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Committee keeps Cyber Maryland program funding and broad grant eligibility after debate over labor unions and industry groups
Summary
Health and Government Operations Committee approved House Bill 1468 (conforming to Senate Bill 867) to move Cyber Maryland to a different agency and to authorize grantmaking; committee members debated and declined an amendment to remove industry associations and labor unions from eligible grantees.
The Health and Government Operations Committee on April 2 voted to pass House Bill 1468, which transfers the Cyber Maryland program, fund and board and revises grant and program language to conform to the Senate cross‑file. Amendments adopted in subcommittee and in committee change grant awarding language, relax some appropriation requirements and direct the program to seek nonstate funding sources.
During committee debate, Delegate Shaliga moved to strike “industry associations and labor unions” from a list of entities eligible for grants from the Cyber Maryland fund. Shaliga argued those entities should not receive taxpayer dollars; the motion to strike was…
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