# Maryland HB 0033: Department of Service and Civic Innovation - Maryland Corps Program Service Year Option Pathways - Revisions

Maryland HB 0033, Department of Service and Civic Innovation - Maryland Corps Program Service Year Option Pathways - Revisions, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-04-08 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 93); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0033-2025RS
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Maryland HB 0033
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Department of Service and Civic Innovation - Maryland Corps Program Service Year Option Pathways - Revisions
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2024-10-07
- Last action: 2025-04-08, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 93
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials, Administrative Agencies, Age -see also- Age of Maj; Children; Elderly; Inf&Tod.; etc, Committees and Commissions, Education -see also- ContEd; DrvEd; HigherEd; etc., Reports, Salaries and Compensation -see also- Overtime; Reimb. Rates, Volunteers
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (141 yes, 40 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 5

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Cash completion awards for Maryland Corps: benefit, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, Maryland Corps participants receive a $6,000 cash award after completing at least 9 months of service. The law removes the option to pay the award through a Maryland 529 education savings account.
- More young adults qualify for service: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, the Young Adult Service Year Option Pathway drops its three-year limit on high school completion. Applicants must be Maryland residents when applying and have finished high school or an equivalent level of education. They must be at least 18 but under 25 when the pathway sta…
- Age and residency rules for adult service: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Maryland Service Year Option Pathway applicants must be Maryland residents. They must be at least 18 when the pathway starts. The law sets no upper age limit.
- Executive Fellows lose state government opportunity: cost, low. The law ends Maryland’s Executive Fellows Program on July 1, 2025. The program gave private-sector individuals with demonstrated leadership and management potential an opportunity to take part in State government. That opportunity is no longer available through this program.
- New minimum pay rules for service participants: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, both Maryland Corps service-year pathways use a new minimum pay rule. Participants must receive at least the higher of the applicable county or Maryland minimum wage for required work or activities. This replaces the prior $15-per-hour floor. The effect on pay depends on the…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-31 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 40 | 7 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 101 | 33 | 2 |

## Actions (12)

- 2025-04-08: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 93
- 2025-04-01: Returned Passed (House)
- 2025-03-31: Third Reading Passed (40-7) (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Third Reading Passed (101-33) (House)
- 2025-02-18: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House)
- 2025-02-17: Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations (House)
- 2025-01-08: Hearing 1/28 at 2:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) (House)
- 2025-01-08: First Reading Health and Government Operations and Appropriations (House)
- 2024-10-07: Pre-filed (House)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-04-08: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_93_hb0033t.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-02-18: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0033t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-08: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0033f.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_93_hb0033t.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0033t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0033f.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0033-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).