Maryland Senate Bill 781 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-4)
Status: Passed on April 26 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-26 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 232
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Establishing the Maryland Seal of Biliteracy Program; providing for the purpose of the Program; providing that participation in the Program by a local school system is voluntary; providing that, beginning with the graduating class of 2017, specified eligible students shall receive the Maryland Seal of Biliteracy affixed to a diploma or transcript under specified circumstances; requiring the State Board of Education to establish specified criteria and requirements on or before October 1, 2016; etc.

Education - Maryland Seal of Biliteracy Act - Establishment

Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]	Sen. Gail Bates [R]	Sen. Joan Conway [D]	Sen. William Ferguson [D]
Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]	Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]	Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]
Sen. Richard Madaleno [D]	Sen. Roger Manno [D]	Sen. Douglas Peters [D]	Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]
Sen. Jamin Raskin [D]	Sen. Johnny Salling [R]	Sen. Bryan Simonaire [R]	Sen. Stephen Waugh [R]

2016-04-05 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (136-5) (Y: 136 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-03 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-26	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 232
2016-04-11	Senate	Returned Passed
2016-04-11	House	Third Reading Passed (136-5)
2016-04-09	House	Second Reading Passed
2016-04-09	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2016-04-09	House	Favorable Report by Ways and Means
2016-03-24	House	Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-03-04	House	First Reading Ways and Means
2016-03-03	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2016-03-01	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2016-03-01	Senate	Favorable Report Adopted
2016-02-29	Senate	Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2016-02-24	Senate	Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-05	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0781?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0781f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0781t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/Chapters_noln/CH_232_sb0781t.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0001/sb0781.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0781_ehe.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0781_w&m.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0781,s-0387&stab=02&ys=2016RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0781,h-1337&stab=02&ys=2016RS