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Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment (Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Act)

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: AgricultureStatus: Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to advance agricultural fairs and education in the State; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring $1,450,000 of proceeds from the State lottery, before being allocated to the General Fund, to be allocated to the Fund; and repealing the requirement that a certain amount of annual proceeds from the State horse racing special fund be used to promote State agricultural fairs and education.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 15Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVFaber, JohnAnne Arundel County Fair, Inc.Oral
FAVFeinroth, MarklobbyistLaw Offices of Boston & PlautOral
FAVRichards, SusannelobbyistMaryland Agricultural Education FoundationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBurrier, EllaMaryland FFA AssociationOral
FAVShank, TeresaMaryland FFA AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHough, TylerlobbyistMaryland Farm BureauOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFry Hester, KatieMaryland SenateWritten (PDF)
FAVGordon, DavidMaryland State Fair & Agricultural Society Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVStonebraker, RichardMaryland State GrangeWritten (PDF)
FAVPowers, RyanNonePosition only
FAVCole, MollilobbyistRural Maryland CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVBereano, BrucelobbyistIndividualOral
FAVCollinson, DanieleIndividualOral
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVTice, DeanaIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVFeinroth, MarkLaw Offices of Boston & PlautRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, Inc c/o Frank D. Boston III, Attorney at Law; Baltimore's Promise Care of the Fund for Educational Excellence; Crown MD Online Gaming LLC; Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors; Highland Electric Fleets, Inc.; Maryland Hotel & Lodging Association
FAVRichards, SusanneMaryland Agricultural Education FoundationRegistered for: Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation
FAVHough, TylerMaryland Farm BureauRegistered for: Maryland Farm Bureau
FAVCole, MolliRural Maryland CouncilRegistered for: Maryland Troopers Association; Older Adults Technology Services
FAVBereano, BruceRegistered for: 5400 Holiday Drive LLC; Anne Arundel County Fair; Aurora Technical Systems; BWI Airport Fire Rescue Local 1742; BWI Airport Professional Firefighters; BWI Taxi Management, Inc.