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SPONSORED LEGISLATION
SB738 - Freedom to Read Act
Nancy King, Pamela G Beidle, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 5 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a State policy that local school systems operate their school library media programs consistent with certain standards; requiring each local school system to develop a policy and procedures to review objections to materials in a school library media program; prohibiting a county board of education from dismissing, demoting, suspending, disciplining, reassigning, transferring, or otherwise retaliating against certain school library media program personnel for performing their job duties consistent with certain standards; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB726 - Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses - Decommission of Wastewater Treatment Lagoon
Karen Lewis Young
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the authorized uses of the Bay Restoration Fund to include, beginning in fiscal year 2026, certain costs related to the decommissioning of certain wastewater treatment lagoons.
STATUS
Introduced
SB427 - Public Health – Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program
Shelly Hettleman, Mary Washington, Jill P Carter
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a community-based organization, with the approval of the Maryland Department of Health, to establish an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program to provide a location for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and certain other services; authorizing a Program to bill the insurance carrier of an individual who uses the services; authorizing the Department to approve not more than six programs, preferably two in urban, two in rural, and two in suburban areas; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB88 - Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families
Dawn D. Gile, Pamela G Beidle, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 6 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families to study and make recommendations for developing and implementing a statewide strategic plan to make Maryland the best state for veterans and military families, including legislative and budgetary recommendations; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
SB386 - County Boards of Education - Student Members - Voting Rights and Participation in Executive Sessions
Karen Lewis Young, Nick Charles, Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Providing that student members on certain county boards of education may vote on certain matters and may attend certain executive or special sessions under certain circumstances; and providing that student members of county boards of education have certain voting rights and may attend certain executive or special sessions.
STATUS
Introduced
SB384 - Maryland Energy Administration - Carbon Capture Opportunity Program - Establishment
Karen Lewis Young, Charles Anthony Muse
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Carbon Capture Opportunity Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to assist nonprofit and for-profit businesses engaged in carbon capture projects or carbon capture research; and requiring the Administration to establish application procedures, provide technical assistance to participating businesses, assist participants in applying for federal and private grant funding, and publicize the availability of the Program.
STATUS
Introduced
SB193 - Agriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - Prohibitions
Karen Lewis Young
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting a certain farm owner or operator from knowingly confining egg-laying hens in an enclosure in a certain manner, subject to certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2026; prohibiting a business owner or operator or a farm owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products under certain circumstances on and after January 1, 2026; and specifying that a certain certification verifying that the shell eggs and egg products are produced in a certain manner must be obtained before selling shell eggs and egg products.
STATUS
Introduced
SB125 - Residential Property Sales - Contract Disclosures - Superfund Sites
Karen Lewis Young, William Folden
Last updated 5 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the seller of residential real property located within 1 mile of a National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund site to include a certain addendum, written in conspicuous type, to the contract for the sale of the property; requiring the addendum to provide notice that within 5 days after signing and dating the contract of sale and on written notice to the seller, the buyer may void the contract and is eligible to receive a full refund of any money paid to the seller; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB332 - Hospitals and Urgent Care Centers - Sepsis Protocol (Lochlin's Law)
Karen Lewis Young, Guy J Guzzone
Last updated 4 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, each hospital and urgent care center in the State to implement an evidence-based protocol for the early recognition and treatment of a patient with sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock that is based on generally acceptable standards of care; requiring a specialty psychiatric hospital to establish a certain process; and requiring hospitals and urgent care centers to require periodic training in the implementation of the protocol for certain staff.
STATUS
Passed
SB415 - Frederick County - Local Gaming and Authorization for Electronic Tip Jar Dispensers
Karen Lewis Young
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing, subject to certain provisions of law, a person that operates a tip jar in Frederick County to operate an electronic tip jar dispenser that does not connect to the Internet or to a server; altering certain obsolete language in provisions of law governing gaming in Frederick County; etc.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-003
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Karen Lewis Young is a Republican candidate seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 7th Congressional District of Virginia. Prior to entering politics, Young worked as a business owner and consultant. She is running for Congress because she believes excessive government spending is harming American families. If elected, Young plans to address issues like inflation, gas prices, education, and care for veterans.read less
OFFICES HELD
Maryland Senate from Maryland
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