# Maryland SB 0248: Department of Service and Civic Innovation - Maryland Corps Program Service Year Option Pathways - Revisions Maryland SB 0248, Department of Service and Civic Innovation - Maryland Corps Program Service Year Option Pathways - Revisions, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-04-08 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 94); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0248-2025RS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maryland SB 0248 - State: Maryland - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Department of Service and Civic Innovation - Maryland Corps Program Service Year Option Pathways - Revisions - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2024-10-07 - Last action: 2025-04-08, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 94 - 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 (147 yes, 37 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Cash awards for Maryland Corps participants: benefit, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, Maryland Corps participants receive a required $6,000 cash award after completing at least nine months of service. The award is no longer optional or payable through a Maryland 529 college savings account. - Broader access to Maryland service opportunities: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Young Adult pathway applicants must live in Maryland when applying and be ages 18–24 when service starts. They must finish high school or equivalent education, but the prior three-year limit since finishing is removed. The Maryland Service Year pathway accepts Maryland resid… - Private-sector applicants lose state fellowship opportunity: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Maryland ends the Executive Fellows Program. It offered private-sector people with demonstrated leadership and management potential an opportunity to participate in State government. Prospective fellows lose that opportunity; the repeal does not specify any payment to partic… - Service participants get local wage floors: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, both service-year pathways replace their $15-per-hour floor with the higher county or Maryland minimum wage. This floor covers required work hours and required program activities. It also applies to cash stipends covered by Department rules. The new floor can be higher or lo… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-02 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 102 | 37 | | | 2025-02-06 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 45 | 0 | | ## Actions (16) - 2025-04-08: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 94 - 2025-04-03: Returned Passed (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Third Reading Passed (102-37) (House) - 2025-04-01: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House) - 2025-04-01: Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations (House) - 2025-03-11: Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) (House) - 2025-02-07: Referred Health and Government Operations Appropriations (House) - 2025-02-06: Third Reading Passed (45-0) (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Second Reading Passed (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Favorable Adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate) - 2025-01-14: Hearing 1/22 at 10:00 a.m. (Senate) - 2025-01-14: Hearing canceled (Senate) - 2025-01-09: Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate) - 2025-01-08: First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate) - 2024-10-07: Pre-filed (Senate) ## Bill text - Enacted, 2025-04-08: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_94_sb0248t.pdf) - Third Reading, 2025-02-04: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0248t.pdf) - First Reading, 2025-01-08: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0248f.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_94_sb0248t.pdf) - [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0248t.pdf) - [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0248f.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) - [Maryland bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland/bills) - [Maryland state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0248-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).