Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform
Sponsor: Joanne C. Benson (District 24)Committee: Budget and TaxationSubject: Higher EducationStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 113 (as of Nov 9, 2023)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Abolishing and repealing the Maryland 529 Board; specifying that the State Treasurer is the successor to the Maryland 529 Board; transferring to the Office of the State Treasurer the responsibility for administering the Maryland 529 Program, including the Maryland Prepaid College Trust, the Maryland College Investment Plan, the Maryland Broker-Dealer College Investment Plan, and the Maryland ABLE Program; authorizing and requiring the State Treasurer to take certain actions in administering the Maryland 529 Program; etc.
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Testimony (67)
MGA witness listFAV 7FavorableFWA 55Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 3Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Afolabi, Oluwatosin | Maryland General Assembly | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Towers, Lee | Maryland Higher Education Commission | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Herman, Cheryl Moss | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Lang, Kevin | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Senator Benson, Senator Bensonlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Senator Benson, Senator Bensonlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Savia, Anthony | Maryland 529 | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | brenner, loretta | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | shields, julie | None | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Marshall, Eric | Self | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Steil, Marybeth | Self | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Barillas, Martha | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Barillas, Martha | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Boley, Abigail | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Boley, Heather | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Boley, Megan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Boley, Ryan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Delaney, Lori | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | E Dyer, Robert | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Evers, Siena | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Evers, Vicki | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Evers, Vicki | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Glasser, Tammy | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Goldstein, Jamie | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Griboff, Ezra | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Griboff, Howard | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Griboff, Howard | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Guimbretiere, Francois | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Guimbretiere, Francois | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Hall, Edward | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Hall, Elizabeth | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Hall, Wendy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Heinlein, Monica | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Igbaria, Afaf | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Lepine, Kimberly | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Litton, Kirk | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Loeckenhoff, Corinna | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Loeckenhoff, Corinna | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | McSally, Mike | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Moss Herman, Cheryl | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | OConnor, Judith | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Paige, Lindsey | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Paige, Lindsey | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Paoli, Elena | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Peterson, Lisa | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Peterson, Lisa | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Ramsland, Anastasia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Rohlin, Robert | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Sansone, Victoria | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Sansone, Victoria | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Santos, Cayetano | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Santos, Cayetano | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Savoie, Brian | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Savoie, Caleb | Individual | Oral |
| FWA | Sonjara, Laura | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Stavros, Patricia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Stern, Elliott | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Wesselhoff, Christine | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Wise, Mary | Individual | Written (PDF) |
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