Maryland House Bill 844 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-5)
Status: Passed on May 13 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-13 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 552
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring each local school system in the State to submit an interim report on the ratio of students to psychologists in each school, strategies to increase the number of psychologists, policies to decrease wait times, and strategies to increase retention of qualified psychologists to the State Board of Education, the Governor, and certain legislative committees by July 1, 2020; requiring each local school system in the State to submit a final report on school psychologists to the State Board by December 1, 2020; etc.

Public Schools – School Psychologists – Reports

Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. Carl Anderton [R]	Del. Lauren Arikan [R]	Del. Jason Buckel [R]
Del. Andrew Cassilly [R]	Del. Michele Guyton [D]	Del. Kevin Hornberger [R]	Del. Anne Kaiser [D]
Del. Eric Luedtke [D]	Del. Susan McComas [R]	Del. April Rose [R]	Del. Jay Walker [D]
Sen. Alonzo Washington [D]

2019-03-28 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (42-0) (Y: 42 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2019-03-09 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (137-0) (Y: 138 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 9) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-13	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 552
2019-04-03	House	Returned Passed
2019-04-03	Senate	Third Reading Passed (42-0)
2019-04-02	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2019-04-02	Senate	Favorable Report Adopted
2019-04-01	Senate	Special Order until 4/2 (Senator Ferguson) Adopted
2019-04-01	Senate	Favorable
2019-03-28	Senate	Special Order until 4/1 (Senator Ferguson) Adopted
2019-03-28	Senate	Favorable
2019-03-28	Senate	Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2019-03-13	Senate	Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-03-12	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2019-03-12	House	Third Reading Passed (137-0)
2019-03-08	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-08	House	Favorable with Amendments {695069/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-07	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
2019-02-12	House	Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-02-08	House	First Reading Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0844?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0844f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0844t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/Chapters_noln/CH_552_hb0844t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0004/hb0844_69506901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0004/hb0844.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/hb0844_w&m.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/House/0384.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/hb0844_ehe.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/Senate/1108.pdf