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SB822 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - State Law Enforcement Officers
Benjamin Fred Kramer, Chris West, Jack Bailey
Last updated 6 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Altering a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for the first $5,000 of income earned by certain law enforcement officers to include State law enforcement officers who reside in a political subdivision in which the crime rate exceeds the State's crime rate; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
STATUS
Passed
SB897 - Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Death Benefits – Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters
Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Jack Bailey, William Folden
Last updated 6 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Allowing a subtraction under the Maryland income tax for the payment of a death benefit under a collective bargaining agreement from a county or municipality in the State to the surviving spouse or other beneficiary of a law enforcement officer or fire fighter whose death arises out of or in the course of employment as a law enforcement officer or fire fighter; and applying the Act retroactively to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021.
STATUS
Passed
SB604 - Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit
Paul Corderman, Jack Bailey, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 6 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a line-of-duty special death benefit for members of the Judges' Retirement System; providing for health benefits for a surviving spouse, child, or dependent parent who is receiving a special death benefit for the death of a member of the Judges' Retirement System; and providing for the retroactive application of the Act to any member of the Judges' Retirement System who is killed prior to the effective date of the Act.
STATUS
Passed
SB156 - Port of Baltimore - Renaming
Guy J Guzzone, Johnny Ray Salling, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 7 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Renaming the Port of Baltimore to be the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore.
STATUS
Passed
SB592 - Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Materials for Individualized Education Program, Individualized Family Service Plan, and 504 Plan Meetings
Craig Zucker, Brian J. Feldman, Jason C. Gallion
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a local school system to provide to parents at certain individualized education program, individualized family service plan, and 504 plan meetings for children with disabilities certain written informational materials regarding the Maryland ABLE Program: requiring the State Treasurer to develop informational materials about the Maryland ABLE Program that may be distributed electronically or by hand; and requiring the State Treasurer to provide informational materials to the State Board of Education and county boards.
STATUS
Passed
SB414 - Education - Maryland Council on Economic Education - Funding
Craig Zucker, Nancy King, Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 9 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Governor, for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $200,000 for the Maryland Council on Economic Education to support economic and financial literacy education of school-age children in the State; and providing that the funding may be used only to improve students' economic and personal finance understanding, provide free resources to public and nonpublic school special education financial literacy instructors, and assist with certain curriculum development.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB169 - Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund
Cheryl C. Kagan, Malcolm L. Augustine, Jack Bailey
Last updated 9 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans to nonprofit organizations for the planning, purchase, and installation of qualifying energy systems; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Fund; authorizing, in fiscal year 2026, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the Fund; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB181 - Qualifying Nonprofit Organizations - Training and Reentry Services - Funding
Cory V. McCray, Jack Bailey, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 6 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation of $1,000,000 in the annual budget bill for fiscal years 2026 through 2028 to provide operating grants to certain qualifying nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing training in automotive repair to incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals; and requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to administer the grant funds.
STATUS
Passed
SB434 - Education - State Library Resource Center - Funding
Nancy King, Malcolm L. Augustine, Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 7 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Altering the calculation of certain funding for the State Library Resource Center for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.
STATUS
Passed
SB430 - Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program and Fund - Establishment
Mary Washington, Jack Bailey, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 7 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to support certain eligible projects that improve the quality of life within and economic potential of Maryland communities by making targeted investments in crime prevention strategies to address certain concerns in certain areas; establishing the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program Fund to provide financial assistance in the form of grants under the provisions of the Program for eligible projects; etc.
STATUS
Passed
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