2009 Regular Session
Higher Education -see also- Comm Colleges; Med Schools; etc.
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 62
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rice, Holmes, Barnes, Ali, Barkley, Barve, Cardin, Carr, Davis, Dumais, Elmore, Feldman, Frick, George, Gutierrez, Hixson, Howard, Kaiser, Kipke, Krebs, Manno, Murphy, Myers, Niemann, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Ross, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, and Walker
- Entitled
- College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Jennings, Aumann, Boteler, Frank, Myers, Olszewski, Serafini, and Shank
- Entitled
- Family Education Savings Account Act - Subtraction Modification for Contributions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stukes, Anderson, Carter, Conaway, Doory, Hammen, Harrison, Haynes, Kirk, Krysiak, McHale, McIntosh, Robinson, Rosenberg, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2008 - Maryland Independent College and University Association - Sojourner-Douglass College
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Barnes, Beidle, Bronrott, Carr, V. Clagett, Frush, Glenn, Healey, Holmes, Howard, Hucker, Lafferty, Lee, Malone, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Stein, Stukes, Valderrama, Cane, O'Donnell, Sossi, and Weir
- Entitled
- Aquaculture - Shellfish - Leasing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Barve and the Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Ali, Barkley, Barnes, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Bronrott, Cane, Cardin, Carr, V. Clagett, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Healey, Hecht, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, Kramer, Lafferty, Lee, Levi, Levy, Malone, Manno, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Reznik, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuler, Stein, Stukes, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, Braveboy, Burns, Davis, Glenn, Harrison, Jameson, Kirk, Love, Mathias, McHale, and Rudolph
- Entitled
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Anne Arundel County Delegation
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Board of Education - Student Member Scholarship
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Education - Loan Repayment Assistance and Scholarship - Priority for Participation and Eligibility
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Ross
- Entitled
- Elections - Permanent Absentee Ballot List
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Hubbard
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - License to Practice Psychology - Doctoral Degree in Psychology
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Vaughn, Glenn, Gutierrez, Holmes, Hucker, Jones, Lafferty, Lee, Love, Manno, Oaks, Ramirez, Robinson, Valderrama, and Braveboy
- Entitled
- General Obligation Bonds for Capital Projects - Required Reports
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Aumann, Anderson, Barkley, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Branch, G. Clagett, Conaway, Conway, Costa, DeBoy, Eckardt, Frank, Gaines, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Haynes, James, Jennings, Kach, Krebs, Lafferty, Levy, Malone, Mathias, McComas, McDonough, McHale, Minnick, Morhaim, Olszewski, Robinson, Rudolph, Schuh, Shewell, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stein, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, Weir, Weldon, and Wood
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Alterations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations and Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Donoghue, Pena-Melnyk, and Costa
- Entitled
- Loan Assistance Repayment and Practice Assistance for Physicians
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cane, Conway, Eckardt, Elmore, Haddaway, Haynes, Holmes, Malone, Mathias, McConkey, Rice, Rudolph, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Sustainable Forestry Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bohanan, Bartlett, Conway, and Olszewski
- Entitled
- Higher Education Funding Model for Maryland Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations and Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Oaks, Carter, Conaway, Robinson, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority - Payment in Lieu of Tax Agreement
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Holmes
- Entitled
- Institutions of Higher Education - College Textbooks - Publication of International Standard Book Numbers and Retail Prices
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cane, Benson, Braveboy, Burns, Glenn, Holmes, Howard, Ivey, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Rice, Tarrant, V. Turner, Vaughn, and Walker
- Entitled
- Maryland Higher Education Commission - Review of Duplicative Academic Programs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates F. Turner, Beitzel, Cane, DeBoy, Doory, Guzzone, Holmes, Jennings, Kirk, McDonough, McHale, Miller, Minnick, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Rice, Serafini, Stukes, Gilchrist, Howard, and Kaiser
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Retention of Unused Funds
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kaiser, Gilchrist, Olszewski, Rice, Ross, Stukes, and Walker
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Part-Time Grant Program - Eligibility
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Jones, Bohanan, Branch, Bronrott, G. Clagett, Conway, DeBoy, Gaines, Griffith, Haynes, Heller, James, Levy, and Proctor
- Entitled
- Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Lee, Barkley, Bronrott, Dumais, Hecht, Hucker, Montgomery, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Business and Economic Development - Grants for Nanotechnology
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barnes, Frush, Feldman, Holmes, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, and Ross
- Entitled
- State Aid for Police Protection - Grants
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Stifler (By Request) and Delegates Aumann, Dumais, McHale, Montgomery, and Norman
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Support - Postsecondary Education
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Manno
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Medical Professionals
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Myers, Beitzel, Boteler, Kelly, Krebs, Miller, Serafini, Stifler, and Stull
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Private Career Schools - Financial Guarantee Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conway, Aumann, Bohanan, Branch, G. Clagett, DeBoy, Gaines, Griffith, Haynes, James, Jones, Levy, Malone, Mathias, McIntosh, O'Donnell, Proctor, Robinson, Rudolph, Shank, and Wood
- Entitled
- State Funding Accountability Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 1223
Status as of April 13, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Braveboy
- Entitled
- Education - Public High Schools and Public High School Students - Data Collection System
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur and Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Exemption from Taxation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
HB 1319
Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Eastern Shore Delegation
- Entitled
- Family Medicine Rural Health Commission
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- Sales and Use Tax - Exemption - University and College Textbooks
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
HB 1392
Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
- Entitled
- Election Law - Miscellaneous Revisions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Higher Education Commission)
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Student Financial Assistance - Dually Enrolled Students
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - State Police)
- Entitled
- Student Loan Repayment Pilot Program - Participation by Department of State Police
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Higher Education Commission)
- Entitled
- State Plan for Higher Education Quadrennial Review - Reporting Date
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Higher Education Commission)
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Enforcement Powers of Maryland Higher Education Commission and Secretary of Higher Education
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Appropriations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Military)
- Entitled
- Maryland National Guard Tuition Assistance Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Washington County Delegation
- Entitled
- Student Financial Assistance - Eligible Institutions of Higher Education
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Greenip, Harris, Pipkin, and Colburn
- Entitled
- Family Education Savings Account Act - Subtraction Modification for Contributions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Higher Education Commission)
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Exempt Institutions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration)
- Entitled
- Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Rosapepe, Brochin, Conway, Dyson, Forehand, Frosh, Harrington, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, Peters, Raskin, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2008 - Maryland Independent College and University Association - Sojourner-Douglass College
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Rosapepe
- Entitled
- State Aid for Police Protection - Grants
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Colburn, Conway, Forehand, Harrington, Lenett, Middleton, Pinsky, Raskin, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Aquaculture - Shellfish - Leasing
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pinsky and the President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Conway, Currie, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Harrington, Kelley, King, Lenett, Madaleno, Middleton, Muse, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Stone, and Jones
- Entitled
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters and Environmental Matters
SB 374
Status as of January 30, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Currie, Colburn, Conway, Greenip, King, Madaleno, McFadden, Munson, Peters, and Robey
- Entitled
- Institutions of Higher Education - College Textbooks - Publication of International Standard Book Numbers and Retail Prices
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Currie, Dyson, Exum, Gladden, Harrington, Jones, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Maryland Higher Education Commission - Review of Duplicative Academic Programs
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Dyson
- Entitled
- Sustainable Forestry Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jones, Miller, Brinkley, Colburn, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Glassman, Greenip, Haines, Harrington, Harris, Jacobs, Kasemeyer, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- State Funding Accountability Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Kasemeyer, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Loan Assistance Repayment and Practice Assistance for Physicians
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
SB 658
Status as of March 31, 2009: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Peters, Currie, and Garagiola
- Entitled
- Political Subdivisions - Government Imposed Restrictions on Income Producing Real Property - Fiscal Impact Study
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority - Payment in Lieu of Tax Agreement
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Rosapepe
- Entitled
- High Schools and High School Students - Options for Accelerated Graduation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
SB 790
Status as of March 27, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene - Meningococcal Disease - Distribution of Information
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Klausmeier, Colburn, Dyson, Jacobs, Mooney, Rosapepe, Stone, and Harris
- Entitled
- Higher Education - Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Alterations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Appropriations and Ways and Means
SB 857
Status as of March 23, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh and McFadden
- Entitled
- Education - Public High Schools and Public High School Students - Revisions and Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Currie, Dyson, Kasemeyer, and Munson
- Entitled
- Higher Education Funding Model for Maryland Act of 2009
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator DeGrange
- Entitled
- Prior Authorizations of State Debt to Fund Capital Projects - Alterations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Lenett
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - License to Practice Psychology - Doctoral Degree in Psychology
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 968
Status as of April 11, 2009: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Colburn, Pipkin, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Family Medicine Rural Health Commission
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Munson
- Entitled
- Student Financial Assistance - Eligible Institutions of Higher Education
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
