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HB599 - Maryland Community Investment Corporation - Establishment (Housing and Community Development Financing Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
56 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Corporation as an independent unit to make investments and financial assistance available in certain low-income communities in the State; expanding the eligible uses of the Strategic Demolition and Smart Growth Impact Fund to include grants and loans for credit enhancement for certain projects; requiring that members of the investment committee to be geographically representative of the locations of low-income communities in the State; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB496 - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force
Emily Khoury Shetty, Elizabeth M. Embry, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 5 months ago
57 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of determining 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 to the General Assembly, beginning October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter, certain data for the preceding calendar year, disaggregated by county and offender age, race, and sex.
STATUS
Passed
HB523 - Criminal Procedure – Expungement of Records – Good Cause
Malcolm Ruff, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 8 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a court to grant a petition for expungement of records relating to a certain conviction at any time on a showing of good cause.
STATUS
Introduced
HJ1 - Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment
Edith Jerry Patterson, Lesley J. Lopez, Jackie Addison
Last updated 9 months ago
74 Co-Sponsors
Urging the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden to publish the federal Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for the U.S. Congress to affirm, by joint resolution, the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment.
STATUS
Introduced
HB583 - Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention - Establishment
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
53 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention in the Maryland Department of Health to reduce firearm violence, harm from firearm violence, and misuse of firearms in the State by partnering with federal, State, and local agencies and affected communities to implement a public health approach to firearm violence reduction; requiring the Center to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly by May 1, 2025, a preliminary State Plan for a Public Health Approach to Reducing Firearm Violence; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB598 - Discrimination - Military Status - Prohibition
Adrian Boafo, Nick Allen, Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield
Last updated 5 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to housing and employment.
STATUS
Passed
HB534 - Community Development Administration - Live Near Your School Program - Extension
Malcolm Ruff, Gabriel Acevero, Dalya Attar
Last updated 5 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Extending the termination date for the Live Near Your School program and a related homebuyer program from September 30, 2024, to September 30, 2030.
STATUS
Passed
HB581 - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
69 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each principal department and independent unit to create a catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and to submit the catalog to the Governor on or before October 1, 2024; requiring each department and independent unit to post certain completed information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates on the website of each department or independent unit by October 1, 2025; and establishing the Government Efficiency Commission.
STATUS
Passed
HB694 - Governor's Office for Children - Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 8 months ago
55 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Governor's Office for Children and the Special Secretary of the Governor's Office for Children as the head of the Office; requiring the Special Secretary to establish the ENOUGH grant program, subject to certain requirements; requiring the Office to assign certain staff for a certain purpose; establishing certain reporting and evaluation requirements; establishing the ENOUGH Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Governor to appropriate $15,000,000 to the fund for fiscal year 2026; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB584 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders (Caring for Public Employees in the Safety Professions - CAPES Act)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 6 months ago
62 Co-Sponsors
Providing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal who have thyroid, colon, or ovarian cancer are presumed, under certain circumstances, to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers' compensation law.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-025
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Karen R. Toles is a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 67. She was elected to this position on November 6, 2018. Toles graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with a B.A. in Political Science. Prior to serving in the legislature, she worked for the City of Kansas City, Missouri as a Policy Analyst from 2012 to 2018. She also served on several boards and commissions focused on community engagement and development.read less
OFFICES HELD
Maryland House from Maryland
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