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HB304 - Gun Theft Felony Act of 2024
Rachel Munoz, Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton
Last updated 9 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing a penalty for theft of a firearm of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 for a first offense, and imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 for a second or subsequent offense.
STATUS
Introduced
HB791 - Operating Budget - Funding - Scholarships for Nonpublic School Students
Jeff Ghrist, Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton
Last updated 8 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to include in the annual budget bill General Fund appropriations of certain amounts for the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program.
STATUS
Introduced
HB803 - Income Tax - Alteration of Brackets and Rates (Economic Prosperity Act of 2024)
Jason C. Buckel, Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton
Last updated 8 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
HB553 - Family Law - Fundamental Parental Rights
April Fleming Miller, Christopher Troy Adams, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 8 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Establishing that a parent has the fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child; and prohibiting the State or a political subdivision from infringing on a parent's fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child unless the State or political subdivision can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence certain factors.
STATUS
Introduced
HB319 - Juvenile Justice Restoration Act of 2024
Nicholaus R Kipke, Kathy J Szeliga, Christopher Troy Adams
Last updated 9 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to establish that the juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction over a child who is at least 10 years old alleged to have committed a crime involving the use or possession of a firearm; and altering a certain provision of law authorizing a law enforcement officer to conduct an otherwise lawful custodial interrogation of a child if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian consents to the custodial interrogation of the child without the child's consultation with an attorney.
STATUS
Introduced
HB316 - Crimes and Corrections - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2024)
William Valentine, Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton
Last updated 9 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a certain inmate with a certain reentry kit and assistance in obtaining Medicaid benefits under certain circumstances; altering the elements of certain prohibitions against using a certain firearm in the commission of a certain crime; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB310 - Safe Communities Act of 2024
Jason C. Buckel, Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton
Last updated 9 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiting a deduction of diminution credits of more than 10% of an incarcerated individual's aggregate sentence for crimes of violence for an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB293 - State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Recreational Vessels - Identification and Removal
Steven J. Arentz, Jeff Ghrist, Jay A. Jacobs
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to remove abandoned or sunken recreational vessels secured to certain apparatuses or left anchored and unattended for more than 60 days under certain circumstances; and requiring the Department to consider and document certain factors when determining whether a recreational vessel is abandoned or sunken under certain provisions of law.
STATUS
Introduced
HB365 - School Construction - Local Cost-Share - Alterations
Jeff Ghrist, Steven J. Arentz, Jay A. Jacobs
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Adding an adjustment for the local cost-share for school construction projections for certain counties under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
HB362 - Caroline County - Alcoholic Beverages - Barbershop and Beauty Salon License
Jeff Ghrist, Steven J. Arentz, Jay A. Jacobs
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a barbershop and beauty salon beer and wine license in Caroline County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Caroline County to issue the license to a holder of a certain barbershop or beauty salon permit; establishing a licensing fee of $100; etc.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-036
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Jay A. Jacobs is the representative from the 28th District in the New York State Assembly. He was first elected in 2016. Jacobs serves on several committees including Agriculture, Election Law, Local Governments and Veterans' Affairs. Prior to joining the state Assembly, Jacobs was a member of the Islip Town Planning Board. He also served as an executive assistant in the Suffolk County Legislature and as a legislative aide to Suffolk County Legislator Thomas Muratore. Jacobs holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Stony Brook University.read less
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Maryland House from Maryland
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