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SPONSORED LEGISLATION
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
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
SB537 - Cannabis - Licensee Locations - Restrictions
Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the distance restrictions applicable to a licensed cannabis dispensary; prohibiting a political subdivision from establishing certain zoning requirements for licensed cannabis dispensaries and certain licensed cannabis growers that are more restrictive than certain zoning restrictions applicable to certain other entities; clarifying the authority of a political subdivision to alter certain distance requirements; requiring a political subdivision to grant a waiver to certain zoning requirements to certain dispensaries; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB427 - Public Health – Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program
Shelly Hettleman, Mary Washington, Jill P Carter
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a community-based organization, with the approval of the Maryland Department of Health, to establish an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program to provide a location for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and certain other services; authorizing a Program to bill the insurance carrier of an individual who uses the services; authorizing the Department to approve not more than six programs, preferably two in urban, two in rural, and two in suburban areas; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB88 - Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families
Dawn D. Gile, Pamela G Beidle, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 6 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families to study and make recommendations for developing and implementing a statewide strategic plan to make Maryland the best state for veterans and military families, including legislative and budgetary recommendations; 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
SB346 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act)
Sarah K. Elfreth, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 8 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Phasing in, over a period of 3 years, an increase in a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax to allow for a subtraction of all military retirement income beginning in taxable year 2026.
STATUS
Introduced
SB126 - Transportation - WMATA Operating Assistance - Alteration (Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2024)
Malcolm L. Augustine, Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 5 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Repealing, for certain fiscal years, the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation withhold 35% of the State's share of annual operating grants for the Washington Suburban Transit District if the State's operating assistance provided in the approved Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority budget increases by more than 3% over the total operating assistance provided in the prior fiscal year; and requiring the Secretary to withhold 35% of the State's share of grants for the District under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Passed
SB431 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumption - Long COVID (Home of the Brave Act of 2024)
Jeff D. Waldstreicher, Sarah K. Elfreth, Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Establishing that governmental essential workers are presumed to have an occupational disease that is compensable under workers' compensation law after being diagnosed with long COVID under certain circumstances; and applying the Act retroactively.
STATUS
Introduced
SB372 - Election Law - Deadline for Selection of Lieutenant Governor
Brian J. Feldman, Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a candidate seeking a nomination for Governor in a primary election to designate a candidate for Lieutenant Governor within 2 days after certification of the primary election; requiring a candidate seeking a nomination for Governor by any method other than a primary election to designate a candidate for Lieutenant Governor at the time of filing a declaration of intent to seek nomination; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB436 - Workplace Fraud and Prevailing Wage - Violations - Penalties and Referrals
Dawn D. Gile, William C. Ferguson, Malcolm L. Augustine
Last updated 6 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Increasing a certain civil penalty and administrative penalty for employers knowingly failing to properly classify individuals as employees; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to refer to the Comptroller and the U.S. Department of Labor certain complaints that allege a violation of certain tax laws under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-015
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Brian J. Feldman was born and raised in Potomac, Maryland. He earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995. In 1998, he received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Feldman worked as a lawyer before running for office. He served on the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee from 2002 to 2006. In 2006, Feldman was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates. He has been reelected every 4 years since and currently represents District 15 in Montgomery County.read less
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Maryland Senate from Maryland
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