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1 | Bill Number | Chapter No. (nnnn) | XFile Bill Number | Sponsor | Synopsis | Title | Current Status | First Reading Date - House of Origin | Committee Primary - House of Origin | Hearing Date Primary - House of Origin | Hearing Time Primary - House of Origin | Committee Secondary - House of Origin | Hearing Date Secondary - House of Origin | Hearing Time Secondary - House of Origin | Report Date - House of Origin | Report Action - House of Origin | Second Reading Date - House of Origin | Second Reading Action - House of Origin | Third Reading Date - House of Origin | Third Reading Action - House of Origin | First Reading Date - Opposite House | Committee Primary - Opposite House | Hearing Date Primary - Opposite House | Hearing Time Primary - Opposite House | Committee Secondary - Opposite House | Hearing Date Secondary - Opposite House | Hearing Time Secondary - Opposite House | Report Date - Opposite House | Report Action - Opposite House | Second Reading Date - Opposite House | Second Reading Action - Opposite House | Third Reading Date - Opposite House | Third Reading Action - Opposite House | Interaction Between Chambers | Passed by MGA | Emergency Bill | Constitutional Amendment | Broad Subject Name | Broad Subject Code | year_session | ||
2 | HB0041 | SB0088 | Speaker | Establishing a Maryland Promise Plus Scholarship program to provide tuition assistance to certain students attending eligible State institutions; establishing eligibility requirements to include limitations on gross income levels under certain circumstances; providing for an annual scholarship award of no more than $10,000 per recipient; providing the scholarship be converted to a loan under certain circumstances; allowing a subtraction modification for a certain amount of interest paid on student loans; etc. | Student Debt Relief Act of 2019 | Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) | 1/11/2019 | Appropriations | 2/28/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | Ways and Means | No | Higher Education | f2 | 2019 Regular Session | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | HB0045 | SB0092 | Speaker | Establishing the Education Monitoring Unit in the State to investigate, analyze, and report on a range of specific matters relating to public schools and public school facilities; providing that the Unit is an independent unit in the State; establishing the Inspector General Selection and Review Commission in the Unit; requiring the Unit to establish an anonymous electronic tip program; requiring the Unit to submit an annual report by December 15 to the State Board, the Governor, and the General Assembly; etc. | Accountability in Education Act of 2019 | Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/11/2019 | Ways and Means | 3/7/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Yes | Primary and Secondary Education | f1 | 2019 Regular Session | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | HB0053 | SB0131 | Delegate Chang | Clarifying that the authorization for a county board of education to extend the length of the school year, for any reason, for up to 5 school days beyond June 15 without approval from the State Board of Education or any other entity is not subject to additional conditions. | County Boards of Education - Length of School Year - Adjustments | Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/14/2019 | Ways and Means | 2/14/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Yes | Primary and Secondary Education | f1 | 2019 Regular Session | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | HB0087 | SB0529 | Delegate Ebersole | Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to add two regular members who are certified teachers with certain experience and a parent of a student enrolled in a public school in the State; authorizing teacher members to be appointed to the State Board although the individuals are subject to the authority of the State Board; requiring the Governor to appoint teacher members with the advice and consent of the Senate who received the highest number of votes after an election by teachers in the State; etc. | State Board of Education - Membership - Teachers and Parent | First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs | 1/17/2019 | Ways and Means | 2/7/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | 2/11/2019 0:00 | Favorable with Amendments | 2/13/2019 | Passed with Amendments | 2/15/2019 | Passed | 2/18/2019 | Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs | No | Education - Miscellaneous | f5 | 2019 Regular Session | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | HB0109 | SB0285 | Delegate Lierman | Prohibiting a person from selling in the State a certain expanded polystyrene food service product on or after January 1, 2020; prohibiting certain food service businesses and certain schools from selling or providing food in certain expanded polystyrene food service products on or after January 1, 2020; requiring a county health department to impose penalties of up to $250 for certain violations; requiring a county health department to notify the Department of the Environment of certain violations; providing a certain waiver; etc. | Environment - Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products - Prohibition | Special Order until 03/08 (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted | 1/18/2019 | Environment and Transportation | 2/6/2019 | 1:30 p.m. | Economic Matters | 3/6/2019 0:00 | Favorable with Amendments | No | Environment | m3 | 2019 Regular Session | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | HB0110 | Delegate Walker | Requiring physical education to be provided in each public school in a planned and sequential manner to all students, prekindergarten through grade 12, for the purpose of developing the students' good health and physical fitness and to improve motor coordination and physical skills; providing as a goal of the State that each student receive a program totaling 150 minutes each week of developmentally appropriate, moderate-to-vigorous activity, including 90 minutes of physical education and recess; etc. | Public School Students – Daily Physical Activity (Student Health and Fitness Act) | Third Reading Passed (140-0) | 1/18/2019 | Ways and Means | 1/31/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | 3/4/2019 0:00 | Favorable with Amendments | 3/5/2019 | Passed with Amendments | 3/7/2019 | Passed | No | Primary and Secondary Education | f1 | 2019 Regular Session | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | HB0133 | Delegate Reznik | Requiring a county board of education to ensure that each public school serving students in any grade from grades 6 through 12 provides, at no charge to students, feminine hygiene products in the restrooms at the school. | Public Schools - Provision of Feminine Hygiene Products | Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/21/2019 | Ways and Means | 2/7/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Primary and Secondary Education | f1 | 2019 Regular Session | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | HB0147 | SB0535 | Delegate Moon | Altering a certain provision of law to authorize the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a system of public campaign financing for an elected member of the county board of education. | Election Law - Local Public Campaign Financing - Boards of Education | Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/21/2019 | Ways and Means | 2/5/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Elections | g1 | 2019 Regular Session | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | HB0148 | SB0165 | Speaker | Establishing the Safe Schools Maryland Program in the Maryland Center for School Safety; requiring the School Safety Subcabinet to develop program guidance on or before September 1, 2019; requiring a local school system that elects to participate in the program to follow the program guidance; requiring the Center to perform certain tasks related to the program; providing that certain documents and information submitted to the Center are not subject to the Maryland Public Information Act; etc. | Safe Schools Maryland Act of 2019 | Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/23/2019 | Ways and Means | 3/7/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Public Safety | e4 | 2019 Regular Session | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | HB0295 | SB0848 | Delegate Wilkins | Prohibiting a nonpublic elementary or secondary school that receives State funds from refusing enrollment of, expelling, withholding privileges from, or discriminating against any student or prospective student because of an individual's race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability; prohibiting such a school that receives State funds from taking retaliatory action against a student or parent or guardian who files a complaint alleging discrimination; etc. | Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Schools - Discrimination - Prohibition | Third Reading Passed (93-47) | 1/28/2019 | Ways and Means | 2/14/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | 3/4/2019 0:00 | Favorable with Amendments | 3/5/2019 | Passed with Amendments | 3/7/2019 | Passed | No | Human Relations | d5 | 2019 Regular Session | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | HB0356 | Delegate Patterson | Requiring certain nonpublic schools to submit certain information on the occupancy of facilities, accreditation, curricula, and courses of study to the State Department of Education on or before September 1 each year; requiring the submission of certain information within 6 months after a certain initial approval or registration and before staff or students occupy a school facility; requiring certain local officials to notify the Department if a certain permit is revoked or a school facility is closed under certain circumstances; etc. | Primary and Secondary Education - Nonpublic Schools - Required Information | Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/28/2019 | Ways and Means | 3/7/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Primary and Secondary Education | f1 | 2019 Regular Session | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | HB0367 | SB0536 | Delegate Solomon | Prohibiting a county board of education or public school from spending any money from any source to directly or indirectly provide a teacher with a firearm or train a teacher in the use of a firearm; and providing the Act does not apply to a school-approved sport or club that makes use of firearms. | Public Safety - Education - Firearm Funding | Third Reading Passed (95-44) | 1/30/2019 | Appropriations | 2/12/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | 3/4/2019 0:00 | Favorable | 3/5/2019 | Passed | 3/7/2019 | Passed | No | Public Safety | e4 | 2019 Regular Session | ||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | HB0437 | SB0128 | Delegate Ebersole | Repealing a provision of law that authorized a county board of education to extend the length of the school year for up to 5 school days beyond June 15 without approval from the State Board of Education; and requiring each county board to set the start date and end date of the school year for the public schools in the county each year. | County Boards of Education - School Year - Start and End Dates | Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/31/2019 | Ways and Means | 2/14/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Primary and Secondary Education | f1 | 2019 Regular Session | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | HB0439 | Delegate Washington | Prohibiting a school administrator or official or a school safety coordinator from directing a school resource officer or a school security employee to participate in the routine school discipline of a student; prohibiting a school resource officer or school security employee from participating in the routine school discipline of a student; requiring a specialized curriculum for use in training of school resource officers and school security employees to include training in conduct that is prohibited; etc. | Public Schools - School Resource Officers - Prohibited Conduct | Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/31/2019 | Ways and Means | 2/14/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Primary and Secondary Education | f1 | 2019 Regular Session | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | SB0092 | HB0045 | President | Establishing the Education Monitoring Unit in the State to investigate, analyze, and report on a range of specific matters relating to public schools and public school facilities; providing that the Unit is an independent unit in the State; establishing the Inspector General Selection and Review Commission in the Unit; requiring the Unit to establish an anonymous electronic tip program; requiring the Unit to submit an annual report by December 15 to the State Board, the Governor, and the General Assembly; etc. | Accountability in Education Act of 2019 | Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/11/2019 | Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs | 2/6/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Yes | Primary and Secondary Education | f1 | 2019 Regular Session | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | SB0127 | Senator Simonaire | Repealing a provision of law requiring a county superintendent of schools to allow a child awaiting foster care placement not subject to certain educational stability provisions of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to attend school in the county even if the child is not currently domiciled in that county; and updating certain provisions of law to include references to the educational stability provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act. | Education - Public School Attendance - Homeless Children | First Reading Ways and Means | 1/18/2019 | Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs | 1/30/2019 | 2:00 p.m. | 2/11/2019 0:00 | Favorable | 2/12/2019 | Passed | 2/14/2019 | Passed | 2/15/2019 | Ways and Means | No | Primary and Secondary Education | f1 | 2019 Regular Session | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | SB0128 | HB0437 | Senator Pinsky | Repealing a provision of law that authorized a county board of education to extend the length of the school year for up to 5 school days beyond June 15 without approval from the State Board of Education; and requiring each county board to set the start date and end date of the school year for the public schools in the county each year. | County Boards of Education - School Year - Start and End Dates | Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/18/2019 | Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs | 1/30/2019 | 2:00 p.m. | 2/6/2019 0:00 | Favorable | 2/8/2019 | Passed | 2/12/2019 | Passed | 2/13/2019 | Ways and Means | 3/7/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Primary and Secondary Education | f1 | 2019 Regular Session | ||||||||||||||||||
19 | SB0181 | HB0248 | Senator King | Altering the Governor's required appropriation of certain funds in the State budget, beginning in fiscal year 2021, to increase the Child Care Subsidy Program reimbursement rate to the 60th percentile of the most recent market rate survey or a certain equivalent. | Education - Child Care Subsidies - Mandatory Funding Level | Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/23/2019 | Budget and Taxation | 2/5/2019 | 2:30 p.m. | 2/18/2019 0:00 | Favorable | 2/19/2019 | Passed | 2/21/2019 | Passed | 2/22/2019 | Appropriations | 3/19/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Education - Miscellaneous | f5 | 2019 Regular Session | ||||||||||||||||||
20 | SB0223 | HB0256 | Senator Nathan-Pulliam | Establishing the Trauma-Informed Schools Initiative in the State Department of Education to expand the use of the trauma-informed approach used in schools and intensively train schools on becoming trauma-informed schools; requiring the Department, in consultation with other relevant departments, to develop certain guidelines; requiring, on or before July 1, 2019, the Department to select one school each from certain areas to receive intensive training on the trauma-informed approach; etc. | State Department of Education - Guidelines on Trauma-Informed Approach | Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. | 1/24/2019 | Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs | 2/6/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Primary and Secondary Education | f1 | 2019 Regular Session | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | SB0481 | HB1253 | Senator McCray | Altering the definition of 'elevated level of lead' to mean a lead concentration in drinking water exceeding 5 parts per billion for certain provisions of law relating to testing for the presence of lead in certain drinking water outlets in certain school buildings; requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to establish and administer a certain grant program to assist local school systems with certain costs associated with implementing certain remedial measures; etc. | Environment - Drinking Water Outlets in School Buildings - Elevated Level of Lead and Grant Program | Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. | 2/4/2019 | Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs | 2/27/2019 | 1:00 p.m. | No | Environment | m3 | 2019 Regular Session | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | SB0599 | HB1273 | Senator Nathan-Pulliam | Requiring each county board of education, public institution of higher education, and hospital to establish a policy on or before July 1, 2020 that limits immigration enforcement on the premises to the fullest extent possible consistent with federal and State law based on certain guidelines established by the Attorney General; and requiring the Attorney General, in consultation with certain stakeholders, to develop certain guidelines on or before December 31, 2019. | Immigration Enforcement - County Boards of Education, Public Institutions of Higher Education, and Hospitals - Policies | Hearing 2/27 at 12:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings) | 2/4/2019 | Judicial Proceedings | 2/27/2019 | 12:00 p.m. | Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs | No | State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials | p1 | 2019 Regular Session | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | SB1030 | HB1413 | President | Establishing principles of The Blueprint for Maryland's Future that are intended to transform Maryland's early childhood, primary, and secondary education system to the levels of high-performing systems around the world; establishing a Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program; extending by 1 year, to 2021, the requirement for the State to provide a supplemental grant to certain eligible county boards; establishing the Teacher Collaborative Grant Program; requiring certain performance evaluations of local school systems; etc. | The Blueprint for Maryland's Future | Hearing 3/06 at 4:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs) | 3/4/2019 | Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs | 3/6/2019 | 4:00 p.m. | Budget and Taxation | No | Primary and Secondary Education | f1 | 2019 Regular Session |