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*hb0574*
HOUSE BILL 574
F3, O4, D2 6lr1028
HB 359/25 – W&M CF 6lr1475
By: Prince George’s County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2026
Assigned to: Ways and Means
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Prince George’s County Teen Pregnancy Support Program and Fee in Child 2
Support Cases – Established 3
PG 504–26 4
FOR the purpose of establishing the Prince George’s County Teen Pregnancy Support 5
Program to provide certain students attending a public high school in Prince 6
George’s County with certain assistance relating to child care and parenting ; 7
requiring the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County to collect a certain fee in 8
certain cases pertaining to child support; requiring the revenue generated from the 9
fee to be remitted to the Prince George’s County Board of Education and used to 10
support the Prince George’s County Teen Pregnancy Support Program in the county; 11
and generally relating to the Prince George’s County Teen Pregnancy Support 12
Program. 13
BY adding to 14
Article – Education 15
Section 3–1009 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 18
BY adding to 19
Article – Family Law 20
Section 12–103.1 21
Annotated Code of Maryland 22
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 23
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 24
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 25
Article – Education 26
2 HOUSE BILL 574
3–1009. 1
(A) THERE IS A PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY TEEN PREGNANCY SUPPORT 2
PROGRAM. 3
(B) THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY BOARD SHALL ASSIST STUDENTS WHO 4
ARE EXPECTING TO BEC OME, OR HAVE BECOME , A PARENT TO A CHILD WHILE 5
ATTENDING A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY BY PROVIDING TO STUDENTS: 6
(1) CASH VOUCHERS TO ASSI ST IN PA YING FOR CHILD CARE 7
EXPENSES; 8
(2) PARENTING EDUCATION; AND 9
(3) OTHER RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT FIRST–TIME PARENTS. 10
(C) THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY BOARD SHALL: 11
(1) ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR PROVIDING THE SU PPORT 12
DESCRIBED UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION; AND 13
(2) USE THE REVENUE FROM THE FEES COLLECTED A ND REMITTED 14
UNDER § 12–103.1 OF THE FAMILY LAW ARTICLE TO FUND THE S UPPORT 15
DESCRIBED UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION. 16
Article – Family Law 17
12–103.1. 18
(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY. 19
(B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY O THER PROVISION OF LA W, THE COURT IN 20
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY SHALL COLLECT A FEE OF $100 IN ANY CASE IN WHICH 21
AN INDIVIDUAL: 22
(1) APPLIES FOR A DECREE OR MODIFICATION OF A DECREE OF CHILD 23
SUPPORT; OR 24
(2) FILES ANY FORM OF PR OCEEDING TO RECOVER ARREARAGES OF 25
OR TO ENFORCE A DECREE OF CHILD SUPPORT. 26
(C) THE REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE FEES COLLEC TED UNDER THIS 27
SECTION SHALL BE REM ITTED QUARTERLY TO THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY 28
HOUSE BILL 574 3
BOARD OF EDUCATION AND USED TO SUPPORT THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY 1
TEEN PREGNANCY SUPPORT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED UNDER § 3–1009 OF THE 2
EDUCATION ARTICLE. 3
(D) THE FEE IMPOSED UNDER THIS SECTION IS IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER 4
FEES OR COSTS IMPOSED UNDER LAW, REGULATION, OR RULE. 5
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 6
1, 2026. 7