Legislation - HB0325

Title: Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study
Sponsored by: Delegates Wims, Lehman, Palakovich Carr, Pena-Melnyk, Simmons, Vogel, Wilkins, Atterbeary, Boyce, Ebersole, Fair, Feldmark, Mireku-North, Patterson, Roberts, Roberson, Wells, Wu, and Young
Status: In the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

Synopsis

Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to allow an individual to choose to take all components of the General Educational Development Test in either English or Spanish; and requiring the Department to study the feasibility and cost of offering the examination in additional languages and to report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2026.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Education, Energy, and the Environment

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Details

Cross-filed with: SB0451

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/10/2025 Legislative Date 1/10/2025 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/15/2025 Legislative Date 1/15/2025 Action Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/24/2025 Legislative Date 2/24/2025 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/25/2025 Legislative Date 2/22/2025 Action Favorable with Amendments {773929/1 Adopted Proceedings 34 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/25/2025 Legislative Date 2/22/2025 Action Motion Special Order until 02/26 (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted Proceedings 34 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/26/2025 Legislative Date 2/23/2025 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 35 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/28/2025 Legislative Date 2/25/2025 Action Third Reading Passed (99-31) Proceedings 37 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/03/2025 Legislative Date 2/15/2025 Action Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Proceedings 35 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the Environment Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/31/2025 Legislative Date 3/31/2025 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/10/2025	1/10/2025	First Reading Ways and Means
			Text - First - Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study
House	1/15/2025	1/15/2025	Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means	Click to view Recorded Media
House	2/24/2025	2/24/2025	Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
House	2/25/2025	2/22/2025	Favorable with Amendments {773929/1 Adopted	34 Click to view Recorded Media
House	2/25/2025	2/22/2025	Motion Special Order until 02/26 (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted	34 Click to view Recorded Media
House	2/26/2025	2/23/2025	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	35 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study
House	2/28/2025	2/25/2025	Third Reading Passed (99-31)	37 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/03/2025	2/15/2025	Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment	35 Click to view Recorded Media
			Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the Environment	Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/31/2025	3/31/2025	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment

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