HB 1468 Maryland House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Cyber Maryland Program – Revisions

HB 1468 transfers Maryland's Cyber Maryland Program from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to the Maryland Department of Labor, restructuring its governance and operations. The bill requires the Program to award competitive grants for IT/OT workforces starting in fiscal year 2026, alters how the Cyber Maryland Fund can be used (including rolling over unused balances), and updates the Program's purpose to focus on creating a cybersecurity talent pipeline to reduce workforce vacancies by July 2026. It also mandates the Program to coordinate with cybersecurity industry groups, develop a statewide workforce plan, and ensure diversity in outcomes. These changes directly affect Maryland employers seeking cybersecurity talent and state workforce development programs.

Sub-Topics: Public Employees Workforce Development Cybersecurity

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Last action Apr 7, 2025

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MINOR

This revision updates HB 1468 to reflect its progression through the legislative process, adding sponsor information, committee approval, and adoption dates. The substantive content of the Cyber Maryland Program remains unchanged, with no modifications to program purposes, funding mechanisms, or operational requirements.

TECHNICAL

Added sponsor list including additional delegates (Alston, Bagnall, Bhandari, Cullison, Guzzone, Hill, S. Johnson, Kaiser, Kerr, Lopez, Martinez, Pena-Melnyk, Rosenberg, Ross, Taveras, White Holland, Woods, and Woorman) to the original sponsor.

Added legislative process markers including committee report status (favorable with amendments), house action (adopted), and second reading date (March 19, 2025).

Reformatted bill header and section numbering to align with standard legislative markup conventions, though no substantive policy content was altered.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 20, 2025

How they voted

100–35

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 140

Mar 20, 2025

D Democratic101

96 Yea 5

95% Yea

R Republican39

4 Yea 35 Nay

89% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 7, 2025

Committee

Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Referred Rules

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading Passed

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments {

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations

lower

Mar 20, 2025

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (100-35-5)

house of delegates

Feb 7, 2025

Committee

First Reading Health and Government Operations

lower

18 primary · 0 co-sponsors