HB 891

Higher Education - Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program - Established

Sponsor: Debra Davis (District 28)Committee: AppropriationsSubject: Higher EducationStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 579 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program to address student hunger and basic food needs on campus; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to administer the Program, develop a certain form, and designate certain campuses as hunger-free campuses; authorizing certain public institutions of higher education to develop certain procedures and make certain information publicly available; requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2023, to include in the annual budget bill a $150,000 appropriation for the Program; etc.

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Testimony (31)

MGA witness list

FAV 28FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Silver, Caitlin	Anne Arundel Community College	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Health, MD Public	Assoc	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lieberman, Jim	CIF	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brown, Akyra	Homeless Persons Representation Project	Written (PDF)
FAV	DAVIS, ODESSA	Manna Food	Oral
FAV	Kraska, MJ	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gross, Julia	Maryland Hunger Solutions	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jefferson , Staceylobbyist	Marylanders Against Poverty	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Lindsay	Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments	Written (PDF)
FAV	Nardi, Catherine	Montgomery County Food Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Position only
FAV	Ball, Calvin	Office of Howard County Executive Calvin Ball	Written (PDF)
FAV	Conner, Charleslobbyist	Office of the Baltimore County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sumekh, Rachel	Swipe Out Hunger	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Austin, Stephanie	Towson University	Written (PDF)
FAV	Anand, Greeshma	UMD MaryPIRG	Written (PDF)
FAV	Alpert, Dan	University of Maryland Student Government Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Brocato, Barbaralobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Davis, D.M., Delegate Davis, D.M.legislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Davis, D.M., Delegate Davis, D.M.legislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Kunvar, Amisha	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pinares, Gianiree	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Stern, Isadoralobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wang, Yu-Wei	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilson, Gabrielle	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Woods, Ashlyn	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Young, Ny'esha	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Boughman, Joann	University System of Maryland	Written (PDF)
INFO	Yates, Anna	St. Mary's College of Maryland	Written (PDF)
INFO	Wilkins, Barbara	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Anne Arundel Community CollegeFAV 1

AssocFAV 1

CIFFAV 1

Homeless Persons Representation ProjectFAV 1

Manna FoodFAV 1

Maryland Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

Maryland Hunger SolutionsFAV 1

Marylanders Against PovertyFAV 1

Metropolitan Washington Council of GovernmentsFAV 1

Montgomery County Food CouncilFAV 1

N/AFAV 1

Office of Howard County Executive Calvin BallFAV 1

Office of the Baltimore County ExecutiveFAV 1

Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.FAV 1

St. Mary's College of MarylandINFO 1

Swipe Out HungerFAV 1

Towson UniversityFAV 1

UMD MaryPIRGFAV 1

University of Maryland Student Government AssociationFAV 1

University System of MarylandFWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVJefferson , StaceyMarylanders Against PovertyRegistered for: Behavioral Health System Baltimore

FAVConner, CharlesOffice of the Baltimore County ExecutiveRegistered for: MedStar Health

FAVBrocato, BarbaraRegistered for: Acorn Health; American Physical Therapy Association Maryland - APTA MD; Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, P.C.; Associates in Radiation Medicine; League for People with Disabilities, The; Maryland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics…

FAVStern, IsadoraRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition