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HB1107 - Income Tax - Credit for Spaying and Neutering Dogs and Cats
April Rose, Heather Bagnall, Christopher Eric Bouchat
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for up to $100 of certain qualified expenses incurred by an individual during the taxable year to spay or neuter a dog or cat owned by the individual.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1155 - Hospitals - Opioid Overdose and Opioid-Related Emergency Medical Conditions - Treatment
Vaughn Stewart, Jason C. Buckel, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Last updated 5 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Requiring hospitals to establish and maintain certain protocols and capacity related to the treatment of patients who are being treated for an opioid-related overdose or opioid-related emergency medical condition; requiring hospitals to make a referral for patients who are diagnosed with opioid use disorder or administered or prescribed medication for opioid use disorder to an appropriate provider to voluntarily continue treatment in the community and work with peer support professionals for a certain purpose; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1237 - State Department of Education - Task Force to Study the Maryland Online Special Education System
April Fleming Miller, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 6 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Maryland Online Special Education System; requiring the Task Force to consider the effectiveness, functionality and usability of the Maryland Online Individualized Education Program and the Maryland Online Individualized Family Service Plan and make recommendations to maintain and upgrade the system or to replace it with another platform; and requiring the Task Force to report its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1200 - Primary and Secondary Education - Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment Count - Alterations (Truancy Reduction Act of 2024)
April Rose, Steven J. Arentz, Christopher Eric Bouchat
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "full-time equivalent enrollment" in the calculation for State education aid to include the average number of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 on September 30, December 31, March 31, and the last day of the prior school year; and applying the Act to the calculation of education funding for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1189 - Public Schools - Mathematics Credit - College Preparatory Computer Science or Computer Programming Course
April Rose, Steven J. Arentz, Christopher Eric Bouchat
Last updated 7 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a student who is enrolled at a public high school to satisfy part of a graduation requirement to earn credits in mathematics by completing a credit in an advanced placement computer science or computer programming course or an equally rigorous college preparatory computer science or programming course if enrolled in the course concurrently with or after completing Algebra II; and requiring a county board of education to make a certain certification that certain selected courses may count toward graduation.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1232 - Fisheries - Striped Bass or Rockfish - Juvenile Survey
Jay A. Jacobs, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Expanding the scope of the annual young-of-the-year juvenile survey of striped bass or rockfish by requiring the Department of Natural Resources to conduct the survey at sampling sites in the central region of the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay in addition to sampling sites in the northern and southern regions of the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay; and establishing certain requirements for the central region sampling sites.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1245 - Criminal Law - Distribution of Heroin or Fentanyl Causing Serious Bodily Injury or Death (Victoria and Scottie's Law)
Chris Tomlinson, Christopher Eric Bouchat, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting an individual from distributing heroin or fentanyl or chemical analogues of heroin or fentanyl without the lawful authority to do so, the use of which results in the death or serious bodily injury of another.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1253 - Health Care Facilities - Access to Telephones
Ric Metzgar, Jason C. Buckel, Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, certain health care facilities to implement a program to provide individuals admitted to the health care facility reasonable access to a telephone.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1201 - Occupational and Professional Licensing - Military Training and Military Spouses
Jason C. Buckel, Brian Alan Chisholm, Michael J. Griffith
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Requiring an occupational licensing board to issue a license, certificate, permit, or registration to an applicant who is military trained or who is a military spouse if the applicant meets certain requirements; requiring an occupational licensing board to consider certain types of experience for a certain calculation; and authorizing an occupational licensing board to issue a temporary license, certificate, permit, or registration under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1247 - Environment – Advanced Clean Cars II Program – Application and Enforcement
Christopher Troy Adams, Jason C. Buckel, Brian Alan Chisholm
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from adopting the California Advanced Clean Cars II regulations to be effective before motor vehicle model year 2030; and prohibiting the Department from applying certain provisions of law governing enforcement and penalties under the California Advanced Clean Cars II Program to a motor vehicle manufacturer for failing to meet the minimum electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle delivery requirements for an applicable motor vehicle model year.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-001
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Jason C. Buckel is from Indiana. He earned his B.A. in Political Science and History from Indiana University in 2003. He earned his J.D. from Valparaiso University School of Law in 2009. After law school, Jason served as Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel to Indiana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction. He also worked in state government affairs. Now, Jason practices education law. He represents public school districts.read less
OFFICES HELD
Maryland House from Maryland
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