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HB465 - Workplace Fraud and Prevailing Wage - Violations - Civil Penalty and Referrals
Adrian Boafo, Marlon Amprey, Lorig Charkoudian
Last updated 5 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Increasing, from $5,000 to $10,000, the maximum civil penalty for the knowing failure of an employer to properly classify an individual as an employee; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, on a showing by clear and convincing evidence that a violation has occurred, to refer to the Comptroller, certain State's Attorneys, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury complaints that allege a violation of certain tax laws.
STATUS
Passed
HB544 - Criminal Law - Sexual Extortion, Stalking, and Revenge Porn - Statute of Limitations and In Banc Review
Vanessa Atterbeary, Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield, Catherine M. Forbes
Last updated 5 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of sexual extortion to be 5 years; altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of stalking to be 10 years; providing that the State may institute a prosecution for revenge porn at any time; and providing that, for purposes of the Maryland Constitution, a person who commits revenge porn shall be deemed to have committed a misdemeanor whose punishment is confinement in the penitentiary and may reserve a point or question for a certain in banc review.
STATUS
Passed
HB336 - Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Materials for Individualized Education Program, Individualized Family Service Plan, and 504 Plan Meetings
Catherine M. Forbes, Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey
Last updated 5 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a local school system to provide to parents at certain individualized education program, individualized family service plan, and 504 plan meetings for children with disabilities certain written informational materials regarding the Maryland ABLE Program; requiring the State Treasurer to develop informational materials about the Maryland ABLE Program that may be distributed electronically or by hand; and requiring the State Treasurer to provide informational materials to the State Board of Education and county boards.
STATUS
Passed
HB585 - Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 6 months ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully making a threat to harm an election official or an immediate family member of an election official because of the election official's role in administering the election process; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.
STATUS
Passed
HB407 - Food Supplement Benefits - Students - Eligibility (SNAP for Students)
Aaron M. Kaufman, Gabriel Acevero, Nick Allen
Last updated 8 months ago
41 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Human Services to provide food supplement benefits to students who are residents of the State, are enrolled in an institution of higher education for at least 15 credit hours per year, whose family contribution is expected to be $0, and who are eligible to participate in a certain work study program; and requiring, for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation sufficient to reimburse the Department for certain expenditures.
STATUS
Introduced
HB575 - Criminal Procedure - Victim Compensation - Alterations (Victim Compensation Reform Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston, Marlon Amprey
Last updated 5 months ago
51 Co-Sponsors
Altering the composition of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; altering certain duties, powers, and procedures for the Board to make awards to victims of crime; altering the powers and duties of certain employees; altering the amount and types of awards the Board is authorized to make to certain victims of crime; authorizing reconsideration and judicial review of decisions of the Board; authorizing the Governor to include certain funding in the annual budget bill for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1026 - Armed Forces - Support of Military Families and Addition of Space Force
Edith Jerry Patterson, Mike Rogers, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 6 months ago
41 Co-Sponsors
Adding the Space Force to certain provisions of law related to the armed forces; authorizing military spouses and residents of the State who are members of the National Guard of another state or a reserve component of the armed forces to terminate certain contracts at any time after the date the service member receives certain military orders to relocate; altering the definition of a "military-connected student" for purposes of the Purple Star Schools Program; and authorizing the Governor to make certain posthumous awards.
STATUS
Passed
HB1051 - Maternal Health – Assessments, Referrals, and Reporting (Maryland Maternal Health Act of 2024)
Jennifer White Holland, Jheanelle K. Wilkins, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 5 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Establishing requirements on local health departments and certain health care providers and facilities regarding maternal health, including requirements regarding prenatal risk assessment forms and postpartum infant and maternal referral forms; requiring hospitals and freestanding birthing centers to participate in the Severe Maternal Morbidity Surveillance Program to identify risk factors and causes of Severe Maternal Morbidity; requiring the Program to report its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2025; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1076 - Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Textbook Equity
Denise Roberts, Karen R. Toles, Vanessa Atterbeary
Last updated 5 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Establishing requirements for each county board of education regarding provision of the instructional materials that will be used in the upcoming school year for students with individualized education programs; requiring the county board to coordinate with the Instructional Resources Center to provide the materials in a specialized format to blind or visually impaired students; requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, certain textbook publishers to provide an electronic file of pupil edition textbooks; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1164 - Nonpublic Schools – Transcripts – Prohibition on Punitive Measures Related to Student Debt
Stephanie Smith, Karen R. Toles
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting nonpublic schools that participate in State-funded education programs from refusing to provide a current or former student or the student's parent or guardian with a transcript or taking other punitive measures regarding a student's transcript request because the student owes a debt to the nonpublic school.
STATUS
Engrossed
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
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