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IntroducedJan 23, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Southern Maryland Early College Teacher Pathway Program Workgroup - Establishment
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 13, 2026: Referred Rules
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 479
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 132
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Adams
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Phillips
- Szeliga
- Alston
- Embry
- Kerr
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Fair
- Kipke
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Anderson
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Arentz
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Queen
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Lewis
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Baker
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Roberson
- Turner
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, R.
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lopez
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Mangione
- Rose
- Vogel
- Behler
- Griffith
- Martinez
- Rosenberg
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Ross
- Wells
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Ruff
- White Holland
- Boyce
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Healey
- Miller
- Schindler
- Williams
- Chang
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Chisholm
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Woorman
- Coley
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Wu
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Young
- Crosby
- Jacobs
- Odom
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Rules
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {223525/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (132-2)
- Apr 11, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled (Ways and Means)
- Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- Jan 28, 2026 | House
- Reassigned to Ways and Means Appropriations
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- Jan 23, 2026 | House
- First Reading Ways and Means
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Ways and MeansPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - AppropriationsPDF
- Video: Ways and MeansHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- W&M In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Wilson, Yolanda (College of Southern Maryland)
- W&M In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Gabrieli, Christopher (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Arneson, Emily (Kennedy Krieger Institute)
- W&M In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Perman, Jay (University System of Maryland)
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Jabin, Drew (Maryland Association of Community Colleges)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Patterson, Edith
- W&M In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Smith, James (SMCPS)
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Lamb, Lauren (Maryland State Education Association)
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Cratsley, Laurel (Maryland State Department of Education)
- W&M Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All



