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SB484 - Land Use - Affordable Housing - Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)
Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks, Nick Charles
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of a certain manufactured home in certain residential zoning districts under certain circumstances; prohibiting a local jurisdiction from using an element of an adequate public facilities law to deny certain permits for certain State-funded affordable housing projects or other qualified projects or to restrict or limit the development of the projects in a certain manner; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB476 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders (Caring for Public Employees in the Safety Professions - CAPES Act)
Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Providing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal who have thyroid, colon, or ovarian cancer are presumed, under certain circumstances, to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers' compensation law.
STATUS
Passed
SB50 - Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders
Clarence K. Lam, Joanne C. Benson, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 5 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Providing that a certain final order of the Commission on Civil Rights on a complaint alleging a discriminatory act is appealable in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
STATUS
Passed
SB474 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)
Malcolm L. Augustine, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 5 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Altering and establishing the definition of "generating station" for the purpose of exempting the construction of certain generating facilities used to produce electricity for the purpose of on-site emergency backup and certain test and maintenance operations from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity or certain other related approvals under certain circumstances; and altering the distribution of income tax revenue from corporations that is attributable to certain data centers.
STATUS
Passed
SB387 - Korean American Day
Clarence K. Lam, Katie Fry Hester
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim January 13 as Korean American Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe Korean American Day properly.
STATUS
Introduced
SB483 - Maryland Community Investment Corporation - Establishment (Housing and Community Development Financing Act of 2024)
Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks, Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Corporation as an independent unit to make investments in certain low-income communities; requiring the Corporation to apply for an allocation of federal new markets tax credits; expanding the eligible uses of the Strategic Demolition and Smart Growth Impact Fund to include grants and loans for debt payments and for credit enhancement for certain projects; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB471 - Criminal Procedure - Victim Compensation - Alterations (Victim Compensation Reform Act of 2024)
Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 6 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Altering the composition of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; altering certain duties, powers, and procedures for the Board to make awards to victims of crime; altering the powers and duties of certain employees; altering the amount and types of awards the Board is authorized to make to certain victims of crime; authorizing reconsideration and judicial review of decisions of the Board; authorizing the Governor to include certain funding in the annual budget bill for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB482 - Governor's Office for Children - Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024)
Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 5 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Governor's Office for Children and the Special Secretary of the Governor's Office for Children as the head of the Office; requiring the Special Secretary to chair the Children's Cabinet; requiring the Office to staff the Children's Cabinet; requiring the Children's Cabinet to meet not less than four times each year; requiring the Accountability and Implementation Board, in consultation with certain departments, to submit a certain recommendation to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB761 - Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulation
Benjamin Fred Kramer, Clarence K. Lam, Karen Lewis Young
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each testing facility in the State to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture to use animals in research, education, or testing; establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a testing facility; prohibiting a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes and performing certain procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a testing facility from using traditional animal test methods under certain circumstances; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB818 - Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024)
Katie Fry Hester, Dawn D. Gile, Malcolm L. Augustine
Last updated 5 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and a certain assessment on or before certain dates; prohibiting the Department of Information Technology from making certain information publicly available under certain circumstances; requiring the Department, in consultation with a certain subcabinet, to adopt certain policies and procedures concerning the development, procurement, deployment, use, and assessment of systems that employ artificial intelligence by units of State government; etc.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-012
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Clarence K. Lam is a member of the Democratic party. He serves in the Maryland State Senate representing District 12. Lam has served District 12 since 2011. Lam attended the University of Chicago for his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. He earned his Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Lam currently resides in Howard County, Maryland, where he lives with his wife and children.read less
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