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HB544 - Criminal Law - Sexual Extortion, Stalking, and Revenge Porn - Statute of Limitations and In Banc Review
Vanessa Atterbeary, Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield, Catherine M. Forbes
Last updated 5 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of sexual extortion to be 5 years; altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of stalking to be 10 years; providing that the State may institute a prosecution for revenge porn at any time; and providing that, for purposes of the Maryland Constitution, a person who commits revenge porn shall be deemed to have committed a misdemeanor whose punishment is confinement in the penitentiary and may reserve a point or question for a certain in banc review.
STATUS
Passed
HB431 - Department of Veterans Affairs - Renaming and Deputy Secretary of Military Family Policy and Programs
Andrew C. Pruski, Adrian Boafo, Mark S. Chang
Last updated 6 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Renaming the Department of Veterans Affairs to be the Department of Veterans and Military Families; renaming the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families; requiring the Secretary to appoint a Deputy Secretary of Military Family Policy and Programs; and providing that the Department of Veterans and Military Families is the successor of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
STATUS
Passed
HB457 - Environment - Synthetic Turf - Disclosure and Study
Mary A. Lehman, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 5 months ago
58 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a producer or seller of synthetic turf to disclose to a customer typical maintenance practices and costs for removing, replacing, and disposing of synthetic turf; and requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with representatives of the industry, local environmental and community stakeholders, and synthetic turf producers, retailers, and users, to conduct a study on the synthetic turf industry in the State and report its findings to certain committees of the General Assembly by July 1, 2026.
STATUS
Passed
HB582 - Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
42 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to technology-based start-up companies founded by students from institutions located in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area; establishing the Baltimore Innovation Initiative Pilot Program within the Maryland Innovation Initiative of the Corporation; requiring certain appropriations for the programs to be included in the annual budget bill in certain fiscal years; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1004 - State Retirement and Pension System - Average Final Compensation - Compensation Adjustments
Catherine M. Forbes, Pensions
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing that certain adjustments to compensation may not be considered an extraordinary salary increase when determining the average final compensation of a member in the State Retirement and Pension System; and requiring a member to submit certain information to the State Retirement Agency in a certain manner at the time of retirement.
STATUS
Passed
HB1147 - Environment - Playground Surfacing Materials - Prohibitions
Michele Guyton, Mary A. Lehman, Nick Allen
Last updated 5 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2024, a person from installing, supplying, selling, soliciting, or offering for sale playground surfacing materials that contain a certain concentration of lead or a component product, material, or substance to which PFAS chemicals were previously intentionally added for certain purposes; prohibiting a county, municipality, or unit of local government from adopting any ordinance, rule, or regulation related to playground surfacing materials that is less stringent than of the Act; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1109 - Election Law – Registered Voter List and Petitions (Ballot Petition Modernization Act)
Sheila Ruth, Nick Allen, Catherine M. Forbes
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations for the secure storage and use of voter data from the list of registered voters and specifying procedures and requirements relating to electronic signatures; establishing and altering certain provisions governing the petition process, including provisions regarding the collection and invalidation of signatures, use of electronic signatures, and attestations by petition circulators; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1261 - Commission on Access to High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Child Care for Children Three Years Old and Younger
Michele Guyton, Heather Bagnall, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Commission on Access to High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Child Care for Children Three Years Old and Younger to study implementing universal access to high-quality early childhood education and child care for children 3 years old and younger; and requiring the Commission, on or before October 1, 2025, to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1206 - Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission - Establishment
Ken Kerr, Courtney Watson, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
70 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission in the Department of Commerce to study and make recommendations regarding bilateral trade relations and investment opportunities between Maryland and Ireland; and requiring the Commission by December 1 2025, to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
HB1435 - Renewable Energy - Net Energy Metering Aggregation, Solar Renewable Energy Credits, and Taxes on Solar Energy Generating Systems (Brighter Tomorrow Act)
David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo, Harry Bhandari, Elizabeth M. Embry
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Altering the maximum generating capacity authorized for certain net metered generating facilities; authorizing an eligible customer-generator participating in certain meter aggregation to receive excess generation from more than one generating system; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a Small Solar Energy Generating System Incentive Program; providing that solar energy generating systems that receive a certain certification by the Commission are eligible to receive additional solar renewable energy credits; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-043
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Catherine M. Forbes was born in Gardner, Massachusetts. She earned her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2003. After college, Forbes worked in the financial sector. In 2020, Forbes unsuccessfully ran for State Senate as a Democrat in the Worcester and Middlesex District. Forbes currently works in biotech. She lives in Berlin, Massachusetts with her husband and two young children. Forbes serves on the Berlin Finance Committee.read less
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