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HB1071 - Family Law - Grandparent Visitation
Tiffany T. Alston, Gabriel Acevero, Marvin E Holmes
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Providing that an equity court may grant visitation rights to a grandparent of a child if the court finds it to be in the best interest of the child, both the child's living parents consent, one of the child's living parents consents, both of the child's living parents are unable to consent, or certain exceptional circumstances exist.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1194 - Hospitals - Patient's Bill of Rights Training and Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans (Safe Staffing Act of 2024)
Jennifer White Holland, Gabriel Acevero, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to establish a clinical staffing committee by January 1, 2025; requiring each clinical staffing committee to develop a clinical staffing plan by July 1, 2025; requiring that an administrator of a hospital, under certain circumstances, provide certain training regarding the patient's bill of rights either through training provided by staff members or by contracting with a third party.
STATUS
Engrossed
HJ8 - Condemning Islamophobia, Anti-Palestinian Hate, and Antisemitism
Ashanti Martinez, Gabriel Acevero, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Condemning Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian hate, and antisemitism; encouraging certain awareness initiatives; and committing to supporting certain legislation and policies.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1366 - State Correctional Facilities – Incarcerated Individuals – Costs of Telephone Communications
Kent Roberson, Gabriel Acevero, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Providing that a State correctional facility is responsible for the payment of costs charged by a telephone service provider under certain circumstances; providing that a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider may not charge an incarcerated individual or a third party under certain circumstances; and providing that an incarcerated individual's access to or use of telephone equipment and telephone services may not supplant time that the incarcerated individual is entitled to in-person visitation.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1304 - Maryland Department of Health and Department of Aging - Earned Income Tax Credit - Distribution of Information and Training
Anne R Kaiser, Gabriel Acevero, Nick Allen
Last updated 5 months ago
64 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process for providing information about the availability of the State's earned income tax credits to individuals enrolled or participating in certain programs or services, or potential enrollees in certain programs, administered by the Maryland Department of Health; and requiring the Department of Aging to provide training to the Maryland Access Point network to increase awareness of the availability of the State's earned income tax credit.
STATUS
Passed
HB1438 - Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024
David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo, Adrian Boafo, Courtney Watson
Last updated 8 months ago
55 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 climate change; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1283 - Insurance - Discrimination - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Ashanti Martinez, Gabriel Acevero, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 8 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity by an insurer, an insurance producer, a surety insurer, and a health network when engaging in certain insurance-related business practices.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1292 - Optometrists - Prescriptions for Glasses and Contact Lenses - Pupillary Distance Measurement
Joshua Stonko, Gabriel Acevero, Mark Edelson
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the prescribing optometrist to include, in each prescription for glasses or contact lenses provided to a patient, the pupillary distance measurement at no additional cost to the patient.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1459 - Vehicle Registration - Fee Exemptions - Military Honorees
Gabriel Acevero, Tiffany T. Alston, Diana M. Fennell
Last updated 8 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Exempting recipients of the Purple Heart, the Medal of Honor, the Silver Star, or the Bronze Star and members of Gold Star families from the requirement to pay vehicle registration fees.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1460 - Criminal Law – Personal Identifying Information and Images of Minors – Dissemination
Gabriel Acevero, Tiffany T. Alston, Lorig Charkoudian
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from intentionally disseminating the personal identifying information or image of a minor without express permission and with the intent to intimidate or harm the minor; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-039
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Gabriel Acevero is a Democrat in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 39. He assumed office in January 2017. Acevero is an organizer for the Amalgamated Transit Union. He sits on the Transportation & Environment and the Ways and Means Committee in the Maryland Legislature. He previously worked as a national head organizer for Working America.read less
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Maryland House from Maryland
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