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HB1295 - Real Property - Residential Rental Apartments - Air-Conditioning Requirements
Mary A. Lehman, Nick Allen, Linda Foley
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a landlord to provide air-conditioning to certain residential rental units in a certain manner beginning June 1, 2024, for newly constructed residential rental units and beginning October 1, 2024, for residential rental units that undergo renovation that includes the replacement of electrical systems or heating systems; and applying the Act prospectively.
STATUS
Introduced
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
HB676 - Right to Try Act - Individualized Investigational Treatments
Matt Morgan, Tiffany T. Alston, Lauren Arikan
Last updated 5 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain provisions of law authorizing certain activity by manufacturers of investigational drugs, biological products, or devices under the Right to Try Act to apply to manufacturers of certain individualized investigational treatments; altering the definition of "eligible patient" under the Right to Try Act to include individuals who have life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses, rather than only individuals who have terminal illnesses; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB576 - Mental Health - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs
Steven Craig Johnson, Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 5 months ago
70 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish the program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Office of the Public Defender to provide representation in assisted outpatient treatment proceedings; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB756 - General Provisions - State Flag - Casket of an Eligible Decedent
Thomas S. Hutchinson, Carl Anderton, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 5 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Secretary of State to furnish a State flag to drape the casket of an eligible decedent; establishing the process for a State flag to be claimed after burial; providing that only one flag may be provided for the death of an eligible decedent; and prohibiting the Secretary of State from procuring a flag that is not wholly produced in the United States.
STATUS
Passed
HB390 - Commission on African American History and Culture - Museum Name Change
Shaneka Henson, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Altering the name of the museum operated by the Commission on African American History and Culture in certain provisions of law from the "Banneker-Douglass Museum" to the "Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum".
STATUS
Passed
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
HB289 - State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions
Ken Kerr, Heather Bagnall, Harry Bhandari
Last updated 8 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting certain restrictive provisions limiting the power and rights of the State from being included in State contracts; specifying that certain provisions are void if included in a State contract; and specifying the applicable law and interpretation of State contracts.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB76 - Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Administration of Vaccines
Lesley J. Lopez, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a pharmacist to order and administer certain vaccinations to individuals in certain age groups if certain requirements are met; altering the vaccinations that a pharmacist can administer to individuals at least 3 years old; and altering the circumstances under which a pharmacist may administer certain vaccinations.
STATUS
Passed
HB177 - Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge (Safe Sleep Act of 2024)
Robbyn Lewis, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 5 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a hospital, as soon as practicable before discharging an infant after the birth of the infant, to provide oral and written resources to the parent or legal guardian; requiring a hospital, before discharging an infant, to ask the parent or legal guardian to describe the sleep environment that will be provided at home; requiring, by January 1, 2025, each hospital to establish a process for providing resources and information about safe sleep environments to parents and legal guardians of infants; etc.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-021
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk is currently serving in her fourth term as State Delegate representing the 21st legislative district in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s Counties. She serves on the Appropriations Committee where she sits on the Transportation & Environment and the Public Safety & Administration subcommittees as well as the Capital Budget subcommittee which funds all state infrastructure. Additionally, Delegate Peña-Melnyk sits on various workgroups and statewide taskforces and represents the Maryland General Assembly on two national committees: the Council of State Governments' Economic Development, Trade & Cultural Affairs Committee and the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators' Labor & Civil Rights Taskforce.read less
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Maryland House from Maryland
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