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HJ9 - United States of America - District of Columbia - Statehood
Jared Scott Solomon, Julian Ivey, Nick Allen
Last updated 8 months ago
63 Co-Sponsors
Declaring the State of Maryland's support of and consent to admitting Washington, D.C. to the Union as a state of the United States of America.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1307 - Family Law – Child Custody and Visitation – Visitation Reevaluations and Remedies
Scott Phillips, Karen R. Toles, Mary A. Lehman
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a parent to petition a court for an emergency hearing to reevaluate a visitation schedule if the other parent fails to comply with a court-ordered visitation schedule without just cause; and requiring and authorizing a court to take certain actions as a result of a parent's failure to comply with a court-ordered visitation schedule.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1485 - Public Schools - Water Safety and Swimming Course - Established
Karen R. Toles
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop, by July 1, 2025, curriculum content for an elective course in water safety and swimming for public school students in kindergarten through grade 12; requiring, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, county boards of education to implement the water safety and swimming curriculum content for students in kindergarten through grade 12 in public schools in the county; and authorizing a public school to partner with a local parks and recreation facility for certain purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB542 - Department of Human Services - Children in Foster Care - Luggage
Joe Vogel, Gabriel Acevero, Brooke Grossman
Last updated 5 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Human Services to establish and maintain a decentralized supply of new luggage to be used to transport the personal belongings of a child in foster care; requiring the Department to provide new luggage to a child in foster care who is entering foster care, moving from one placement to another, or exiting foster care; prohibiting the Department from using disposable bags or trash bags to transport a child's belongings; and requiring the Department to maintain certain records.
STATUS
Passed
HB37 - Services for Formerly Incarcerated Women - Commission and Pilot Program - Establishment
Juanita Sandra Bartlett, Nicole A. Williams, Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield
Last updated 6 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Commission on Services for Formerly Incarcerated Women overseen by the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to create a comprehensive plan for services for formerly incarcerated women; requiring the Commission to study the challenges faced by formerly incarcerated women, identify existing services and service gaps, and report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly by June 30, 2025; and establishing the Pilot Program for Formerly Incarcerated Women.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB508 - Children - Labor Trafficking
Elizabeth M. Embry, Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield, Jon S Cardin
Last updated 5 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "abuse" to include labor trafficking of a child by any individual for purposes of provisions of law governing children in need of assistance cases and child abuse and neglect reporting; expanding provisions of law relating to the Safe Harbor Regional Navigator Grant Program to apply to child victims of labor trafficking; and requiring the Department of Human Services to include labor trafficking in its annual report on child sex trafficking to the Governor and the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
HB892 - Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation
Aaron M. Kaufman, Lauren Arikan, Dalya Attar
Last updated 6 months ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploitation, isolation, or any other means; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring with one or more persons to violate a certain provision of the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is a felony; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB404 - Public Safety - Wellness Checks - Requirements (Gabriel's Law)
Jamila J. Woods, Tiffany T. Alston, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
34 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a law enforcement agency that receives a certain request for a wellness check of an individual to conduct a wellness check or submit a request for the relevant law enforcement agency to conduct a wellness check without unreasonable delay; and requiring a fire, rescue, or emergency medical services entity to conduct the wellness check simultaneously with the law enforcement agency if the request concerns a life-threatening condition.
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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