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SB717 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Losses From Theft or Fraud
James C. Rosapepe
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Allowing, subject to certain limitations, a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain personal casualty losses related to a theft or fraud scheme; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
SB33 - More Opportunities for Career–Focused Students Act of 2024
James C. Rosapepe, Malcolm L. Augustine, Katie Fry Hester
Last updated 5 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each public high school to inform students of certain employment and skills training opportunities in the same manner the school informs students of postsecondary educational options; requiring, when informing certain students about certain career opportunities, each public high school to highlight opportunities in high-skilled careers that do not require completion of a college degree and are in high demand; and requiring a county board to assist public high schools in completing the requirements of the Act.
STATUS
Passed
SB715 - State and Private Construction Contracts and State Procurement Contracts – Prompt Payment and Interest Requirements
Benjamin Fred Kramer, Dawn D. Gile, Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a private construction contract to include a provision requiring the owner to pay the contractor within 45 days after the receipt of a proper invoice following completion of the work or, if the owner withholds all or part of an amount invoiced, to send a certain notification to the contractor; requiring a contract between a contractor and a subcontractor on a private or State construction contract to include a provision requiring the contractor to pay the subcontractor within 7 days after receipt of payment; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB591 - Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining (Library Workers Empowerment Act)
Clarence K. Lam, Katherine Ann Klausmeier, Guy J Guzzone
Last updated 6 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing employees of certain public libraries to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; requiring employers and certified exclusive representatives to engage in good faith bargaining; establishing a collective bargaining process for employees of certain public libraries; prohibiting employers and employee organizations from engaging in certain actions regarding the exercise of an employee's rights under the Act; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB632 - Peace Orders - Visual Surveillance
Paul Corderman, Chris West, Jack Bailey
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a certain person to petition for a peace order against another person whom the petitioner alleges has conducted visual surveillance of areas of the petitioner's residence where the petitioner has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
STATUS
Introduced
SB538 - Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
Jeff D. Waldstreicher, Nick Charles, Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act only to causes of action arising after October 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB477 - Time to Serve Act of 2024
Malcolm L. Augustine, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 6 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of disaster service leave for employees in the Executive Branch of State government; and increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of paid leave the Secretary of Budget and Management may provide for uniformed services training or active uniformed services duty in a reserve unit of the armed forces or organized militia.
STATUS
Passed
SB478 - Families Serve Act of 2024
Malcolm L. Augustine, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 6 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to spouses of eligible service members; and requiring the appointing authorities in the Executive Branch of State government to apply a credit of 10 points on any selection test for eligible spouses and veterans of certain uniformed services.
STATUS
Passed
SB479 - Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024)
Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle, Jill P Carter
Last updated 6 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Altering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems to include certain distributions for highway and work zone safety purposes; clarifying that a work zone speed control system may be manned or unmanned and 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 a recorded image produced by a work zone speed control system; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB475 - Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention - Establishment
Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 4 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention in the Maryland Department of Health to reduce firearm violence, harm from firearm violence, and misuse of firearms in the State by partnering with federal, State, and local agencies and affected communities to implement a public health approach to firearm violence reduction; requiring the Center to submit a preliminary State Plan for a Public Health Approach to Reducing Firearm Violence to the Governor and General Assembly on or before May 1, 2025; etc.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-021
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
James C. Rosapepe is currently serving his third term in the Maryland State Senate, representing Maryland's 21st legislative district. He previously served as US Ambassador to Romania. Prior to being elected to the state senate, Senator Rosapepe served as a member of the University of Maryland Board of Regents and the Prince George's County Board of Education. He earned a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and a PhD from Harvard University. While serving as ambassador, Rosapepe worked to strengthen US-Romanian relations and promote democratization and free enterprise. He served as ambassador from 1998 to 2001.read less
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Maryland Senate from Maryland
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