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HB901 - Higher Education - Part-Time Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Alterations
Sarah Wolek, Kris Fair, Catherine M. Forbes
Last updated 5 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Allowing an applicant of a part-time senatorial or delegate scholarship with a documented disability to request from the Maryland Higher Education Commission a waiver from the requirement to carry at least 6 semester hours of courses each semester.
STATUS
Passed
HB937 - Child Abuse and Neglect - Reports and Records - Disclosure
Susan K McComas, Jason C. Buckel, Brian Alan Chisholm
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a local director of a local department of social services or the Secretary of Human Services to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect within 30 days after receiving a request if certain conditions are met; requiring the Secretary to notify the State's Attorney's office of a request to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect; requiring the State's Attorney's office to be given 30 days during which the office is authorized to redact certain portions of the reports and records; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB884 - Public Health - Pregnancy - Coercion (Protecting Pregnant Women Against Coercive Abuse and Human Trafficking)
April Fleming Miller, Christopher Troy Adams, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting an individual from committing or threatening certain actions, including certain actions related to sex trafficking, with the intent of coercing a pregnant woman to have an abortion; providing that a pregnant minor is considered an emancipated minor for purposes of eligibility for public assistance if the minor is denied financial support from a parent or guardian due to the minor's refusal to have an abortion; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB363 - Caroline County – Alcoholic Beverages – Beer, Wine, and Liquor Tasting License
Jeff Ghrist, Steven J. Arentz, Jay A. Jacobs
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Altering the 1-day beer and wine tasting (BWT) license in Caroline County to be a 1-day beer, wine, and liquor tasting (BWLT) license; altering certain qualifications for the license; and altering the amounts of alcoholic beverages an individual may consume at a tasting.
STATUS
Passed
HB320 - Criminal Procedure - Stops and Searches - Cannabis Odor and Admission of Evidence (Drug-Free Roadways Act of 2024)
Jesse Tyler Pippy, Christopher Troy Adams, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 9 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Repealing a certain prohibition against a law enforcement officer initiating a stop or a search of a motor vehicle based solely on the odor of burnt or unburnt cannabis; and repealing a certain provision of law rendering inadmissible certain evidence discovered or obtained in violation of a certain provision of law.
STATUS
Introduced
HB557 - Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Aircraft Parts and Equipment - Repeal of Reporting Requirement and Extension of Sunset
Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 5 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Repealing a certain reporting requirement relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain materials, parts, and equipment used to repair, maintain, or upgrade aircraft or certain aircraft systems; and extending the termination date of the exemption to June 30, 2030.
STATUS
Passed
HB487 - Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits
Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; and authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only to assist members of the cooperative or donate to nonprofit, charitable organizations.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1014 - Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit
Christopher Troy Adams, Jeff Ghrist
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2025; and altering a certain limitation on the amount of the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1011 - Vessel Transfers - Excise Tax and Title Fee Exemption and Transfer-on-Death Beneficiary Designation
Steven J. Arentz, Jeff Ghrist, Jay A. Jacobs
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the imposition of an excise tax or certificate of title fee for the transfer of certain vessels to a trust or from a trust to certain beneficiaries under certain circumstances; requiring that an application for a certificate of title for a vessel contain certain information; authorizing an individual who is the sole owner of a certain vessel to apply to the Department of Natural Resources to designate a beneficiary to take ownership of the vessel on the death of the owner; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1013 - State Employees - Paid Sick Leave - Certificate of Illness or Disability Signed by a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
Sarah Wolek, Jared Scott Solomon, Juanita Sandra Bartlett
Last updated 5 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a licensed clinical professional counselor to sign a certificate of illness or disability when a State employee uses sick leave for 5 or more consecutive workdays.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Maryland district HD-036
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Maryland House
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