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SB934 - Baltimore County - Sheriff - Salary
Benjamin T. Brooks, Johnny Ray Salling, Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Altering the annual salary of the Sheriff of Baltimore County.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1067 - Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695
Chris West, Benjamin T. Brooks, Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to place and use 16 speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County, except that only 4 may be operated at any given time; requiring that fines collected in Baltimore County as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 be used to assist in covering the cost of roadway and safety improvements on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County; requiring the Department of State Police to mail a warning notice instead of a citation for a certain violation; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB918 - Retail Choice Customer Education and Protection Fund - Purposes and Uses
Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Changing the name of the Retail Choice Customer Education and Protection Fund to the Education and Protection Fund; and modifying the purpose and uses of the Fund to include educating certain customers on certain energy choices and developing a certain training and educational program for persons licensed by the Public Service Commission as electricity suppliers or gas suppliers.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1024 - Public Middle and High Schools - Cardiac Emergency Response Plans for Athletic Facilities (The Bailey Bullock Act)
Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring that each public middle and high school alter the venue-specific emergency action plan for athletic facilities to incorporate a cardiac emergency response plan; and requiring each public middle and high school to review and update the cardiac emergency response plan each year.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB916 - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species - Definitions, Petitions, and Regulations
Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring certain petitions to review the listing or unlisting of endangered or threatened species to contain certain information regarding the distribution, life, and habitat needs of the species and relevant information about the status of a species; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to review and, if warranted, update certain regulations listing endangered or threatened species on or before July 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter; and defining "fish" and "wildlife" for certain purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB1023 - Maryland Building Performance Standards – Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric– and Solar–Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2024)
Benjamin T. Brooks, Karen Lewis Young, Clarence K. Lam
Last updated 10 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before certain dates and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings meet all water and space heating demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels, energy conservation requirements, and an electric- and solar-ready standard for certain buildings; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB989 - Health Insurance - Epinephrine Injectors - Limits on Cost Sharing (Epinephrine Cost Reduction Act of 2024)
Clarence K. Lam, Charles Anthony Muse, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 10 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to limit the amount a covered individual is required to pay in copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles for a covered prescription epinephrine injector to not more than $60.
STATUS
Introduced
SB917 - Public Schools – Restorative Practices Schools – Establishment
Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the duties of behavioral health services coordinators and the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports regarding duties related to implementing Restorative Practices Schools throughout the State; requiring the State Department of Education to develop a comprehensive plan to implement requirements for the establishment of Restorative Practices Schools; and requiring the Department to annually report to the General Assembly on the implementation of Restorative Practices Schools beginning December 1, 2026.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1025 - Public Utilities – Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program to develop and submit to the Public Service Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; prohibiting a person from being required to obtain a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity until a certain condition is met; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1058 - Education - Curriculum Standards - Antihate and Holocaust Education (Educate to Stop the Hate Act)
Benjamin Fred Kramer, Benjamin T. Brooks, Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Requiring county boards of education to establish curriculum guides and courses of study that are aligned with certain content standards developed by the State Department of Education, and requiring the State Board of Education to withhold certain funds from county boards that fail to do so; establishing certain requirements for the Department's process for developing, reviewing, and adopting certain content standards, curriculum standards, and curriculum resources; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
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