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SB709 - Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Internet-Delivered Absentee Ballot Study
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the State Board of Elections to submit a report on the costs and resources required to process Internet-delivered absentee ballots during elections in the State to the Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee on or before September 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
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
SB650 - Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Notice and Removal of Item or Symbol
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring law enforcement agencies to promptly notify owners of personal or real property regarding certain items or symbols being placed or inscribed on the property; requiring certain property owners to remove the items or symbols within 24 hours after the certain item or symbol is reported to a law enforcement agency or the property owner receives a certain notification, subject to certain exceptions; and establishing that a penalty for a violation of this Act may only be imposed on an owner of commercial real or personal property.
STATUS
Introduced
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
SB496 - Criminal Law - Interference With a Public Safety Answering Point - Penalties
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting a person from taking certain actions with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of a public safety answering point; prohibiting a person from taking certain actions that interrupt or impair the functioning of a public safety answering point; and authorizing penalties for certain violations of imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine not to exceed $25,000 or both.
STATUS
Introduced
SB10 - Vehicle Laws - Damaged, Obscured, or Modified Registration Plates
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to offer during the registration renewal process to replace vehicle registration plates that are more than 15 years old; altering the prohibition against obscuring or modifying a vehicle registration plate by prohibiting such activity in a manner that may prevent identification; and altering the penalty and points assessment for obscuring or modifying a vehicle registration plate.
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
SB16 - Election Law - Campaign Finance - Draft Committees and Exploratory Committees
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Applying certain campaign finance requirements for a political committee to draft committees and exploratory committees; establishing requirements and prohibitions for draft and exploratory committees relating to the establishment of the committees, receipt of funds, and permissible disbursements; requiring an authorized candidate campaign committee that results from the draft committee or exploratory committee to make any equipment purchases from the draft committee or exploratory committee at the fair market value of the equipment; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB29 - General Assembly - Special Election to Fill a Vacancy in Office
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring that a special election be held at the same time as the regular statewide primary and general elections that are held in the second year of a term to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator in the General Assembly if the vacancy occurs before a certain date.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB48 - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Police Officer Certification - Eligibility
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the eligibility requirements for an individual to be certified by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission as a police officer to remove certain citizenship requirements for an individual who is a permanent legal resident of the United States and an honorably discharged veteran; and providing that an individual who is a permanent legal resident and honorably discharged veteran or current member of the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, or a reserve component is eligible to be certified as a police officer.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-017
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Cheryl C. Kagan was born on April 8, 1959. She currently represents District 17 in the Maryland State Senate. Kagan earned a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University in 1981 and later earned a Master's degree in Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University in 2003. Kagan has served as a Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1995-2003 representing District 17. She was then elected to the Maryland State Senate in 2018 to continue to represent District 17, where she currently serves on several committees including Education, Health and Environmental Affairs; and Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families.read less
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Maryland Senate from Maryland
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