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SB 9

EnactedEmergency billCrossfile HB 479
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Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval - Revisions

Sponsor: Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommitteeCommittee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Higher EducationStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 143 (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring certain nonpublic institutions of higher education to submit a certain letter of intent regarding intended new graduate level programs to the Maryland Higher Education Commission in a certain manner and every 6 months; repealing a provision of law that required the Commission to circulate certain letters of intent; repealing a certain provision of law that limited which institutions of higher education could propose or implement certain academic programs for certain graduate level programs under certain circumstances; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 7Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVHuber, MichaellobbyistJohns Hopkins University & MedicineWritten (PDF)
FAVPower, MattMaryland Independent College and University AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVPower, MattMaryland Independent College and University AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVChair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Comm, Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommIndividualOral
FAVChair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Comm, Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommIndividualOral
FAVClark, AndyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVClark, AndyIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVHuber, MichaelJohns Hopkins University & MedicineRegistered for: Johns Hopkins