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HB576 - Mental Health - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs
Steven Craig Johnson, Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 5 months ago
70 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish the program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Office of the Public Defender to provide representation in assisted outpatient treatment proceedings; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB604 - Families Serve Act of 2024
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 7 months ago
52 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to spouses of eligible service members; and requiring the appointing authorities in the Executive Branch of State government to apply a credit of 10 points on any selection test for eligible military spouses and veterans of uniformed services.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB467 - Food Service Facilities and Tipped Workers - Service Fees and Tip Credits (One Fair Wage Act of 2024)
Adrian Boafo, Veronica Turner, Mary A. Lehman
Last updated 8 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by restaurants; specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; and prohibiting employers of tipped employees, beginning January 1, 2027, from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages.
STATUS
Introduced
HB581 - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
69 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each principal department and independent unit to create a catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and to submit the catalog to the Governor on or before October 1, 2024; requiring each department and independent unit to post certain completed information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates on the website of each department or independent unit by October 1, 2025; and establishing the Government Efficiency Commission.
STATUS
Passed
HB560 - Harford County Board of Education - Appointed Members - Alterations
Andre V. Johnson, Steven Craig Johnson
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Altering the number of appointed members on the Harford County Board of Education from three to one; and prohibiting appointed members on the county board from holding the positions of president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer on the county board.
STATUS
Introduced
HB432 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings and Criminal Procedure - Technical Corrections - References to Intellectual Disability
Aaron M. Kaufman, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 5 months ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Replacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law.
STATUS
Passed
HB597 - Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act
Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston, Marlon Amprey
Last updated 5 months ago
59 Co-Sponsors
Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; altering the eligibility criteria and the types of grants to be awarded under the Program; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop certain mental health wellness policies to be implemented in certain law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB599 - Maryland Community Investment Corporation - Establishment (Housing and Community Development Financing Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
56 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Corporation as an independent unit to make investments and financial assistance available in certain low-income communities in the State; expanding the eligible uses of the Strategic Demolition and Smart Growth Impact Fund to include grants and loans for credit enhancement for certain projects; requiring that members of the investment committee to be geographically representative of the locations of low-income communities in the State; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB513 - Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
58 Co-Sponsors
Altering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems; altering the highways on which a work zone speed control system may be used; clarifying that a system operator does not need to be present when a work zone speed control system is in use; altering the maximum penalty for a civil citation issued as a result of an image from a work zone speed control system; requiring the State Highway Administration to make a certain report; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB694 - Governor's Office for Children - Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 8 months ago
55 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Governor's Office for Children and the Special Secretary of the Governor's Office for Children as the head of the Office; requiring the Special Secretary to establish the ENOUGH grant program, subject to certain requirements; requiring the Office to assign certain staff for a certain purpose; establishing certain reporting and evaluation requirements; establishing the ENOUGH Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Governor to appropriate $15,000,000 to the fund for fiscal year 2026; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-034
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Andre V. Johnson was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1982. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. After college, Andre worked at the South Carolina Department of Education coordinating community programs. In 2010, Andre ran for State Senate and won. As a member of the State Legislature, he served on the Education Committee where he advocated for increased funding for schools and teachers. Andre lives in Columbia, South Carolina with his wife Jane and their two children.read less
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Maryland House from Maryland
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