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SPONSORED LEGISLATION
SB540 - Education - School Mapping Data Program - Established
Dawn D. Gile, Benjamin T. Brooks, Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the School Mapping Data Program in the Maryland Center for School Safety; providing that the purpose of the Program is to provide funds to local school systems to produce school mapping data for each public school in the county, including public charter schools, to assist first responders in responding to emergencies at a school; requiring a custodian of records to deny inspection of any school mapping data produced under the Program; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB494 - Election Law - Postelection Procedures
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the records and documents that a board of canvassers is required to investigate under certain circumstances; altering the responsibilities of the State Administrator, the State Board of Elections, and the Board of State Canvassers regarding the certification of election results; authorizing the members of the Board of State Canvassers to appoint certain designees to serve on the Board of State Canvassers; and altering the responsibilities of the Governor regarding election results.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB458 - Campaign Finance - Political Organizations - Prohibitions and Disclosures
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting certain political organizations from making expenditures or disbursements to an entity owned or controlled by certain individuals; prohibiting certain political organizations from employing certain individuals or allowing certain individuals to volunteer on behalf of the political organization; requiring certain political organizations to make certain disclosures; authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to investigate a potential violation of the Act; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB958 - Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024
Katie Fry Hester, Benjamin T. Brooks, Dawn D. Gile
Last updated 8 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund to support efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1068 - Department of Information Technology - Evaluation and Development of a 3-1-1 Portal Using Artificial Intelligence
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Information Technology evaluate the feasibility of creating a 3-1-1 portal utilizing artificial intelligence and that the Department prioritize the creation of the portal if feasible.
STATUS
Passed
SB1069 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders
Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Providing that a first responder who is diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist with post-traumatic stress disorder is presumed under certain circumstances to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers' compensation law; and specifying that the presumption does not limit any other right or claim an individual may have under workers' compensation law.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1090 - Maryland Center for School Safety - Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program - Established
Jeff D. Waldstreicher, Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program to be administered by the Maryland Center for School Safety to provide funds to improve emergency notification systems and communications between public elementary and secondary school personnel, a public safety answering point, and a public safety agency during emergency events; requiring the Center to ensure that the Program is operating and available to each county board on or before September 1, 2026; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB592 - Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Materials for Individualized Education Program, Individualized Family Service Plan, and 504 Plan Meetings
Craig Zucker, Brian J. Feldman, Jason C. Gallion
Last updated 5 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a local school system to provide to parents at certain individualized education program, individualized family service plan, and 504 plan meetings for children with disabilities certain written informational materials regarding the Maryland ABLE Program: requiring the State Treasurer to develop informational materials about the Maryland ABLE Program that may be distributed electronically or by hand; and requiring the State Treasurer to provide informational materials to the State Board of Education and county boards.
STATUS
Passed
SB341 - Commission on African American History and Culture - Museum Name Change
Cory V. McCray, Malcolm L. Augustine, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Altering the name of the museum operated by the Commission on African American History and Culture in certain provisions of law from the "Banneker-Douglass Museum" to the "Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum".
STATUS
Passed
SB567 - Public Institutions of Higher Education - Student Withdrawal Policy - Reimbursement of Tuition and Fees (Cameron Carden Act of 2024)
Charles Anthony Muse, Malcolm L. Augustine, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy to authorize a student to withdraw from the institution under extenuating circumstances and to refund the student for tuition and fees paid by the student for a certain semester under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Passed
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
OFFICES HELD
Maryland Senate from Maryland
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