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HJ3 - Use of Nuclear Weapons
Nicole A. Williams, Gabriel Acevero, Kris Fair
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Stating that the General Assembly joins seven other state legislative bodies and over 75 municipalities and counties in passing a Back from the Brink resolution on reducing the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons; urging members of the State's Congressional Delegation who have not yet done so to cosponsor House Resolution 77 relating to the use of nuclear weapons; and urging the U.S. President and the U.S. Senate to endorse the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
STATUS
Introduced
HB788 - Human Relations - Protections Against Discrimination - Criminal Records
Tiffany T. Alston, Gabriel Acevero, Debra Davis
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's criminal record in public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons; establishing certain exceptions to certain prohibitions established under the Act; and establishing that certain crimes are not included in the definition of "criminal record" for the purposes of certain provisions prohibiting discrimination.
STATUS
Introduced
HB819 - State Finance – Catastrophic Event Account and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund – Noncivilian Federal Employees
Mike Rogers, Nick Allen, Frank M Conaway
Last updated 6 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Altering the purposes of the Catastrophic Event Account and the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to provide financial assistance to noncivilian federal employees.
STATUS
Passed
HJ1 - Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment
Edith Jerry Patterson, Lesley J. Lopez, Jackie Addison
Last updated 9 months ago
74 Co-Sponsors
Urging the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden to publish the federal Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for the U.S. Congress to affirm, by joint resolution, the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment.
STATUS
Introduced
HB467 - Food Service Facilities and Tipped Workers - Service Fees and Tip Credits (One Fair Wage Act of 2024)
Adrian Boafo, Veronica Turner, Mary A. Lehman
Last updated 8 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by restaurants; specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; and prohibiting employers of tipped employees, beginning January 1, 2027, from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages.
STATUS
Introduced
HB598 - Discrimination - Military Status - Prohibition
Adrian Boafo, Nick Allen, Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield
Last updated 5 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to housing and employment.
STATUS
Passed
HB576 - Mental Health - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs
Steven Craig Johnson, Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 5 months ago
70 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish the program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Office of the Public Defender to provide representation in assisted outpatient treatment proceedings; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB295 - Overdose Awareness Day
Jeffrie E. Long, Nick Allen, Diana M. Fennell
Last updated 9 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day.
STATUS
Introduced
HB599 - Maryland Community Investment Corporation - Establishment (Housing and Community Development Financing Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
56 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Corporation as an independent unit to make investments and financial assistance available in certain low-income communities in the State; expanding the eligible uses of the Strategic Demolition and Smart Growth Impact Fund to include grants and loans for credit enhancement for certain projects; requiring that members of the investment committee to be geographically representative of the locations of low-income communities in the State; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB513 - Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
58 Co-Sponsors
Altering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems; altering the highways on which a work zone speed control system may be used; clarifying that a system operator does not need to be present when a work zone speed control system is in use; altering the maximum penalty for a civil citation issued as a result of an image from a work zone speed control system; requiring the State Highway Administration to make a certain report; etc.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-047
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Diana M. Fennell was born and raised in Prince George's County. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Georgetown University. After graduating, she began a 30 year nursing career. Diana has served as a nurse in hospitals, the public health system, and in the Veterans Health Administration. Most recently, Diana served as an outpatient nurse at the Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center where she is a member of the American Federation of Government Employees. She now lives in Fort Washington with her son.read less
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