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SB165 - Education – Coaches – Mental Health Training
Shelly Hettleman, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 4 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for public schools and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to develop guidelines for public institutions of higher education to train coaches to recognize indicators of mental illness and behavioral distress in students who participate in athletic programs in public schools and public institutions of higher education; requiring public schools and public institutions that offer athletic programs to provide a certain mental health training to coaches; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB431 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumption - Long COVID (Home of the Brave Act of 2024)
Jeff D. Waldstreicher, Sarah K. Elfreth, Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Establishing that governmental essential workers are presumed to have an occupational disease that is compensable under workers' compensation law after being diagnosed with long COVID under certain circumstances; and applying the Act retroactively.
STATUS
Introduced
SB385 - Education - Funding for General Education Programs - Definition Alterations
Karen Lewis Young, Katie Fry Hester, Dawn D. Gile
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain definitions relating to student enrollment that are generally used for the calculation of funding for general education programs.
STATUS
Introduced
SB331 - Task Force to Study Paratransit in Maryland
Karen Lewis Young, Nick Charles
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Task Force to Study Paratransit in Maryland; requiring the Task Force to study paratransit in the State, including current, needed, and expected funding for paratransit, reasons for current funding and spending gaps, and the role public-private partnerships could play in meeting funding and service gaps; and requiring the Task Force to report, on or before June 30, 2025, its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly.
STATUS
Introduced
SB146 - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2024)
Karen Lewis Young, Arthur Ellis, Mary Washington
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "Tier 1 renewable source" for purposes of excluding energy derived from waste and refuse from being eligible for inclusion in the renewable energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act to all renewable energy portfolio standard compliance years starting on or after January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB416 - Renewable Energy - Customer-Sited Solar Program
Karen Lewis Young
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program in the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating systems and providing grants to eligible customer-generators; authorizing a third party to apply for a grant on behalf of an eligible customer-generator under certain circumstances; requiring the Administration to develop a certain consumer protection policy; providing for the funding of Program grants from certain compliance fees in the Strategic Energy Investment Fund; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB758 - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force
Ariana M. Kelly, William C. Smith, Mary Dulany James
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of certain sexual crimes; altering the elements of second-degree rape to remove the requirement of use of force or threat of force; and requiring the Maryland Judiciary to report certain information to the General Assembly by October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter.
STATUS
Introduced
SB761 - Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulation
Benjamin Fred Kramer, Clarence K. Lam, Karen Lewis Young
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each testing facility in the State to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture to use animals in research, education, or testing; establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a testing facility; prohibiting a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes and performing certain procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a testing facility from using traditional animal test methods under certain circumstances; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB779 - Real Property - Taxation of Vacant Property, Certification of Company Representatives, and Short-Term Rentals
Karen Lewis Young
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to set a special property tax rate for improved residential property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use; establishing a subclass of real property consisting of certain vacant residential property; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB766 - Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2024
Shelly Hettleman, James C. Rosapepe, Mary Washington
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; requiring that certain sales of tangible personal property be included in the numerator of the sales factor used for apportioning a corporation's income to the State under certain circumstances; altering the State income tax rate on Maryland taxable income of certain individuals; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
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
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Maryland Senate from Maryland
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