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SB79 - State Finance - Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System
Alonzo T. Washington
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting the State and certain units and instrumentalities of the State from using any appropriation for a magnetic levitation transportation system in the State; and providing that the prohibition does not apply to expenditures for the salaries of personnel assigned to review permits or other forms of approval for a magnetic levitation transportation system.
STATUS
Introduced
SB386 - County Boards of Education - Student Members - Voting Rights and Participation in Executive Sessions
Karen Lewis Young, Nick Charles, Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Providing that student members on certain county boards of education may vote on certain matters and may attend certain executive or special sessions under certain circumstances; and providing that student members of county boards of education have certain voting rights and may attend certain executive or special sessions.
STATUS
Introduced
SB61 - Higher Education - Disciplinary Records - Use in Admissions and Disciplinary Proceedings
Alonzo T. Washington
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting an institution of higher education from using an admissions application that contains questions about an applicant's disciplinary record, subject to certain exceptions; and authorizing an institution of higher education to make inquiries into and consider information about a student's disciplinary record for discipline related to academic dishonesty.
STATUS
Introduced
SB455 - College Preparatory Programs and College Admissions Applications – Fees – Prohibition
Alonzo T. Washington
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting a county board from charging fees to certain students related to enrollment in or completion of The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program or a comparable program consisting of Advanced Placement courses specified by the College Board; and prohibiting public institutions of higher education from charging a graduate of an approved public high school in the State any fees associated with certain college admissions applications.
STATUS
Introduced
SB104 - Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2024
Alonzo T. Washington
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Secretary of Labor to set the taxable wage base and the maximum weekly benefit amount in a certain manner beginning in calendar year 2027 and each calendar year thereafter; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB513 - Employment Discrimination - Use of Cannabis Products
Alonzo T. Washington
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting an employer from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's use of cannabis products under certain circumstances; establishing that certain provisions prohibiting employment discrimination do not prohibit an employer from taking certain actions against an employee under certain circumstances or authorize certain behaviors by an employee; and requiring certain employers to issue a drug policy under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
SB161 - Community Schools - Alterations
Alonzo T. Washington
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering certain requirements for community schools and community school coordinators; requiring the Director of Community Schools to create a common needs assessment tool and an evaluation form; requiring a community school coordinator to complete an evaluation and a needs assessment in a certain manner; authorizing the State Department of Education to provide comments to community school coordinators on implementation plans; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB457 - Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Equitech Growth Fund - Alterations
Alonzo T. Washington
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Specifying certain authorized uses of the Equitech Growth Fund in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation.
STATUS
Passed
SB148 - Comprehensive Flood Management Grant Program - Funding for Underserved and Overburdened Communities
Alonzo T. Washington, Malcolm L. Augustine, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 5 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring at least 40% of funding provided under the comprehensive flood management grant program to be used for projects located in or directly benefiting underserved or overburdened communities; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual State budget an appropriation of up to $20,000,000 for the comprehensive flood management grant program in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.
STATUS
Passed
SB517 - Next Generation Scholars of Maryland Program - Program Administrator - Alterations
Alonzo T. Washington
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the administrator of the Next Generation Scholars of Maryland Program to be the Maryland Higher Education Commission rather than the State Department of Education; and requiring the Department to assist the Commission with the review of applications and the selection of nonprofit organizations to administer the Program in local school systems.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Maryland district SD-022
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Alonzo T. Washington is running for election for South Carolina State House District 81. Alonzo was a professional basketball player for ten years before practicing law for three decades. Alonzo served in the United States Army. He earned his Bachelors from the University of California, Berkley and his JD from University of Southern California Law School. Alonzo served as a Florence County Councilman. Alonzo and his wife Dianne have four daughters.read less
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