Maryland Senate Bill 789

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-19 - Hearing 2/21 at 9:30 a.m.
Pending: Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to designate certain private institutions of higher education as hunger-free campuses; prohibiting a 4-year or 2-year private institution of higher education or a regional higher education center operated by a private nonprofit institution of higher education from being eligible to receive grant funding under the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program; and beginning in fiscal year 2027, requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $250,000 for the Program.

Higher Education - Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program - Alterations

Sen. Mary Washington [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-19	Senate	Hearing 2/21 at 9:30 a.m.
2025-02-19	Senate	Hearing canceled
2025-02-05	Senate	Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-02-03	Senate	First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Education	11	1701	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Education	11	1702	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Education	11	1703	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Education	11	1704	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Education	11	1705	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Education	11	1706	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0789?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0789f.pdf