HB 1391 Maryland House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines and Professional Development

HB 1391 requires Maryland's State Department of Education to develop and update guidelines for safe, ethical AI use in K-12 classrooms by August 2026, emphasizing student and teacher-centered approaches. It mandates annual lists of approved AI tools (with privacy safeguards), requires each county school board to designate an AI facilitator, and establishes an AI needs assessment to identify support gaps for school systems. The bill also requires county boards to report annually on AI tool usage, student performance impacts, and compliance with data privacy laws. Additionally, it directs the Career and Technical Education Committee to integrate AI literacy into workforce preparation and funds professional development for teachers on AI tools and training. The legislation creates a Task Force on AI in K-12 Education to guide implementation.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Technology

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Last action Mar 17, 2025

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What changed between versions

First - Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Task Force → Third - Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines and Professional Development · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Skills Standards Advisory Committee as a required stakeholder alongside the CTE Committee for AI literacy integration. The definition of 'CTE Committee' was updated to include the new 'CTE Advisory Committee' in the official terminology. Several formatting and structural changes were made to align the bill with standard legislative markup conventions.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include the CTE Skills Standards Advisory Committee in AI-related workforce preparation activities, requiring them to consult with the Department before incorporating AI into CTE actions.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement for the CTE Skills Standards Advisory Committee to use Department guidance and consult before incorporating AI into CTE-based actions.

Added 'relevant stakeholders' to the list of entities the Department must consult when developing AI guidance.

DEFINITION

Changed definition reference from 'CTE Committee' to include both 'CTE Advisory Committee' and 'CTE Committee' in the statutory definitions.

TECHNICAL

Removed 'Task Force' from the bill title and subtitle, changing the focus to guidelines and professional development only.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 9, 2025

How they voted

126–11

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 139

Mar 9, 2025

D Democratic100

99 Yea 1

99% Yea

R Republican39

27 Yea 11 Nay 1

69% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Mar 17, 2025

Committee

Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading Passed

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments {

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means

lower

Mar 9, 2025

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (126-11-2)

house of delegates

Feb 7, 2025

Committee

First Reading Ways and Means

lower

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors