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SB906 - Housing and Community Development - Conversion of Commercial Buildings for Residential Use - Report
Malcolm L. Augustine, Benjamin T. Brooks, Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each political subdivision to inventory vacant commercial buildings, develop a plan to convert certain vacant commercial buildings for residential use, and submit a report to the Department of Housing and Community Development on or before January 1, 2025; requiring political subdivision to update the report every 2 years; requiring the Department to establish and maintain a database of vacant commercial buildings in the State that have the potential to be converted for residential use; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB883 - Education - Virtual Tutoring Services - Background Checks and Fingerprinting
Nancy King, Malcolm L. Augustine, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a county board of education, a nonpublic school, or a contracting agency that has contracted with a virtual tutoring service to require the virtual tutoring service to conduct a criminal history records check for any individual at the virtual tutoring service who engages with a minor; and authorizing certain criminal history records checks conducted by a virtual tutoring service to satisfy certain fingerprinting and background requirements.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1178 - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Service Terminal Date
Jack Bailey, Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 5 months ago
47 Co-Sponsors
Repealing the service terminal date required to be eligible for the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship.
STATUS
Passed
SB1161 - Electricity - Offshore Wind Projects - Alterations
Brian J. Feldman, Katie Fry Hester
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Public Service Commission on June 1, 2024 to open a revised Round 2 proceeding to evaluate certain offshore wind projects; authorizing certain offshore wind projects to submit certain revised plans for project schedules, sizes, or pricing, including offshore wind renewable energy credit pricing and, under certain circumstances, to seek approval from the Commission to increase the maximum amount of offshore wind renewable energy credits sold under a certain order, subject to certain limitations; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB425 - Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024)
Shelly Hettleman, Guy J Guzzone, Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 6 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Clarifying that secondary schools participating in the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program may serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school; and authorizing elementary schools participating in the Program, subject to certain approval and allowances, to serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school, including from "Grab and Go" carts after the arrival of students to the school, provided that students are allowed to consume the meal in the classroom after the start of the school day.
STATUS
Passed
SB165 - Education – Coaches – Mental Health Training
Shelly Hettleman, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 4 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for public schools and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to develop guidelines for public institutions of higher education to train coaches to recognize indicators of mental illness and behavioral distress in students who participate in athletic programs in public schools and public institutions of higher education; requiring public schools and public institutions that offer athletic programs to provide a certain mental health training to coaches; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB1099 - Emergency Services - Automated External Defibrillator and Naloxone Co-Location Initiative - Requirements for Public Buildings
William C. Smith, Dawn D. Gile, Mary Dulany James
Last updated 4 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Emergency Medical Services Board, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and implement an initiative under the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program to require that naloxone be co-located with each automated external defibrillator placed in a public building; establishing a certain immunity from liability for individuals who administer naloxone made available under the initiative in response to a known or suspected drug overdose; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB975 - Maryland Department of Health - Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program - Establishment (Supporting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act)
Sarah K. Elfreth, Dawn D. Gile, Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 4 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Health to assist reproductive health care clinics in the State with costs associated with security improvements and safety operational expenses; prohibiting the Department from disclosing certain personal information of an individual associated with the Program; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2026 an appropriation of $500,000 to the Program.
STATUS
Passed
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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