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SB740 - Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol - Enforcement (Nick's Law)
Dawn D. Gile, Jack Bailey, Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 5 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Altering the time period within which a court may prohibit a person convicted under certain circumstances of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol from operating a vessel on the waters of the State; requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in coordination with the Natural Resources Police Force, to establish and maintain a database of persons prohibited from operating a vessel on the waters of the State due to a certain conviction for operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB39 - Gun Theft Felony Act of 2024
Justin D Ready, Jack Bailey, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing a penalty for theft of a firearm of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 for a first offense, and imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 for a second or subsequent offense.
STATUS
Introduced
SB632 - Peace Orders - Visual Surveillance
Paul Corderman, Chris West, Jack Bailey
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a certain person to petition for a peace order against another person whom the petitioner alleges has conducted visual surveillance of areas of the petitioner's residence where the petitioner has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
STATUS
Introduced
SB503 - Vehicle Laws - Protective Headgear Requirement - Exception (In Remembrance of Gary "Pappy" Boward)
Mike McKay, Justin D Ready, Johnny Ray Salling
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Establishing an exception to the prohibition against operating or riding on a motorcycle without certain protective headgear for an individual at least 21 years of age who has been licensed to operate a motorcycle for at least 2 years or has completed a certain motorcycle safety course and for the individual's passenger.
STATUS
Introduced
SB478 - Families Serve Act of 2024
Malcolm L. Augustine, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 6 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to spouses of eligible service members; and requiring the appointing authorities in the Executive Branch of State government to apply a credit of 10 points on any selection test for eligible spouses and veterans of certain uniformed services.
STATUS
Passed
SB477 - Time to Serve Act of 2024
Malcolm L. Augustine, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 6 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of disaster service leave for employees in the Executive Branch of State government; and increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of paid leave the Secretary of Budget and Management may provide for uniformed services training or active uniformed services duty in a reserve unit of the armed forces or organized militia.
STATUS
Passed
SB453 - Mental Health - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs
Pamela G Beidle, Karen Lewis Young, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 4 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, on or before July 1, 2026, to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish a program; and requiring the Office of the Public Defender to provide representation in assisted outpatient treatment proceedings.
STATUS
Passed
SB412 - Mental Health Law - County Mental Health Advisory Committees - Membership
Dawn D. Gile, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 4 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Altering the membership of a county's mental health advisory committee by including an individual with experience with mental health care for veterans or individuals serving in the military on the list of groups from which individuals may be appointed to the committee by the governing body of the county.
STATUS
Passed
SB552 - Operating Budget - Funding - Scholarships for Nonpublic School Students
Paul Corderman, Jack Bailey, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 8 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to include in the annual budget bill General Fund appropriations of certain amounts for the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program.
STATUS
Introduced
SB438 - Family Law - Fundamental Parental Rights
Justin D Ready, Jack Bailey, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Establishing that a parent has the fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child; and prohibiting the State or a political subdivision from infringing on a parent's fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child unless the State or political subdivision can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence certain factors.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-005
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Maryland Senate
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