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HB407 - Food Supplement Benefits - Students - Eligibility (SNAP for Students)
Aaron M. Kaufman, Gabriel Acevero, Nick Allen
Last updated 8 months ago
41 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Human Services to provide food supplement benefits to students who are residents of the State, are enrolled in an institution of higher education for at least 15 credit hours per year, whose family contribution is expected to be $0, and who are eligible to participate in a certain work study program; and requiring, for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation sufficient to reimburse the Department for certain expenditures.
STATUS
Introduced
HB566 - Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names
Brooke Grossman, Nick Allen, Elizabeth M. Embry
Last updated 7 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names to develop and implement a framework to identify real property owned by the State or a political subdivision that bears a Confederate name; and requiring the Commission to make recommendations regarding the real property that should be renamed and report its findings to the Governor, the Mayor and City County of Baltimore City, the governing body of each county, and the General Assembly by October 1, 2031.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB409 - Public Utilities - Street Lighting Equipment - Acquisitions and Reporting (County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act)
Aaron M. Kaufman, Gabriel Acevero, Nick Allen
Last updated 8 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by purchase or condemnation, convert its street lighting service to a customer-owned street lighting tariff, enter into an agreement to purchase electricity, and contract with an electric company for the maintenance of the street lighting equipment; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB344 - Transportation - Vision Zero - Implementation
Julie Palakovich Carr, Lorig Charkoudian, Elizabeth M. Embry
Last updated 6 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Establishing certain standards and requirements for implementing the Vision Zero program under the Maryland Department of Transportation; requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year on the status of Vision Zero, the activities, findings, and recommendations of the Vision Zero coordinator, and certain meetings held in the previous year; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB472 - Education - School Mapping Data Program - Established
Vanessa Atterbeary, Dana Jones, Nick Allen
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the School Mapping Data Program in the Maryland Center for School Safety; providing that the purpose of the Program is to provide funds to local school systems to produce school mapping data for each public school and public charter school in the county to assist first responders in responding to emergencies at a school; authorizing the use of the Safe Schools Fund to provide funding to local school systems for the program; and requiring a certain custodian of records to deny inspection of school mapping data.
STATUS
Passed
HB457 - Environment - Synthetic Turf - Disclosure and Study
Mary A. Lehman, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 5 months ago
58 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a producer or seller of synthetic turf to disclose to a customer typical maintenance practices and costs for removing, replacing, and disposing of synthetic turf; and requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with representatives of the industry, local environmental and community stakeholders, and synthetic turf producers, retailers, and users, to conduct a study on the synthetic turf industry in the State and report its findings to certain committees of the General Assembly by July 1, 2026.
STATUS
Passed
HB736 - Health Insurance and Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage - Opioid Reversal Drugs and Products (NARCAN Price Cap Act)
Joe Vogel, Jackie Addison, Nick Allen
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to cover nonprescription naloxone hydrochloride and any other drug or product that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of an opioid overdose without imposing a copayment or coinsurance requirement that exceeds $10 per package.
STATUS
Introduced
HB997 - Green Schools - Model Professional Development Facilities - Designation
Sarah Wolek, Juanita Sandra Bartlett, Mark S. Chang
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in collaboration with the State Department of Education and in consultation with other relevant parties, to establish criteria for designating green schools in the State as model professional development facilities; requiring the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education to use a fiscal year 2026 appropriation of $5,000 to update its recertification application on or before September 1, 2025; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1020 - Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center – Designation as Community of Innovation
Sarah Wolek, Jared Scott Solomon, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 8 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Designating the Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center as the State's Regional Higher Education Community of Innovation; and altering the purposes of the Universities at Shady Grove to include serving a diverse citizenry in an innovative manner to meet the educational needs of the region and fostering individual academic success leading to career success which positively impacts the economy of the entire region.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1103 - Miriam Kelty Aging and Senior Social Connection Hub and Spoke Pilot Program
Sarah Wolek, Marc Alan Korman, Sara Norris Love
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Miriam Kelty Aging and Senior Social Connection Hub and Spoke Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Aging; establishing that the purpose and the goals of the Pilot Program are to support the "village" concept of local, volunteer-led organizations that aim to provide certain services to community members who choose to age in place and to expand those services to more residents in the geographic region; and requiring the Montgomery County Village Consortium to establish a certain plan and submit certain reports.
STATUS
Passed
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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