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SB 753

Passed both chambersCrossfile HB 1334
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Education and Labor and Employment - Cyber Warrior Diversity Program and Workforce Development for Cybersecurity

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: FinanceSubject: Private Sector Labor and IndustryStatus: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (128-3) (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission, in consultation with the Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc., on or before July 1 each year, beginning in 2023, to identify certification trends in information technology and cybersecurity sectors and expand the Cyber Warrior Diversity Program under certain circumstances; establishing the Cybersecurity Workforce Accelerator Program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County; establishing the Cybersecurity Workforce Accelerator Fund; etc.

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Testimony (36)

MGA witness list
FAV 26FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 8UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVRaheja, PramodAirgility, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVSpector, SteveBaltimore CyberWritten (PDF)
FAVCanfield, RosyCanfield CyberDefense GroupWritten (PDF)
FAVCornish, TashaCybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVCornish, TashaCybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc.Oral
FAVWhelley, MicheleEconomic Alliance of Greater BaltimoreWritten (PDF)
FAVBazemore Jr., TerryEy3 TechnologiesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFidler, SaraMaryland Independent College and University AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVFry Hester, KatieMaryland SenateWritten (PDF)
FAVBemiller, BrentMaryland Technology Internship Program (MTIP)Written (PDF)
FAVBemiller, BrentMaryland Technology Internship Program (MTIP)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVNelson, LauraNational Cryptologic Museum FoundationOral
FAVSchilbach, TimothyPenacity, LLCWritten (PDF)
FAVRoseman, AntoineRACTSOL CorpWritten (PDF)
FAVRuginski, DonnaUMBCOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRuginski, DonnaUMBCWritten (PDF)
FAVWeinschenk, AnnieUMBCWritten (PDF)
FAVWeinschenk, AnnieUMBCOral + Written (PDF)
FAVChung, MichaelIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVClark, AndyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVClark, AndyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVEly, SamIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKasemeyer, PamIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFSchulze, DanaUSAF VeteranPosition only
UNFBell, ConnorIndividualPosition only
UNFDitraglia, FrankIndividualPosition only
UNFElbourn, JamesIndividualPosition only
UNFLove, JanelleIndividualPosition only
UNFLove, WilliamIndividualPosition only
UNFVernon, MichaelIndividualPosition only
UNFWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only
FWAFiastro, JohnlobbyistIndividualOral
INFOWilkins, BarbaraIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAFiastro, JohnRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, LLC; Bayview Management LLC; Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 MD, VA & DC; Building Decarbonization Coalition; Carbon Solutions Group; Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc.