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Appropriations Committee advances consent calendar and approves several bills, including $50 million bonding for USM

Appropriations Committee · April 7, 2026
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Summary

The committee moved most items to a consent calendar and approved them; key individual measures advanced included a feasibility study to create an aerospace program at PG Community College, an increase to a mandated appropriation for regional resource centers and county libraries, and a $50 million University System of Maryland bonding authorization.

The Appropriations Committee voted to place most bills on a consent calendar and moved the remaining measures to separate consideration, advancing the bulk of its agenda without extended debate.

Delegate Smith introduced Senate Bill 198 as a measure to create an aerospace and aviation technology program at PG Community College, saying “it just creates this aerospace aviation technology program at PG Community College” and that the bill…

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