2008 Regular Session
State Universities and Colleges
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 50
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Holmes
- Entitled
- Public Institutions of Higher Education - Textbook Fairness Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bohanan, Wood, and O'Donnell
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - St. Mary's College Amphitheater
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bohanan
- Entitled
- Judges' Retirement System - Employment on Faculty of Public Institution of Higher Education
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Ross
- Entitled
- Election Judges Training Pilot Program
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Bohanan
- Entitled
- Commission to Develop the Maryland Model for Funding Higher Education - Membership and Extension of Sunset
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Aumann, DeBoy, McDonough, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Housing Code Enforcement - Funding
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Barnes, and Frush
- Entitled
- Public Utility Companies - Bus Service Provided by University of Maryland, College Park - Exemption from Motor Carrier Permit Requirement
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegate Cardin
- Entitled
- Reorganization of State Government - Department of Information Technology
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates McIntosh, Bobo, Busch, Cardin, V. Clagett, Holmes, Hubbard, Lafferty, Malone, Manno, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Sophocleus, Stein, Ali, Beidle, Carr, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Hucker, Sossi, and Weir
- Entitled
- Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund and Nonpoint Source Fund
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hixson, Gilchrist, Jennings, Olszewski, Rice, Stukes, F. Turner, and Walker
- Entitled
- Video Lottery Terminals - Center on the Prevention of Compulsive Gambling
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cane, Ali, Anderson, Benson, Braveboy, Burns, Carr, Conaway, Glenn, Harrison, Haynes, Holmes, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Jones, Kirk, Levi, Love, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Rice, Robinson, Sossi, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, V. Turner, Vaughn, and Walker
- Entitled
- Maryland Higher Education Commission - Review of Duplicative Academic Programs
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Frush
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Collective Bargaining - Adjunct Faculty and Graduate Student Employees
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barnes, Hammen, Pendergrass, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Access to Public Records - Permissible Denials - Public Institutions of Higher Education
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim, Bromwell, Miller, Weldon, Hammen, Pendergrass, Beitzel, Benson, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Mizeur, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Procurement - eMaryland Marketplace - Use
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Gutierrez, Ali, Anderson, Barnes, Bobo, Branch, Braveboy, Carr, Gaines, Haynes, Heller, Hucker, Ivey, Jones, Kaiser, Lee, Manno, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Robinson, Stukes, Taylor, V. Turner, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Institutions of Higher Education - Plans for Programs of Cultural Diversity
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Juvenile Services)
- Entitled
- Juvenile Services - College Tuition Waiver for Committed Youth
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
HB 1067
Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rice, Holmes, Barnes, Ali, Barve, Cardin, Carr, Dumais, Feldman, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Heller, Hixson, Hucker, Ivey, Jennings, Kaiser, Kramer, Krebs, Manno, Mizeur, Murphy, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Ross, Schuler, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, Valderrama, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, and Walker
- Entitled
- College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Barnes
- Entitled
- Higher Education - College Textbooks - Disclosures and Sales
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates G. Clagett, Barkley, Benson, Gaines, Heller, Jones, Manno, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Proctor, Ramirez, Rosenberg, F. Turner, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Procedures
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hixson, Ramirez, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barnes, Bobo, Bronrott, Cane, Carter, Davis, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Griffith, Gutierrez, Holmes, Hucker, Ivey, Kirk, Kramer, Krysiak, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Simmons, Stukes, Taylor, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Tuition Charges - Maryland High School Students
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bates, George, Miller, Sossi, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Disclosure of Education Records - Notice to Students and Parents
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haynes, Ali, Anderson, Aumann, Barnes, Barve, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Bohanan, Branch, Braveboy, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, Cane, Carr, Carter, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Davis, Donoghue, Doory, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haddaway, Hammen, Harrison, Hecht, Heller, Holmes, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, James, Jones, Kach, Kaiser, Kirk, Krysiak, Kullen, Lafferty, Lee, Levi, Levy, Love, Manno, Mathias, McConkey, McHale, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Robinson, Ross, Schuler, Stocksdale, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, and Walker
- Entitled
- Workforce Shortage Student Assistance Grants - Public Servants - Parren J. Mitchell Public Service Scholarship
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Beidle, Bobo, Bohanan, Bronrott, Carr, V. Clagett, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Gutierrez, Healey, Hecht, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Kelly, Kipke, Kullen, Lafferty, Lee, Manno, McComas, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, Rice, Schuler, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, F. Turner, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Maryland Truth in Tuition Act
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Aumann, Boteler, and Lafferty
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Occupancy Limits on Rental Housing Near University Campuses
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - University System of Maryland)
- Entitled
- Academic Facilities Bonding Authority
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Heller
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Standardizing Introductory Courses in Higher Education in Maryland
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations and Ways and Means
HB 1501
Status as of February 19, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Griffith, Barnes, Frush, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Ivey, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Valderrama, and Walker
- Entitled
- Tuition Cap and College Opportunity Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
HB 1616
Status as of March 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ross, Barnes, Bohanan, Feldman, Frush, Hucker, Mizeur, Reznik, Taylor, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Election Law - Maryland Student Voting Rights Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
SB 15
Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Simonaire, Mooney, Harris, Jacobs, Colburn, and Greenip
- Entitled
- Citizen's Tuition Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Public Utility Companies - Bus Service Provided by University of Maryland, College Park - Exemption from Motor Carrier Permit Requirement
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
SB 40
Status as of March 4, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Harris, Colburn, and Greenip
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Prohibition on Illegal Aliens from Receiving In-State Tuition Status
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Britt, Currie, Exum, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Maryland Higher Education Commission - Review of Duplicative Academic Programs
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 81
Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Colburn, Greenip, and Jacobs
- Entitled
- Public Institutions of Higher Education - Textbook Fairness Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Higher Education Commission)
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Tuition Reduction for Nonresident Nursing Students - Service Obligation
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Reorganization of State Government - Department of Information Technology
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, King, Madaleno, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, Conway, Dyson, Lenett, Rosapepe, Harrington, Colburn, and Harris
- Entitled
- Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund and Nonpoint Source Fund
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jones, Conway, Currie, Gladden, King, McFadden, Muse, Pugh, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Institutions of Higher Education - Plans for Programs of Cultural Diversity
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Glassman, Munson, and Harris
- Entitled
- Task Force to Review Physician Shortages in Rural Areas
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Currie, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, and Harrington
- Entitled
- Maryland Higher Education Commission - Unreasonable Duplication of Programs - Standards
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Appropriations
SB 591
Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Currie, Exum, Forehand, Gladden, King, Lenett, Madaleno, Pugh, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Tuition Charges - Maryland High School Students
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Astle, DeGrange, Dyson, Lenett, Mooney, Peters, Raskin, Simonaire, Stone, Klausmeier, Colburn, Conway, Harris, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Education - Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Rosapepe, Conway, Frosh, Gladden, Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Pinsky, Robey, and Stone
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Collective Bargaining - Adjunct Faculty and Graduate Student Employees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Rosapepe, Brochin, Colburn, Currie, DeGrange, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Jones, King, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Stone, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Tuition Cap and College Opportunity Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
SB 624
Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Rosapepe, Brochin, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Jones, Lenett, Madaleno, Peters, Pinsky, Raskin, Robey, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Election Law - Maryland Student Voting Rights Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Pinsky, Rosapepe, Colburn, Dyson, Greenip, Klausmeier, Lenett, Raskin, Harrington, and Middleton
- Entitled
- College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act of 2008
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jones, Conway, Currie, Exum, Gladden, Harrington, McFadden, Muse, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Historically Black Institutions - State Funding - Blount-Rawlings-Britt HBI Comparability Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Conway, Exum, Gladden, Madaleno, McFadden, Pinsky, Raskin, and Stone
- Entitled
- State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Procedures
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Muse
- Entitled
- Task Force on the Use of College Entrance Examinations for Admission to Public Institutions of Higher Education
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley and Kittleman
- Entitled
- Public Education - Bridge to Excellence - Video Lottery Terminals
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- State Government - Audit of Procurements by the Maryland Stadium Authority and Selected Higher Education Institutions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
