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HB542 - Department of Human Services - Children in Foster Care - Luggage
Joe Vogel, Gabriel Acevero, Brooke Grossman
Last updated 5 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Human Services to establish and maintain a decentralized supply of new luggage to be used to transport the personal belongings of a child in foster care; requiring the Department to provide new luggage to a child in foster care who is entering foster care, moving from one placement to another, or exiting foster care; prohibiting the Department from using disposable bags or trash bags to transport a child's belongings; and requiring the Department to maintain certain records.
STATUS
Passed
HB696 - Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report
Julie Palakovich Carr, Nick Allen, Dalya Attar
Last updated 6 months ago
62 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1, 2024, to report to the General Assembly on the cost to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students in public schools in the State.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB564 - Real Property - Residential Leases - Renter's Insurance Requirement
Deni Taveras, Tiffany T. Alston, Ashanti Martinez
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a residential lease to include a requirement that a tenant hold a renter's insurance policy; prohibiting a lease from containing certain requirements regarding a renter's insurance policy; and requiring a landlord to acquire a renter's insurance policy on behalf of a tenant if the tenant does not have a policy.
STATUS
Introduced
HB370 - Maryland Department of Health - Study on the Effects of and Preparedness for Long COVID-19
Joe Vogel
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Labor and the Department of Human Services, to conduct a study on the preparedness of health facilities in the State to respond to viral illnesses and the effects of post-viral illnesses resulting from long COVID-19; and requiring the Department, on or before July 1, 2025, to report its finding and recommendations to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee.
STATUS
Introduced
HB485 - Public Health - Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Repeal
Kris Fair, Gabriel Acevero, Nick Allen
Last updated 7 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Repealing the prohibition on an individual from knowingly transferring or attempting to transfer the human immunodeficiency virus to another individual.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB302 - Law Enforcement Officers, Correctional Employees, and Court-Ordered Services Providers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity - Penalties and Registry
Elizabeth M. Embry, Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 9 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Altering penalties relating to sexual contact between a law enforcement officer, correctional employee, or court-ordered services provider and certain individuals under certain circumstances; increasing the penalties from a misdemeanor to a felony, and on conviction a person is subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years instead of 3 years; and requiring a person convicted of a certain offense to register on a certain sex offender registry.
STATUS
Introduced
HB419 - Consumer Protection - Automatic Tip Prompt Screen - Requirements
Mary A. Lehman, Jennifer Terrasa, Nick Allen
Last updated 6 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain businesses that use a point-of-sale system that automatically prompts a customer to leave a tip to disclose to whom the tip will be allocated and display a tip amount that is set at zero by default; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB535 - Maryland Task Force on Educator Housing
Joe Vogel, Eric D. Ebersole, Kris Fair
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Task Force on Educator Housing to evaluate and make recommendations on options for addressing the lack of access to attainable housing for educators in the State and to evaluate the correlation between the lack of access to attainable housing and educator shortages in the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB432 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings and Criminal Procedure - Technical Corrections - References to Intellectual Disability
Aaron M. Kaufman, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 5 months ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Replacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law.
STATUS
Passed
HB474 - Criminal Procedure - Probation, Parole, and Pretrial Release
Caylin Allen Young, Scott Phillips, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 8 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a court from revoking a defendant's pretrial release or finding that a defendant has violated probation, and the Maryland Parole Commission from finding that a parolee has violated parole, based solely on the use of cannabis or a positive cannabis test unless the court or Commission, at the time of ordering pretrial release, makes a finding that the use of cannabis could create a danger to the defendant or others and includes as a condition of pretrial release, probation, or parole that the defendant may not use cannabis.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-017
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Joe Vogel is the Democratic candidate for U.S. House representing California's 22nd Congressional District. He was born and raised in Fresno, CA. After serving as Deputy District Attorney, Joe worked under the Obama Administration at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of General Counsel. As a fifth generation Central Valley farmer, Joe is running for Congress to expand economic opportunities for hard-working families, invest in infrastructure to tackle issues like water storage, healthcare access, education funding, and public safety. Joe knows the Valley and will fight for us in Washington.read less
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Maryland House from Maryland
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