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SB412 - Mental Health Law - County Mental Health Advisory Committees - Membership
Dawn D. Gile, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 4 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Altering the membership of a county's mental health advisory committee by including an individual with experience with mental health care for veterans or individuals serving in the military on the list of groups from which individuals may be appointed to the committee by the governing body of the county.
STATUS
Passed
SB66 - Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Issuance of License Near a Place of Worship or School
James C. Rosapepe
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George's County to issue an alcoholic beverages license for an establishment that is within 500 feet of a place of worship or 1,000 feet of a school building if a license of the same class had been issued and was held by the same person seeking the new license and was in effect for the establishment before the place of worship or school building was built.
STATUS
Passed
SB51 - Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Renewal
James C. Rosapepe
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George's County to extend the deadline by which a holder of an alcoholic beverages license must file an application for renewal; and extending the expiration date for certain licenses issued by the Board to July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB628 - State Finance – Catastrophic Event Account and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund – Noncivilian Federal Employees
Dawn D. Gile, Benjamin T. Brooks, Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 6 months ago
4 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
SB589 - Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission - Funding
Jack Bailey, Michael A. Jackson, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Increasing, from $900,000 to $1,000,000, the amount of an appropriation that the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill each year for the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland from the Cigarette Restitution Fund; and repealing the termination of certain provisions of law that require the Governor to include the appropriation in the annual budget bill each year and the Council to use the appropriation to fund the activities of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission.
STATUS
Passed
SB395 - Higher Education - Credit Eligibility and Transfer of Credits - English as a Second Language Courses (Credit for All Language Learning (CALL) Act)
Malcolm L. Augustine, James C. Rosapepe
Last updated 5 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a public community college to consider a course or program for English as a second language or English language learner as eligible for world language or humanities credit toward an associate's degree under certain circumstances; requiring that certain credits earned by students who transfer from community colleges to public institutions of higher education in the State be transferable; and requiring private nonprofit institutions of higher education in the State to review and consider the transfer of certain credits.
STATUS
Passed
SB434 - Education - State Library Resource Center - Funding
Nancy King, Malcolm L. Augustine, Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 5 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
SB84 - Teacher Degree Apprenticeship
James C. Rosapepe
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Teacher Apprenticeship Startup Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide high school and college students and career changers opportunities to begin a career in education; requiring a sponsor particpating in a teacher apprenticeship program to establish of an apprenticeship that develops certain career paths and to pay apprentices certain compensation; authorizing the Department to award up to $225,000 to a sponsor to develop and launch a teacher apprenticeship program; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB328 - Funding for Wages and Benefits for Nursing Home Workers (Nursing Home Staffing Crisis Funding Act of 2024)
James C. Rosapepe
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring that the Governor's proposed budget for each of fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028 include an 8% reimbursement rate increase for providers of certain health care services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the Maryland Children's Health Program, and the Community First Choice program; requiring nursing homes to annually submit a certain cost report to the Maryland Department of Health; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB137 - Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship Program Workgroup
James C. Rosapepe
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship Program Workgroup to study the feasibility of developing and implementing a registered nurse degree apprenticeship program in the State; and requiring the Workgroup, on or before April 1, 2025, to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Health and Government Operations Committee.
STATUS
Introduced
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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