Education - Family Life and Human Sexuality Curriculum - Boundaries and Consent
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HB 251 — Education - Family Life and Human Sexuality Curriculum - Boundaries and Consent
Last action — Approved by the Governor - Chapter 736
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 19, 2018. Enacted.
Prognosis
Where this bill stands today.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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33 sponsors
1 primary, 32 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (14 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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Read HB 251 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Approved by the Governor - Chapter 736
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Returned Passed
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Third Reading Passed (46-0)
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Second Reading Passed
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Favorable Report Adopted
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Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
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First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
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Third Reading Passed (117-17)
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Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Favorable with Amendments {585569/1 Report Adopted
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Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
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Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
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Hearing canceled
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Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
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First Reading Ways and Means
Sponsors
- Senator Benjamin Brooks · Cosponsor
- Flanagan · Cosponsor
- Senator William G. Folden · Cosponsor
- Gutierrez · Cosponsor
- Senator Shelly Hettleman · Cosponsor
- Delegate Terri L. Hill · Cosponsor
- Jones · Cosponsor
- Lierman · Cosponsor
- Luedtke · Cosponsor
- Morales · Cosponsor
- Mosby · Cosponsor
- Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk · Cosponsor
- Reznik · Cosponsor
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg · Cosponsor
- Atterbeary · Cosponsor
- Kelly · Primary
- Barve · Cosponsor
- Delegate Bonnie Cullison · Cosponsor
- Delegate Diana M. Fennell · Cosponsor
- Delegate Anne R. Kaiser · Cosponsor
- Delegate Marc Korman · Cosponsor
- Lafferty · Cosponsor
- Robinson · Cosponsor
- Simonaire · Cosponsor
- A. Washington · Cosponsor
- M. Washington · Cosponsor
- Tarlau · Cosponsor
- Delegate Kriselda Valderrama · Cosponsor
- Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins · Cosponsor
- Delegate Caylin Young · Cosponsor
- Delegate Caylin Young · Cosponsor
- Delegate Robbyn Lewis · Cosponsor
- Delegate April Miller · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 32 co-sponsors · 155 not signed on · 8 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Kelly
Co-sponsors (32)
- Senator Benjamin Brooks Democrat
- Flanagan
- Senator William G. Folden Republican
- Gutierrez
- Senator Shelly Hettleman Democrat
- Delegate Terri L. Hill Democrat
- Jones
- Lierman
- Luedtke
- Morales
- Mosby
- Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk Democrat
- Reznik
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg Democrat
- Atterbeary
- Barve
- Delegate Bonnie Cullison Democrat
- Delegate Diana M. Fennell Democrat
- Delegate Anne R. Kaiser Democrat
- Delegate Marc Korman Democrat
- Lafferty
- Robinson
- Simonaire
- A. Washington
- M. Washington
- Tarlau
- Delegate Kriselda Valderrama Democrat
- Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins Democrat
- Delegate Caylin Young Democrat
- Delegate Caylin Young Democrat
- Delegate Robbyn Lewis Democrat
- Delegate April Miller Republican Voted No
Not signed on (155)
155 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 155 →"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 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (46)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Astle | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Brochin | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| DeGrange | — | Yea |
| Eckardt | — | Yea |
| Edwards | — | Yea |
| Hershey | — | Yea |
| Hough | — | Yea |
| Kasemeyer | — | Yea |
| Kelley | — | Yea |
| Klausmeier | — | Yea |
| Lee | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Cassilly | — | Yea |
| Robinson | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Young | — | Yea |
| Norman | — | Yea |
| Madaleno | — | Yea |
| Manno | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| McFadden | — | Yea |
| Middleton | — | Yea |
| Nathan-Pulliam | — | Yea |
| Peters | — | Yea |
| Pinsky | — | Yea |
| Ramirez | — | Yea |
| Serafini | — | Yea |
| Waugh | — | Yea |
| Zirkin | — | Yea |
| Delegate Stephanie Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Bill Ferguson | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Brian J. Feldman | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator C. Anthony Muse | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Cheryl C. Kagan | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Craig J. Zucker | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Guy Guzzone | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Jim Rosapepe | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Joanne C. Benson | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Nancy J. King | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Teresa E. Reilly | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Bryan W. Simonaire | Republican | Yea |
| Senator J.B. Jennings | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Johnny Ray Salling | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Justin Ready | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 63 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| Democrat | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 117 | 17 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 83% | 12% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (141)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Afzali | — | Not Voting |
| Anderton | — | Not Voting |
| Angel | — | Yea |
| Atterbeary | — | Yea |
| Aumann | — | Yea |
| Barkley | — | Yea |
| Barron | — | Yea |
| Barve | — | Yea |
| Beitzel | — | Yea |
| Branch | — | Yea |
| Bromwell | — | Yea |
| Carey | — | Yea |
| Carr | — | Yea |
| Clark | — | Yea |
| Conaway | — | Yea |
| Dumais | — | Yea |
| Flanagan | — | Yea |
| Frick | — | Yea |
| Frush | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Gibson | — | Yea |
| Gilchrist | — | Yea |
| Glass | — | Nay |
| Glenn | — | Yea |
| Grammer | — | Yea |
| Gutierrez | — | Yea |
| Haynes | — | Yea |
| Hixson | — | Yea |
| Holmes | — | Yea |
| Impallaria | — | Yea |
| Jalisi | — | Yea |
| Jameson | — | Not Voting |
| Knotts | — | Yea |
| Krebs | — | Yea |
| Krimm | — | Yea |
| Lafferty | — | Yea |
| Ali | — | Yea |
| Speaker Busch | — | Yea |
| Cluster | — | Yea |
| Sophocleus | — | Yea |
| Miele* | — | Yea |
| Kelly | — | Yea |
| Kittleman | — | Yea |
| Luedtke | — | Yea |
| McDonough | — | Yea |
| McIntosh | — | Yea |
| Morales | — | Yea |
| Morhaim | — | Yea |
| Mosby | — | Yea |
| Sanchez | — | Yea |
| Sydnor | — | Yea |
| Tarlau | — | Yea |
| Valentino-Smith | — | Yea |
| Vallario | — | Yea |
| Vogt | — | Yea |
| Walker | — | Yea |
| Cassilly | — | Yea |
| Proctor | — | Yea |
| Robinson | — | Yea |
| Young, P. | — | Yea |
| Rey* | — | Nay |
| Lierman | — | Yea |
| Lisanti | — | Yea |
| Malone | — | Nay |
| McConkey | — | Nay |
| McMillan | — | Not Voting |
| Otto | — | Nay |
| Parrott | — | Nay |
| Pendergrass | — | Yea |
| Platt | — | Yea |
| Reznik | — | Yea |
| Saab | — | Nay |
| Shoemaker | — | Nay |
| Jones, A. | — | Yea |
| Long, R. | — | Yea |
| Morgan, M. | — | Nay |
| Delegate Anne Healey | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Anne R. Kaiser | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Ben Barnes | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Ben Barnes | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Bonnie Cullison | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate C. T. Wilson | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Dana Stein | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate David Moon | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Debra Davis | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Delegate Diana M. Fennell | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Edith J. Patterson | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Eric Ebersole | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Kriselda Valderrama | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Luke Clippinger | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Marc Korman | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Mark S. Chang | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Pam Queen | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Robbyn Lewis | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Robbyn Lewis | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Terri L. Hill | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Veronica Turner | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Alonzo T. Washington | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Antonio Hayes | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Benjamin Brooks | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Benjamin F. Kramer | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Carl Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Clarence K. Lam | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Cory V. McCray | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Jeff Waldstreicher | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Karen Lewis Young | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Mary Washington | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Pamela Beidle | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Shelly Hettleman | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate April Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate April Miller | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate April Rose | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Christopher T. Adams | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate H. Kevin Anderson | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Jason C. Buckel | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Jay A. Jacobs | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Jefferson L. Ghrist | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Kathy Szeliga | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Mark N. Fisher | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Ric Metzgar | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Seth A. Howard | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Seth A. Howard | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Steven J. Arentz | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate Susan K. McComas | Republican | Yea |
| Delegate Teresa E. Reilly | Republican | Nay |
| Delegate William J. Wivell | Republican | Nay |
| Senator Bryan W. Simonaire | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Chris West | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Johnny Mautz | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Mary Beth Carozza | Republican | Nay |
| Senator Mike McKay | Republican | Yea |
| Senator Paul D. Corderman | Republican | Yea |
| Senator William G. Folden | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 251?
- HB 251 is sponsored by Senator Benjamin Brooks (Democrat), Flanagan, Senator William G. Folden (Republican), Gutierrez, Senator Shelly Hettleman (Democrat), Delegate Terri L. Hill (Democrat), Jones, Lierman, Luedtke, Morales, Mosby, Delegate Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk (Democrat), Reznik, Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democrat), Atterbeary, Kelly, Barve, Delegate Bonnie Cullison (Democrat), Delegate Diana M. Fennell (Democrat), Delegate Anne R. Kaiser (Democrat), Delegate Marc Korman (Democrat), Lafferty, Robinson, Simonaire, A. Washington, M. Washington, Tarlau, Delegate Kriselda Valderrama (Democrat), Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins (Democrat), Delegate Caylin Young (Democrat), Delegate Robbyn Lewis (Democrat), and Delegate April Miller (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 251?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 19, 2018. Enacted.
- Where can I track HB 251?
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