# Maryland SB 0486: School Health and Wellness Personnel Assessment and Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers

Maryland SB 0486, School Health and Wellness Personnel Assessment and Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Clarence K. Lam (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-04-02 (Rereferred to Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0486
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: School Health and Wellness Personnel Assessment and Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-23
- Last action: 2025-04-02, Rereferred to Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Clarence K. Lam (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Education - Miscellaneous, Public Health, Committees and Commissions, Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties; etc., Data -see also- Census; Demographics, Education, Boards of, Education -see also- ContEd; DrvEd; HigherEd; etc., Education, State Department of, Electronic Government, Governor, Health -see also- COVID19; EnvHlth; MedCon; etc., Health Care Facilities -see also- Clinics; Hospices; etc, Health, Department of, Health Occupations -see also- (specific health occupations), Internet -see also- Internet Access, Mental and Behavioral Health -see also- Aut; Cogn; Dev; etc., Open Government, Recruitment and Hiring, Reports, Work, Labor, and Employment -see also- JobTrn; Leave; etc.
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (33 yes, 13 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Clarence K. Lam (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-01 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 33 | 13 |   |

## Actions (8)

- 2025-04-02: Rereferred to Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means (House)
- 2025-04-02: Referred Rules and Executive Nominations (House)
- 2025-04-01: Third Reading Passed (33-13) (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Favorable with Amendments {473225/1 Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: First Reading Finance (Senate)

## Bill text

- Third Reading, 2025-03-31: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0486t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-23: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0486f.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (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
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0486t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0486f.pdf)

## Related
- [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)
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [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-SB0486-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).