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HB837 - More Opportunities for Career-Focused Students Act of 2024
Chao Wu, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 6 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each public high school to inform students of certain employment and skills training opportunities in the same manner in which the school informs students of postsecondary educational options; requiring each public high school to inform students about opportunities in high-skilled careers that do not require completion of a college degree and are in high demand in the State; and requiring a county board to assist public high schools in completing the requirements of the Act.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB696 - Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report
Julie Palakovich Carr, Nick Allen, Dalya Attar
Last updated 6 months ago
62 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1, 2024, to report to the General Assembly on the cost to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students in public schools in the State.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB662 - Large Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Child Care Teachers - Minimum Age
Michele Guyton, Jessica Feldmark, Pamela Lanman Guzzone
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that certain regulations governing the registration and operation of large family child care homes and the licensing and operation of child care centers require that child care teachers be at least 18 years old.
STATUS
Passed
HB615 - Education - Prohibited Behavior on School Grounds and Property - Application
Sheila Ruth, Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey
Last updated 7 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Specifying that provisions of law prohibiting and penalizing certain disruptive and threatening behavior on certain school grounds and property do not apply to students who commit offenses at the institution they attend or students who commit offenses at another institution while participating in or attending a sporting event or other extracurricular program sponsored at that institution.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB458 - Criminal Procedure - Protection of Identity of Minor Victim
Scott Phillips, Lauren Arikan, Jon S Cardin
Last updated 5 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Providing that a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case may not disclose or allow inspection of an electronic or paper court filing to a nonparty to the case unless the court or the party disclosing or allowing inspection of the filing redacts all identifying information relating to a minor victim that appears in the filing, unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that there is good cause to order otherwise.
STATUS
Passed
HB405 - Family Law - Child Custody Evaluators - Qualifications and Training
Aaron M. Kaufman, Nick Allen, Lauren Arikan
Last updated 8 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Specifying certain qualifications and training necessary for an individual to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; specifying that certain expert evidence is admissible in certain child custody and visitation proceedings under certain circumstances; and requiring a court, in any action in which child support, custody, or visitation is at issue to provide information to the parties regarding the role, availability, and cost of a custody evaluator.
STATUS
Introduced
HB97 - Baby Food - Toxic Heavy Metals - Testing and Labeling (Rudy's Law)
Deni Taveras, Cheryl E. Pasteur, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Last updated 5 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, manufacturers of baby food to test a representative sample of each production aggregate of the manufacturer's final baby food product for certain toxic heavy metals; requiring, beginning January 1, 2026, manufacturers of baby food to make certain information related to the testing and a link to certain guidance available on the manufacturer's website; requiring a consumer to report to the Maryland Department of Health if the consumer believes that baby food is being sold with toxic heavy metals; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB98 - Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program - Established
Aaron M. Kaufman, Dalya Attar, Michael J. Griffith
Last updated 9 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program in the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to provide co-navigation services at no cost to deafblind individuals in the State; and defining Co-Navigation Services as services providing visual and environmental information or sighted services to assist with communication accessibility in an individual's preferred language and communication mode, and to assist with accessing an individual's physical surroundings and making informed decisions about those surroundings.
STATUS
Introduced
HB158 - Courts - Prohibited Indemnity and Defense Liability Agreements
Jon S Cardin, Aaron M. Kaufman, Cheryl E. Pasteur
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a provision in a contract or agreement relating to architectural, engineering, inspecting, or surveying services that requires the promisor to defend a promisee against claims brought by a third party.
STATUS
Introduced
HB473 - Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility
Cheryl E. Pasteur, Deni Taveras, Jackie Addison
Last updated 7 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Altering, from 3 years to 2 years, the number of years before an academic year for which an individual or the individual's parent or guardian must file taxes to be eligible to receive an out-of-state tuition exemption.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-011
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Cheryl E. Pasteur was born in Michigan. She received her B.A. degree in Psychology and her Master of Public Administration degree from Western Michigan University. Pasteur served as the Vice President of Operations for the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. She also served as a Kellogg Fellow. Pasteur served as a State Representative in the Michigan House from 2009-2014. She focused on health, education, and economic security issues.read less
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