Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB1253: Department of Social and Economic Mobility - Established
Status: Chaptered, May 20, 2025
Establishing the Department of Social and Economic Mobility; providing for the Secretary of Social and Economic Mobility; providing the purpose of the Department is to provide support for units of State government, individuals, and businesses for the maintenance of social equity policies in the State; establishing the Department of Social and Economic Mobility Special Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill a certain appropriation from the Transportation Trust Fund to the Fund; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Maryland Department of Social Equity and Economic Mobility - Established FOR the purpose of establishing the Maryland Department of Social Equity and Economic Mobility; providing for the Secretary of Social Equity and Economic Mobility; providing for the administration, staffing, purpose, and duties of the Department; requiring a unit of State government other than the Department to refer a certain person to the Department; establishing the Department of Social and Economic Mobility Special Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund…
From the enrolled text, June 4, 2025:
AN ACT concerning Maryland Department of Social Equity and Economic Mobility - Established FOR the purpose of establishing the Maryland Department of Social Equity and Economic Mobility; providing for the Secretary of Social Equity and Economic Mobility; providing for the administration, staffing, purpose, and duties of the Department; requiring a unit of State government other than the Department to refer a certain person to the Department; establishing the Department of Social and Economic Mobility Special Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; providing that the Department is the successor of certain units in regard to the operation of social equity programs; authorizing the Governor to transfer certain positions, associated funds, and unexpended appropriations; and generally relating to the Maryland Department of Social Equity and Economic Mobility. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, and transferring Article - Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Section 1-309.1 Annotated Code of Maryland (2024 Replacement Volume) to be Article - State Government Section 9-4108 Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) BY renumbering Article - Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Section 1-309.2 to be Section 1-309.1 Annotated Code of Maryland (2024 Replacement Volume) BY renumbering Article - State Government Section 9-301 through 9-303, 9-303.1, 9-303.2, 9-303.3, 9-304, 9-304.1, and 9-305 through 9-308 and the …