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SB647 - Abandoned Cemeteries Fund - Establishment and Income Tax Checkoff
Arthur Ellis
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Abandoned Cemeteries Fund to provide for the care, preservation, maintenance, and restoration of abandoned cemeteries in the State; establishing a certain income tax checkoff for voluntary contributions to the Abandoned Cemeteries Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to include a checkoff on individual income tax return forms for voluntary contributions to the Fund and to include certain information in each individual income tax return package.
STATUS
Introduced
SB589 - Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission - Funding
Jack Bailey, Michael A. Jackson, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 7 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Increasing, from $900,000 to $1,000,000, the amount of an appropriation that the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill each year for the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland from the Cigarette Restitution Fund; and repealing the termination of certain provisions of law that require the Governor to include the appropriation in the annual budget bill each year and the Council to use the appropriation to fund the activities of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission.
STATUS
Passed
SB173 - Consolidated Transportation Program - Indian Head Highway - Conversion Into Limited Access Highway
Arthur Ellis
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Secretary of Transportation to include sufficient funds in the Consolidated Transportation Program for fiscal year 2025 and beyond for the planning, design, and reconstruction necessary for the conversion of Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Prince George's County into a limited access highway; and requiring, by December 31, 2024, a report to the General Assembly on a timeline and the estimated costs for the conversion of Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) into a limited access highway.
STATUS
Introduced
SB131 - Transportation - Consolidated Transportation Program - Categorization and Equitable Distribution of Projects
Arthur Ellis
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Department of Transportation to categorize the major transportation projects being considered for inclusion in the Consolidated Transportation Program into four project categories; requiring the Department to rank each project under the appropriate category using the project-based scoring system; and requiring the Department to increase a certain weighting metric by 45% for a project located in a minority, rural, or underserved community.
STATUS
Introduced
SB189 - Public Schools - Inclusive and Diverse English Language Arts - Development of Content Standards and Implementation
Arthur Ellis
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop content standards for inclusive and diverse English language arts to be included in certain State standards for English language arts by December 1, 2025; requiring each county board of education to develop and implement certain curriculum guides for inclusive and diverse English language arts; and requiring each public school to include inclusive and diverse English language arts in the English language arts curriculum beginning in the 2026-2027 school year.
STATUS
Introduced
SB121 - College of Southern Maryland - Funding and Responsibilities - La Plata Pool
Arthur Ellis
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Board of Trustees of the College of Southern Maryland to include funding in the annual budget of the College to reopen the pool on the College's La Plata Campus by December 31, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB135 - Workgroup to Study Funding for the Westernport Wastewater Treatment Facility - Establishment
Arthur Ellis, Mike McKay
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Funding for the Westernport Wastewater Treatment Facility to identify and examine existing funding sources that support the Facility and study whether increased funding could enhance operations at the Facility, the funding sources of comparable facilities in the region, and available and potential federal, State, and local funding sources for the Facility; and requiring the Workgroup to report, on or before December 1, 2024, its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
SB74 - State Designations - State Fruit - American Persimmon
Arthur Ellis
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Designating the American persimmon as the State fruit.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB30 - Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority and Fund - High Impact Development Project Program
Arthur Ellis
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the High Impact Development Project Program within the Department of Commerce to provide financial assistance to industrial development agencies or enterprises undertaking high impact, placemaking projects that will support manufacturing activities; requiring the Department to award financial assistance to entities carrying out high impact development projects under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB105 - Burial Sites of Enslaved Persons - Protection and Access (Emancipation for the Maryland Deceased Enslaved Act)
Arthur Ellis
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring an owner of land that encompasses any part of a former plantation to identify and allow visitation to certain burial sites of enslaved persons, under certain circumstances; prohibiting construction of any structure on certain burial sites; establishing the Office of Burial Sites of the Maryland Enslaved; and requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $2,500,000 for the Office.
STATUS
Introduced
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