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SB738 - Freedom to Read Act
Nancy King, Pamela G Beidle, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 5 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a State policy that local school systems operate their school library media programs consistent with certain standards; requiring each local school system to develop a policy and procedures to review objections to materials in a school library media program; prohibiting a county board of education from dismissing, demoting, suspending, disciplining, reassigning, transferring, or otherwise retaliating against certain school library media program personnel for performing their job duties consistent with certain standards; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB743 - Family Law - Protective Orders - Crimes of Violence and Stalking
Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Adding stalking to the list of offenses for which a certain individual may petition for a protective order; and altering certain provisions of law relating to the issuance of a permanent protective order.
STATUS
Introduced
SB602 - Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024)
Mike McKay, Charles Anthony Muse, Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain clean slate eligible charges; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to submit a report semiannually detailing the progress and outcomes of the automated expungement process during the preceding 6 months; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB593 - Transportation - Maryland Transportation Authority - Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Accessibility
Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Repealing a prohibition on pedestrians using a highway of the Maryland Transportation Authority; altering a prohibition on bicycles using an Authority highway; requiring the Authority to construct separated or buffered bicycle ways and pedestrian walkways in certain locations under certain circumstances; providing for a waiver from requirements under the Act; requiring the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee to review waiver requests under the Act and provide recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation; etc.
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
SJ1 - Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment
Ariana M. Kelly, Pamela G Beidle, Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 6 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Urging the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden to publish, without delay, the federal Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for the U.S. Congress to pass a joint resolution affirming the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment.
STATUS
Enrolled
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
SB555 - Criminal Law - Visual Surveillance With Prurient Intent - Private Place and Minor Victim
Jeff D. Waldstreicher, William Folden
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from conducting visual surveillance with prurient intent of an individual located in a residence or place of private use or accommodation without the consent of the individual; altering the penalties for the crime of visual surveillance with prurient intent by use of a camera if the victim was a minor at the time of the offense and the offender is at least 4 years older than the victim; and providing penalties for a violation of the Act of imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of $2,500 or both.
STATUS
Introduced
SB488 - Civil Actions - Public Nuisances - Firearm Industry Members (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2024)
Jeff D. Waldstreicher, William C. Smith
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting firearm industry members from knowingly creating, maintaining, or contributing to harm to the public through the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, or marketing of a firearm-related product under certain circumstances; requiring a firearm industry member to establish and implement certain reasonable controls regarding the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, marketing, possession, or use of certain firearm-related products; authorizing certain civil actions for violations of the Act; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
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
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-018
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Jeff Waldstreicher is originally from Massachusetts. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester and a law degree from the Washington College of Law. Jeff served on the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee for several years. He worked to elect Democrats around the county and state. In 2014, Jeff was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates.read less
OFFICES HELD
Maryland Senate from Maryland
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