HB0809 — Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Funding
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2026. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Specifying the intern fellowships that exist in the Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program; increasing the maximum scholarship award amount under the Program from $5,000 to $6,000; and requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2028, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation for the Program that is at least a 125% of the appropriation provided in fiscal year 2026.
Bill Text
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Read HB0809 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 187 not signed on · 29 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg Democrat
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (187)
187 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 187 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 88 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Republican | 16 | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 112 | 17 | 0 | 12 |
| % of votes cast | 79% | 12% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (141)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 36 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 75% | 15% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (48)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 88 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Republican | 12 | 20 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 108 | 24 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 77% | 17% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (141)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB0809 do?
- Specifying the intern fellowships that exist in the Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program; increasing the maximum scholarship award amount under the Program from $5,000 to $6,000; and requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2028, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation for the Program that is at least a 125% of the appropriation provided in fiscal year 2026.
- Who sponsors HB0809?
- HB0809 is sponsored by Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB0809?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2026. Enacted.
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