HB 854 — School Construction - Nonpublic Special Education School Renovation Program - Established
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-04
Establishing the Nonpublic Special Education School Renovation Program in the Interagency Commission on School Construction to provide grant funding to certain nonpublic special education schools for certain renovations and improvements to classrooms, upgrades to residential cottages on school grounds, health, safety and accessibility upgrades, and infrastructure modernization; and stating it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Governor include at least $5,000,000 in the annual capital budget bill for the Program for each fiscal year.
Latest action: — In the House - Returned Passed
Sponsors (2)
- Regina T. Boyce (D, MD-43) — sponsor · 2026-02-04
- Ben Barnes (D, MD-21) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
Action timeline (9)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Hearing — Appropriations
- · house — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · senate — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · senate — Second Reading — Passed
- · senate — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable
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referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate budget and taxation | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House appropriations | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regina T. Boyce (D, state_lower MD-43) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Ben Barnes (D, state_lower MD-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate budget and taxation · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House appropriations · md-leg