Rep Gary Simmons (HD-012)
Maryland Housesince 8 months
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HB1522 - University of Maryland Eastern Shore - Land-Grant Institution - Funding (Land-Grant Equity and Accountability Act)
Karen R. Toles, Stephanie Smith, Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Last updated 7 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, to address a certain funding disparity, that the Governor include at least $5,000,000 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the annual budget bill each fiscal year until a total amount of $321,181,312 is appropriated; and authorizing that funds made available by the Act may be used for development of infrastructure and academic programs, investment in faculty, scholarships, and certain other institutional needs.
STATUS
Introduced
HB722 - Health – Minors – Gender and Sex Transition Procedures
Lauren Arikan, Christopher Troy Adams, Brian Alan Chisholm
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a health care provider from knowingly engaging in or causing certain medical or surgical procedures to be performed on a minor without the consent of the parent, guardian, or custodian of the minor if performed for the purpose of attempting to alter the appearance of, or affirm the minor's perception of, the minor's gender or sex and the appearance or perception is inconsistent with the minor's sex; establishing certain penalties for a violation of the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB686 - Youth Sports Programs - Venue-Specific Emergency Action Plans - Requirements
Gary Simmons, Lauren Arikan, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 8 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a youth sports program to develop venue-specific emergency action plans for each facility that is used by the youth sports program during relevant athletic seasons; requiring an action plan to include the operation and use of automated external defibrillators, the provision of first aid, and coordination of care for certain injuries and severe weather conditions for practices or events; requiring the action plan to be available on the youth sports program's website; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB646 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Police Auxiliary and Reserve Volunteers
Gary Simmons, Lauren Arikan, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Increasing, from $5,000 to $7,000, a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for an individual who is a qualifying police auxiliary or reserve volunteer.
STATUS
Passed
HB664 - Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act)
Luke Clippinger, Terry L. Baker, Brooke Grossman
Last updated 5 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the individual on the Internet, social media, or social networks or remove the information from any existing publication; specifying certain procedures for the protection of personal information of a protected individual; authorizing certain relief for a violation of the Act; etc.
STATUS
Passed
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
HB1429 - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting the Admissibility of Creative Expression (PACE Act)
Marlon Amprey, Karen R. Toles, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 8 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Providing that the creative expression of a criminal defendant or juvenile respondent is not admissible against the defendant or respondent unless the court makes certain findings; and defining "creative expression" as the expression or application of creativity or imagination in the production or arrangement of forms, sounds, words, movements, or symbols.
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
HJ9 - United States of America - District of Columbia - Statehood
Jared Scott Solomon, Julian Ivey, Nick Allen
Last updated 8 months ago
63 Co-Sponsors
Declaring the State of Maryland's support of and consent to admitting Washington, D.C. to the Union as a state of the United States of America.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1314 - Corporations and Associations - Annual Reports - Filing Fees (Right to Start Act)
Brian Alan Chisholm, Steven J. Arentz, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to waive the filing fee for certain annual reports for the first year that certain business entities are in existence; requiring that 25% of the fees collected be credited to the Child Care Scholarship Program Presumptive Eligibility Fund; requiring that for fiscal year 2025 25% of the fees collected be distributed to the Department of Education to provide grants under the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
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