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MDSB122PassAltering the requirement that each county board of education provide certain students with the telephone number of the Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline by instead requiring that each county board of education provide certain students with the telephone ...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 60
MDSB210PassDelaying the effective date to January 1, 2030, of certain provisions of law that repeal the authority of paramedics to administer influenza and COVID-19 immunizations under certain circumstances.
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 75
MDSB425PassClarifying that secondary schools participating in the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program may serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school; and authorizing elementary schools participating in the Program, su...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 62
MDSB707PassAdding the Space Force to certain provisions of law related to the armed forces; authorizing military spouses and residents of the State who are members of the National Guard of another state or a reserve component of the armed forces to terminate ce...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 26
MDSB69Enroll
75%
Increasing by two members the membership of the Board of Community College Trustees for Anne Arundel County; and requiring the Governor to consider the geographic and ethnic representation of Anne Arundel County when making appointments to the Board.
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB167Enroll
75%
Requiring that a physician assistant have a collaboration agreement, rather than a delegation agreement, in order to practice as a physician assistant; altering the scope of practice of a physician assistant; altering the education required for licen...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB377Enroll
75%
Altering the definition of "institution of initial eligibility" to include community colleges as eligible institutions as part of the criteria for applicants for the Teacher Development and Retention Program.
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB413Enroll
75%
Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to public accommodation, housing, employment, financial transactions, education, insurance, the provision of public utility services, and State personnel actions.
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB570Enroll
75%
Requiring certain gas companies and authorizing certain gas companies to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems by October 1, 2024; requiring a gas company that serves at least 75,000 customers in its distribution territo...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB581Enroll
75%
Altering the eligibility requirements of the School Construction Revolving Loan Fund to include the Maryland School for the Blind.
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB596Enroll
75%
Authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 each year to the Department of Planning to be used as a grant to the Maryland Humanities Council for the Marilyn Hatza Memorial Strengthening Humanities Inve...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB590Intro
25%
Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability.
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2024-04-08
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
MDSB654Enroll
75%
Establishing a Student Support Specialist Network consisting of certain school-based personnel at each public high school in Prince George's County; requiring the Prince George's County Board of Education to develop a certain template using certain g...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB878Engross
50%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct certain prevalence studies concerning problem and pathological mobile gambling, with an initial study to be completed on or before July 1, 2029; requiring the Secretary of Health, on or before No...
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2024-04-08
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
MDSB1091Enroll
75%
Establishing requirements for each county board of education regarding the provision of the instructional materials that will be used in the upcoming school year by students with certain individualized education programs and Section 504 plans; requir...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB937Enroll
75%
Establishing the Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program to provide grants to local school systems for employees who pledge to fulfill a certain service obligation as a full-time teacher in the State; requiring the State Department of Education to admi...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB1099Enroll
75%
Requiring the State Emergency Medical Services Board, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and implement an initiative under the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program to require that naloxone be co-loca...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB1077Enroll
75%
Authorizing an increase to a certain annual appropriation for certain school safety expenditures for fiscal year 2026 and further increasing permitted appropriations for certain school safety expenditures beginning in fiscal year 2027; requiring the ...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB1106Enroll
75%
Correcting certain errors or omissions in certain articles of the Annotated Code; clarifying language; correcting certain obsolete references; reorganizing certain sections of the Annotated Code; providing that this Act is not intended to affect any ...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB1183Engross
50%
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources and Baltimore City to convene focus group meetings on the establishment of the Gwynns Falls State Park with community members and stakeholders that reside or operate in the vicinity of the proposed State ...
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2024-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB1Enroll
75%
Altering a certain charge that may be assessed to a public service company; providing for the recovery of certain costs through rates; establishing an energy salesperson license for certain persons that offer or sell electricity or gas supply agreeme...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB500Enroll
75%
Altering the qualifications for an award from the Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund to include a service obligation to work in an approved child care setting for at least 20 hours per week; requiring the Office of Child Care to prio...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB205Enroll
75%
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...
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2024-04-06
Returned Passed
MDSB516Enroll
75%
Establishing the Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission in the Department of Commerce to promote innovation in the fields of space exploration and commercial aerospace opportunities, including the integration of space, aeronautics, and aviation...
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDSB541Enroll
75%
Regulating the manner in which a controller or a processor in possession of a consumer's personal data may process the consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a...
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDSB543Engross
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...
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2024-04-06
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB579Enroll
75%
Requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1, 2024, to report to the General Assembly on a cost estimate for providing free breakfast and lunch to all students in public schools in the State.
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDSB623Enroll
75%
Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission to develop recommendations relating to education and its impact on the criminal justice system; and requiring the Commission to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an interim re...
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2024-04-06
Returned Passed
MDSB180Enroll
75%
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with certain groups, to develop training for certain school personnel to identify symptoms of anaphylaxis, asthma, and respiratory distress in students; requiring the Maryland Department of...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB161Enroll
75%
Authorizing each county board of education that has fewer than 40 community schools and that receives funding from the Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program for the personnel grant and the per pupil grant to expend not more than 15% of the fu...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB259Engross
50%
Extending the date by which the Park System Critical Maintenance Fund must be expended to July 1, 2029; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to expend up to $400,000 from the Park System Critical Maintenance Fund for a project that address...
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2024-04-05
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
MDSB33Enroll
75%
Requiring certain county boards of education to consider the pursuit of certain certificates, certifications, or apprenticeships as the equivalent of pursuing postsecondary education and provide a method for a student or a student's parent or guardia...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB362Enroll
75%
Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering the funding formula for community colleges and the State aid program for private nonprofit institutions of higher education; au...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB492Engross
50%
Requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day in public middle and high...
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2024-04-05
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB540Enroll
75%
Establishing the School Mapping Data Program in the Maryland Center for School Safety; providing that the purpose of the Program is to provide funds to local school systems to produce school mapping data for each public school and public charter scho...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB699Engross
50%
Altering the process for distributing the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund to Baltimore City by allocating certain funds to the Baltimore City Comptroller under certain circumstances; establishing an Equitable Community Investment Council in ea...
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2024-04-05
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
MDSB738Enroll
75%
Establishing a State policy that local school systems operate their school library media programs consistent with certain standards; requiring each local school system to develop a policy and procedures to review objections to materials in a school l...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB797Enroll
75%
Requiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB1042Enroll
75%
Requiring public schools in the State to notify students taking the ASVAB and parents or guardians of students taking the ASVAB of the option to prohibit the release of a student's ASVAB test scores to military recruiters; and repealing the requireme...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB818Enroll
75%
Requiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and a certain assessment; prohibiting the Department of Information Technology from making certain information publicly available under certain circumstances; prohibiting a unit o...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB165Enroll
75%
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for public schools and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to develop guidelines for public institutions of higher education to train coaches to recognize indicators of mental ill...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB123Engross
50%
Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; limiting the number of petitions that an individual may file to two; and establishing procedures for a proceeding u...
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2024-04-04
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
MDSB170Enroll
75%
Requiring county boards of education to post certain hearing notices and bid advertisements on the websites of certain local school systems; increasing the threshold amount of costs of school buildings, improvements, supplies, and equipment that requ...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB441Enroll
75%
Expanding the Nancy Grasmick Public School Professional Award within the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program to include school nurses who are licensed as registered nurses, provide health services in public schools, and are employed by...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB592Enroll
75%
Requiring a local school system to provide to parents at certain individualized education program, individualized family service plan, and 504 plan meetings for children with disabilities certain written informational materials regarding the Maryland...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB708Enroll
75%
Altering the definition of relative to mean an individual who is a kinship caregiver for purposes of provisions of law relating to children in need of assistance; altering provisions of law relating to the kinship care program in the Department of Hu...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB771Enroll
75%
Repealing a provision of law that requires a teacher preparation program to require a student to pass a certain assessment as a graduation requirement; altering the requirements for initial teacher certification; authorizing a local school system to ...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB775Enroll
75%
Altering the requirements that certain officers and employees of the State be covered by certain surety bonds to allow the officers and employees to be covered by certain insurance policies; transferring certain duties and responsibilities of the Mar...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB1036Enroll
75%
Establishing the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025.
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB472Enroll
75%
Requiring each principal department and independent unit to create a catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and submit the catalog to the Governor on or before October 1, 20...
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2024-04-04
Passed Enrolled
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