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HOUSE BILL 1344
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By: Delegates D. Jones, Bagnall, Bartlett, Behler, Foley, Forbes, Guzzone,
Palakovich Carr, Solomon, Taylor, Toles, White Holland, and Wolek
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2025
Assigned to: Appropriations
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: February 25, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Department of General Services – Assessment of State–Owned Facilities – Child 2
Care Centers 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of General Services to conduct an assessment 4
of certain facilities owned by the State for a certain purpose; and generally relating 5
to State–owned facilities and child care centers. 6
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 7
That the Department of General Services shall: 8
(1) conduct an assessment of all facilities owned by the State and operated 9
by the 16 State agencies that the Department currently supports to evaluate whether the 10
facility or a portion of the facility would be suitable to lease to a child care center, as defined 11
in § 9.5–401 of the Education Article; and 12
(2) on or before December 1, 2026: 13
(i) report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of 14
the State Government Article, the results of the assessment conducted under item (1) of 15
this section, including: 16
1. an inventory of all facilities owned by the State; and 17
2. a description of whether each facility: 18 2 HOUSE BILL 1344
A. is suitable to lease to a child care center; and 1
B. has availability to be leased by the State to a child care 2
center; and 3
(ii) publish the report on its website. 4
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 5
1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years and, at the end of June 30, 2027, 6
this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 7
of no further force and effect. 8
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.