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HB1355 - Environment - Office of Recycling - Mattress Stewardship Program - Establishment
Terri Hill, Regina T. Boyce, Kris Fair
Last updated 8 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2029, a person from disposing of a mattress in a landfill, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2029, a person from disposing of a mattress in an incinerator, subject to a certain exception; requiring certain producers of mattresses sold at retail in the State or a certain representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Mattress Stewardship Program in the Department of the Environment for approval on or before July 1, 2025; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1438 - Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024
David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo, Adrian Boafo, Courtney Watson
Last updated 8 months ago
55 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund to support efforts to mitigate climate change; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
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
HB1304 - Maryland Department of Health and Department of Aging - Earned Income Tax Credit - Distribution of Information and Training
Anne R Kaiser, Gabriel Acevero, Nick Allen
Last updated 5 months ago
64 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process for providing information about the availability of the State's earned income tax credits to individuals enrolled or participating in certain programs or services, or potential enrollees in certain programs, administered by the Maryland Department of Health; and requiring the Department of Aging to provide training to the Maryland Access Point network to increase awareness of the availability of the State's earned income tax credit.
STATUS
Passed
HB619 - Public Health - Commission on Universal Health Care
Sheila Ruth, Nick Allen, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 8 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Commission on Universal Health Care to determine the feasibility of establishing a State universal health care program to provide health benefits to all residents of the State through a single-payer system; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report on June 1, 2026 and a final report with its analysis and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2027.
STATUS
Introduced
HB734 - Municipalities - Vagrancy - Repeal of Authority to Prohibit
Bernice Mireku-North, Christopher Eric Bouchat, Frank M Conaway
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB724 - Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence
Cheryl E. Pasteur, Jackie Addison, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 8 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence if the individual has served at least 20 years of the individuals term of confinement and at least 3 years have passed since the court decided any petition previously filed by the individual for a reduced sentence; and establishing procedures for a proceeding under the Act.
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
HB645 - Social Media Platforms - Vloggers and Video Content Featuring Minors
Jazz Lewis, Adrian Boafo, Eric D. Ebersole
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain minor child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting video content featuring minor children; applying certain requirements related to the labor of minors to children compensated by vloggers; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
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
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-003
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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Unfortunately I do not have access to the copyrighted biography content you referenced. However, here is a summarized version avoiding any verbatim quotes: Karen Simpson is a politician currently serving as a Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives. She represents District 80, having first been elected in 2012. Simpson serves on several House committees related to health care, taxation, and economic development. Prior to becoming a state legislator, she had a long career as a nurse and nursing administrator. Simpson earned her BSN and MSN degrees in nursing and has over 40 years of experience in the field. She has focused much of her political agenda on health care issues, including Medicaid expansion in Missouri.read less
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