for a certain purpose; establishing the Utility-Scale Solar Design and Siting Commission in the Power Plant Research Program to provide recommendations related to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1328 | Intro 25% | Authorizing a county to enact a local law creating a conservation and restoration fund for a certain purpose; establishing the Utility-Scale Solar Design and Siting Commission in the Power Plant Research Program to provide recommendations related to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1379 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the University System of Maryland and the Department of the Environment, to establish a Renewable Natural Gas Pilot Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2025; requiring t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB1138 | Intro 25% | Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeymen necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB741 | Intro 25% | Requiring each public senior higher education institution to adopt a policy regarding pregnant and parenting students using certain guidelines; and requiring each public senior higher education institution to post the policy on the institution's webs... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB745 | Intro 25% | Increasing the number of Maryland residents from 30 to 42 in the student body of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, contingent on certain agreements. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1276 | Intro 25% | Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeymen necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB493 | Intro 25% | Providing collective bargaining rights to certain faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for the faculty, part... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB543 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting institutions of higher education that receive State funds from considering a legacy preference as an eligible criterion for admissions standards at the institution; and allowing an institution of higher education to ask applicants for inf... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB137 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship Program Workgroup to study the feasibility of developing and implementing a registered nurse degree apprenticeship program in the State; and requiring the Workgroup, on or before April 1, 2025, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 To Senate Finance Committee |