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SB414 - Education - Maryland Council on Economic Education - Funding
Craig Zucker, Nancy King, Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 7 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 7 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 4 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
SB148 - Comprehensive Flood Management Grant Program - Funding for Underserved and Overburdened Communities
Alonzo T. Washington, Malcolm L. Augustine, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 5 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring at least 40% of funding provided under the comprehensive flood management grant program to be used for projects located in or directly benefiting underserved or overburdened communities; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual State budget an appropriation of up to $20,000,000 for the comprehensive flood management grant program in fiscal year 2026 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 5 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
SB1141 - Community Colleges - Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship - Requirements
Karen Lewis Young, James C. Rosapepe
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Establishing that applicants for a Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship are not subject to certain requirements of the scholarship application process if the applicant enrolls in a noncredit vocational certificate program, enrolls in a sequence of noncredit courses leading to licensure or certification, or participates in a registered apprenticeship program.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB578 - Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding
Guy J Guzzone, Jack Bailey, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 4 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include at least $500,000 in the annual budget for the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program.
STATUS
Passed
SB580 - Sales and Use Tax - Nonprofit Organizations Maintaining Memorials - Exemption
Guy J Guzzone, Jack Bailey, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 4 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Providing that the sales and use tax does not apply to a sale by a nonprofit organization that maintains a memorial on property that is owned by the State if the proceeds of the sale are used to maintain a memorial on property that is owned by the State.
STATUS
Passed
SB1178 - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Service Terminal Date
Jack Bailey, Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 5 months ago
47 Co-Sponsors
Repealing the service terminal date required to be eligible for the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship.
STATUS
Passed
SB419 - Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations
Nancy King, Craig Zucker, Jack Bailey
Last updated 6 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Altering the fiscal years, from through 2025 to through 2028, during which the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $3,700,000 to the Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Maryland district SD-021
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Maryland Senate
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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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