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SB738 - Freedom to Read Act
Nancy King, Pamela G Beidle, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 5 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a State policy that local school systems operate their school library media programs consistent with certain standards; requiring each local school system to develop a policy and procedures to review objections to materials in a school library media program; prohibiting a county board of education from dismissing, demoting, suspending, disciplining, reassigning, transferring, or otherwise retaliating against certain school library media program personnel for performing their job duties consistent with certain standards; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB631 - Department of Aging - Long-Term Care Insurance - Study
Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Department of Aging to contract with an independent consultant to complete an insurance study on public and private options for leveraging resources to help individuals prepare for long-term care services and support needs; and requiring the Department to submit an interim report by December 31, 2024, summarizing the progress of the study and a final report by December 31, 2025, to the Governor and General Assembly on the results of the study.
STATUS
Introduced
SB590 - Human Relations - Discrimination - Protected Characteristics
Clarence K. Lam, Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability.
STATUS
Introduced
SB630 - Real Property - Contract Liens - Medical Debt
Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt.
STATUS
Introduced
SB602 - Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024)
Mike McKay, Charles Anthony Muse, Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain clean slate eligible charges; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to submit a report semiannually detailing the progress and outcomes of the automated expungement process during the preceding 6 months; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB538 - Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
Jeff D. Waldstreicher, Nick Charles, Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act only to causes of action arising after October 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
SJ1 - Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment
Ariana M. Kelly, Pamela G Beidle, Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 6 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Urging the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden to publish, without delay, the federal Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for the U.S. Congress to pass a joint resolution affirming the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment.
STATUS
Enrolled
SB106 - State Board of Social Work Examiners - Board Membership and Certified Social Worker Licenses
Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the membership of the State Board of Social Work Examiners; and repealing obsolete references to certified social worker licenses.
STATUS
Passed
SB42 - Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors
Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting an adult from allowing certain minors to ride a horse, donkey, mule, or pony on a highway, a public horse-riding path, or the grounds of a certain facility unless the minor is wearing a properly secured helmet that meets or exceeds certain standards; exempting a minor who is receiving therapy services from a licensed medical provider and for whom the use of an alternative helmet is necessary, appropriate, and in compliance with certain guidelines for alternative helmet use; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB113 - Criminal Law - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor Through Child Pornography - Prohibition
Ariana M. Kelly, William C. Smith, Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 4 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting an individual from knowingly and with a certain intent soliciting a minor or law enforcement officer posing as a minor to engage in certain prohibited sexual acts with the minor by a certain means.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-016
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Ariana M. Kelly is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 16. She assumed office in 2011. She left office in 2015. Prior to her election to the Maryland House of Delegates, Kelly worked as an attorney. Kelly earned her B.A. in Government from Sweet Briar College in 1997. She went on to receive her J.D. from the George Washington University Law School in 2000.read less
OFFICES HELD
Maryland Senate from Maryland
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