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SB129 - Election Law - Election Costs and Administration
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring that each member of the State Board of Elections receive a stipend as provided in the State budget; requiring the State Administrator of Elections or the procurement officer for the State Board to disclose requests for proposals, invitations for bids, and proposed procurement contracts to the State Board; establishing requirements for invoices for payment sent by the State Board to a local board of elections and payments by a local board to the State Board; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB169 - Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund
Cheryl C. Kagan, Malcolm L. Augustine, Jack Bailey
Last updated 7 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans to nonprofit organizations for the planning, purchase, and installation of qualifying energy systems; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Fund; authorizing, in fiscal year 2026, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the Fund; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB527 - Community Colleges - Contraception - Access Requirements
Ariana M. Kelly, Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 5 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, on or before August 1, 2025, each community college to develop and implement a plan to provide students with access to over-the-counter contraception; requiring each community college to submit a certain report to the Maryland Higher Education Commission on or before September 1 each year; requiring the Commission to submit a certain report to the General Assembly on or before October 1 each year; and authorizing the Maryland Department of Health, on request, to provide certain assistance to a community college.
STATUS
Passed
SB24 - Consumer Protection - Retail Sales - Return and Exchange Policy (Right to Refund Information Act)
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring, before the completion of certain retail sales transactions, that merchants provide to consumers notice of the merchants' refund and exchange policies or policies of no refunds or exchanges by conspicuously displaying a certain notice; and making a violation of the Act an unfair, deceptive, or abusive trade practice that is subject to enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB459 - Grant Applications and Reporting - Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council - Alterations
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the composition of the Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council by removing the Director of the Governor's Grants Office or the Director's designee and adding the Comptroller or the Comptroller's designee; requiring the Council to study and make recommendations to the Department of Budget and Management regarding the creation of a State Grants Ombudsperson; altering certain reporting requirements; and extending the termination date of the Council to June 30, 2029.
STATUS
Passed
SB99 - Election Law - Affiliating with a Party and Voting - Unaffiliated Voters
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing unaffiliated voters to request to affiliate with a political party at an early voting center during a primary election and vote a provisional ballot for the voter's preferred political party.
STATUS
Introduced
SB492 - Public Schools - Student Telehealth Appointments - State Guidelines, Policies, and Access
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day in public middle and high schools in the State; and requiring each county board of education to establish a certain student telehealth policy.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB432 - Public Schools - Active Shooter Safety Drills or Trainings - Requirements
Cheryl C. Kagan, Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to collaborate with an institution of higher education or a designated federal or national research entity to study the effectiveness and impact of active shooter safety drills or trainings by researching and analyzing data collected by local school systems; requiring the Center to identify best practices for active shooter safety drills or trainings on or before October 1, 2024; requiring local school systems to provide parents with the annual active shooter safety drill schedule; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB493 - Elections – Ranked–Choice Voting – Contests for Presidential Nomination in 2028
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring that, in the 2028 statewide primary election, each contest for the nomination by a political party of a candidate for the office of President of the United States be conducted using ranked-choice voting; and requiring the State Board of Elections to develop and pay the cost of a certain voter education campaign and conduct and pay the cost of a survey of voters after the primary election to gauge the satisfaction of the voters with ranked-choice voting.
STATUS
Introduced
SB115 - Election Law – Recounts – Procedures
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring a petitioner for a recount to select the method for conducting the recount; limiting the methods from which the selection must be made; requiring a local board of elections to preserve and store certain voter-verifiable paper records in a certain manner and count the voter-verifiable paper record in a manual recount after a certain review; and establishing the process for an automated recount.
STATUS
Engrossed
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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