MD HB1462

Maryland higher education institutions must adopt and enforce policies addressing racial, ethnic, and religious violence, harassment, and intimidation, including mandatory training for faculty, administrators, and employees on responding to hate incidents and complaint procedures

Institutions must publish time, place, and manner policies for expressive activities and ensure campus security collaborates with local and state law enforcement to protect student organizations that have received threats of violence or hate crimes

Each institution must designate a senior administrator to meet annually with approved student organizations, including religiously affiliated groups, to discuss antidiscrimination policies and campus incidents

The Campus Community Grant Program is established with $500,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2027 to support intergroup and interfaith outreach among student organizations at public institutions

Institutions must submit annual reports by December 1 detailing all hate-related complaints and incidents, disaggregated by demographic group, incident type, and investigation status; a Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and related discrimination must report recommendations by January 1, 2026