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SB824 - Election Law – Absentee Ballot Application – Sending to Eligible Voters Before Primary Elections
Benjamin Fred Kramer
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring each local board of elections to send the absentee ballot application approved by the State Board of Elections to each eligible voter at least 60 days before each statewide primary election, unless the voter has permanent absentee ballot status.
STATUS
Introduced
SB865 - Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program - Expansion
Nancy King, Brian J. Feldman, Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Expanding, renaming, and altering certain provisions relating to a certain truancy reduction program in certain juvenile courts; authorizing a county or circuit administrative judge to establish a certain Truancy Reduction and School Reengagement Program as a problem-solving court in certain juvenile courts in accordance with rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Maryland; and requiring the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland to annually report certain information to the General Assembly.
STATUS
Introduced
SB871 - Unemployment Insurance - Disqualification - Stoppage of Work Caused by Labor Dispute
Benjamin Fred Kramer
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing that the disqualification from receiving unemployment insurance benefits due to a stoppage of work does not apply for any week beginning after the first 14 days of an individual's unemployment resulting from the stoppage of work that exists because of a labor dispute at the premises where the individual was last employed.
STATUS
Introduced
SB872 - Criminal Law - Animal Abuse or Neglect - Penalties
Benjamin Fred Kramer
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing increased penalties of imprisonment for up to 3 years and a fine not to exceed $5,000 or both for the abuse or neglect of an animal if the abuse or neglect results in the death or euthanasia of the animal; and authorizing the court, as a condition of sentencing a certain defendant, to prohibit the defendant from owning, possessing, or residing with an animal for a period of time determined by the court.
STATUS
Introduced
SB864 - Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center – Designation as Community of Innovation
Nancy King, Brian J. Feldman, Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 7 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Designating the Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center as the State's Regional Higher Education Community of Innovation; and altering the purposes of the Universities at Shady Grove to include serving a diverse citizenry in an innovative manner to meet the educational needs of the region and fostering individual academic success leading to career success which positively impacts the entire economy of the region.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB192 - State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Supervisory Employees
Benjamin Fred Kramer
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain supervisory State employees; and requiring that certain supervisory State employees who are not confidential employees have separate bargaining units.
STATUS
Passed
SB426 - Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established
Shelly Hettleman, Jeff D. Waldstreicher, Benjamin Fred Kramer
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland STEM Program in the State Department of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who teach STEM classes at nonpublic schools; authorizing nonpublic schools to apply for the Program and requiring participating nonpublic schools to report certain information to the Department each year; requiring public schools to inform current and retired teachers about the Program and to submit a list of interested teachers to the superintendent of the local school system each year; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB388 - Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority for Upper Payment Limits and Funding (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Act of 2024)
Dawn D. Gile, Brian J. Feldman, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Governor in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $1,000,000 for the Prescription Drug Affordability Fund which provides funding for the Board; and requiring the Board, under certain circumstances, to establish a process for setting upper payment limits for all purchases and payor reimbursements of prescription drug products in the State that the Board determines have led or will lead to affordability challenges.
STATUS
Introduced
SB540 - Education - School Mapping Data Program - Established
Dawn D. Gile, Benjamin T. Brooks, Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the School Mapping Data Program in the Maryland Center for School Safety; providing that the purpose of the Program is to provide funds to local school systems to produce school mapping data for each public school in the county, including public charter schools, to assist first responders in responding to emergencies at a school; requiring a custodian of records to deny inspection of any school mapping data produced under the Program; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB505 - Public Utilities - Transportation Network Service - Assessment Cap Increase
Benjamin Fred Kramer
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Increasing the cap on the assessment a county or municipal corporation may impose on each transportation network service from 25 cents per trip to 50 cents per trip.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-019
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Benjamin Fred Kramer is the current State Attorney for Florida's 19th judicial circuit. He began serving in this role on January 3, 2017 after being elected on November 8, 2016. Prior to becoming State Attorney, Kramer worked as an assistant state attorney in the 19th judicial circuit for over 20 years. He has prosecuted cases involving white collar crime, identity theft, narcotics trafficking, violent crimes, and crimes against children. Kramer graduated from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law in 1994. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida in 1990.read less
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Maryland Senate from Maryland
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