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SB958 - Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024
Katie Fry Hester, Benjamin T. Brooks, Dawn D. Gile
Last updated 10 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund to support efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB592 - Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Materials for Individualized Education Program, Individualized Family Service Plan, and 504 Plan Meetings
Craig Zucker, Brian J. Feldman, Jason C. Gallion
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a local school system to provide to parents at certain individualized education program, individualized family service plan, and 504 plan meetings for children with disabilities certain written informational materials regarding the Maryland ABLE Program: requiring the State Treasurer to develop informational materials about the Maryland ABLE Program that may be distributed electronically or by hand; and requiring the State Treasurer to provide informational materials to the State Board of Education and county boards.
STATUS
Passed
SB341 - Commission on African American History and Culture - Museum Name Change
Cory V. McCray, Malcolm L. Augustine, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Altering the name of the museum operated by the Commission on African American History and Culture in certain provisions of law from the "Banneker-Douglass Museum" to the "Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum".
STATUS
Passed
SB196 - Soil Conservation Districts - Small Ponds - Plan Review Fees
Jason C. Gallion, Benjamin T. Brooks, Katie Fry Hester
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a soil conservation district to recommend a fee system to cover the cost of reviewing plans for small ponds; establishing that any fees collected under the Act shall be supplemental to county and State funds; requiring a soil conservation district, in developing a fee system for small pond plans, to determine for the succeeding year the reasonable cost of reviewing the plans; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB707 - Armed Forces – Support of Military Families and Addition of Space Force
Michael A. Jackson, Malcolm L. Augustine, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Adding the Space Force to certain provisions of law related to the armed forces; authorizing military spouses and residents of the State who are members of the National Guard of another state or a reserve component of the armed forces to terminate certain contracts at any time after the date the service member receives certain military orders to relocate; adding the Space Force and members of the National Guard of any other state to the definition of a "military-connected student" for purposes of the Purple Stars Schools Program; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB797 - Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established
Katie Fry Hester, Malcolm L. Augustine, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund beginning in fiscal year 2026; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB567 - Public Institutions of Higher Education - Student Withdrawal Policy - Reimbursement of Tuition and Fees (Cameron Carden Act of 2024)
Charles Anthony Muse, Malcolm L. Augustine, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 7 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy to authorize a student to withdraw from the institution under extenuating circumstances and to refund the student for tuition and fees paid by the student for a certain semester under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Passed
SB982 - Information Technology - Modernization of Information Technology Projects
Katie Fry Hester, Mary Washington, Malcolm L. Augustine
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Altering the duties of the Secretary of Information Technology related to modernization of information technology systems; renaming the Major Information Technology Development Fund; requiring 20% of the amount appropriated to the Fund to be set aside for expedited projects each fiscal year; requiring the Board of Public Works to expedite the placement on an agenda and approval of certain contracts; altering the name, duties, and membership of the Modernize Maryland Oversight Commission; and providing for the terms of certain Commission members.
STATUS
Passed
SB586 - Public Safety - Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing for Fuel Gas Piping Systems - Requirements and Prohibitions
Benjamin T. Brooks, Karen Lewis Young, Malcolm L. Augustine
Last updated 10 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or distribution of corrugated stainless steel tubing that does not meet a certain International Code Council standard; requiring certain tubing used in the construction of fuel gas piping systems in certain buildings to meet a certain standard; and providing a civil penalties of up to $1,000 for a violation of the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB448 - Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland
Charles Anthony Muse, Malcolm L. Augustine, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland to study the history of the African American soldiers who fought for the Union Army in Maryland and to make findings and recommendations regarding the funding, design, construction, and location of an appropriate memorial dedicated to the African American Civil War soldiers; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
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