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3	3		EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDE D TO EXISTING LAW .
4	4		[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5		Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6	6		Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
7	7		amendment.
8		-	Italics indicate opposite chamber/conference committee amendments.
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11	10		HOUSE BILL 1344
12		-	P1, F5 (5lr2733)
13		-	ENROLLED BILL
14		-	— Appropriations/Education, Energy, and the Environment —
15		-	Introduced by Delegates D. Jones, Bagnall, Bartlett, Behler, Foley, Forbes,
16		-	Guzzone, Palakovich Carr, Solomon, Taylor, Toles, White Holland, and
17		-	Wolek
	11	+	P1, F5 5lr2733
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19		-	Read and Examined by Proofreaders:
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21		-	_______________________________________________
22		-	Proofreader.
23		-	_______________________________________________
24		-	Proofreader.
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26		-	Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this
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28		-	_______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M.
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30		-	______________________________________________
31		-	Speaker.
	13	+	By: Delegates D. Jones, Bagnall, Bartlett, Behler, Foley, Forbes, Guzzone,
	14	+	Palakovich Carr, Solomon, Taylor, Toles, White Holland, and Wolek
	15	+	Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2025
	16	+	Assigned to: Appropriations
	17	+	Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
	18	+	House action: Adopted
	19	+	Read second time: February 25, 2025
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33	21		CHAPTER ______
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35	23		AN ACT concerning 1
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37	25		Department of General Services – Assessment of State–Owned Facilities – Child 2
38	26		Care Centers 3
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40	28		FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of General Services to conduct an assessment 4
41	29		of certain facilities owned by the State for a certain purpose; and generally relating 5
42	30		to State–owned facilities and child care centers. 6
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44	32		SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 7
45	33		That the Department of General Services shall: 8
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47	35		(1) conduct an assessment of all facilities owned by the State and operated 9
48		-	by the 16 State agencies that the Department currently supports to evaluate whether the 10 2 HOUSE BILL 1344
	36	+	by the 16 State agencies that the Department currently supports to evaluate whether the 10
	37	+	facility or a portion of the facility would be suitable to lease to a child care center, as defined 11
	38	+	in § 9.5–401 of the Education Article; and 12
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	40	+	(2) on or before December 1, 2026: 13
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	42	+	(i) report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of 14
	43	+	the State Government Article, the results of the assessment conducted under item (1) of 15
	44	+	this section, including: 16
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	46	+	1. an inventory of all facilities owned by the State; and 17
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	48	+	2. a description of whether each facility: 18 2 HOUSE BILL 1344
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51		-	facility or a portion of the facility would be suitable to lease to a child care center, as defined 1
52		-	in § 9.5–401 of the Education Article; and 2
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54		-	~~(2) on or before December~~ 1~~, 2026: 3~~
	52	+	A. is suitable to lease to a child care center; and 1
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56		-	(i) report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of 4
57		-	the State Government Article, the results of the assessment conducted under item (1) of 5
58		-	this section, including: 6
	54	+	B. has availability to be leased by the State to a child care 2
	55	+	center; and 3
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60		-	1. an inventory of all facilities owned by the State described 7
61		-	in item (1) of this section; and 8
	57	+	(ii) publish the report on its website. 4
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63		-	2. a description of whether each facility: 9
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65		-	A. is suitable to lease to a child care center; and 10
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67		-	B. has availability to be leased by the State to a child care 11
68		-	center; and 12
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70		-	(ii) publish the report on its website. 13
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72		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 14
73		-	1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years and, at the end of June 30, 2027, 15
74		-	this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 16
75		-	of no further force and effect. 17
	59	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 5
	60	+	1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years and, at the end of June 30, 2027, 6
	61	+	this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 7
	62	+	of no further force and effect. 8
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80	67		Approved:
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82	69		Governor.
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84	71		Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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86	73		President of the Senate.