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HB1397 - Civil Rights - Discrimination Based on Protected Characteristics and Reproductive Freedom
Gary Simmons, Jon S Cardin, Kris Fair
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability; and withdrawing and repealing Chapter 244 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2023.
STATUS
Passed
HJ9 - United States of America - District of Columbia - Statehood
Jared Scott Solomon, Julian Ivey, Nick Allen
Last updated 8 months ago
63 Co-Sponsors
Declaring the State of Maryland's support of and consent to admitting Washington, D.C. to the Union as a state of the United States of America.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1438 - Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024
David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo, Adrian Boafo, Courtney Watson
Last updated 8 months ago
55 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund to support efforts to mitigate climate change; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1304 - Maryland Department of Health and Department of Aging - Earned Income Tax Credit - Distribution of Information and Training
Anne R Kaiser, Gabriel Acevero, Nick Allen
Last updated 5 months ago
64 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process for providing information about the availability of the State's earned income tax credits to individuals enrolled or participating in certain programs or services, or potential enrollees in certain programs, administered by the Maryland Department of Health; and requiring the Department of Aging to provide training to the Maryland Access Point network to increase awareness of the availability of the State's earned income tax credit.
STATUS
Passed
HB1283 - Insurance - Discrimination - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Ashanti Martinez, Gabriel Acevero, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 8 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity by an insurer, an insurance producer, a surety insurer, and a health network when engaging in certain insurance-related business practices.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1314 - Corporations and Associations - Annual Reports - Filing Fees (Right to Start Act)
Brian Alan Chisholm, Steven J. Arentz, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to waive the filing fee for certain annual reports for the first year that certain business entities are in existence; requiring that 25% of the fees collected be credited to the Child Care Scholarship Program Presumptive Eligibility Fund; requiring that for fiscal year 2025 25% of the fees collected be distributed to the Department of Education to provide grants under the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB739 - Maryland Department of Health - List of Diet Pills (Weight Loss Supplement Identification)
Joe Vogel
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a list of diet pills, make the list publicly accessible on or before January 1, 2025, and update the list on a quarterly basis.
STATUS
Introduced
HB730 - Education - Public Middle Schools - Instructive Program on Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction
Frank M Conaway, Dalya Attar, Vanessa Atterbeary
Last updated 7 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop an instructive program on the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction for public middle school students in the State that shall aim to teach students in grades 6 through 8 about the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction in a short period of time; and providing for the method of administering the instructive program.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1386 - Education - School Employee Antibias Training - Requirements
Vanessa Atterbeary, Kris Fair, Jessica Feldmark
Last updated 5 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for an antibias training program for school employees; requiring each county board of education to offer training based on the guidelines; requiring each county board, every other year, to provide antibias training to each public school employee whose job duties include frequent interaction with students; requiring that antibias training be job-embedded, paid professional development training that is provided during nonteaching time; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1257 - Public Schools - Restorative Practices Schools - Comprehensive Plan
Cheryl E. Pasteur, Jackie Addison, Vanessa Atterbeary
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop, by July 1, 2025, a comprehensive plan for the establishment of Restorative Practices Schools; requiring a county board of education to use the comprehensive plan if the county board chooses to establish a Restorative Practices School; and requiring the Department to report by December 1, 2025, to the Governor and the General Assembly on the comprehensive plan for the establishment of Restorative Practices in Schools.
STATUS
Engrossed
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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