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SB6 - Property Tax - Credit for Dwelling House of Disabled Veterans - Alterations
Dawn D. Gile, Pamela G Beidle, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 4 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Altering eligibility for a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on the dwelling house of certain disabled veterans to include individuals who have been declared by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to have a nonpermanent service-connected disability of 100% that results from blindness or any other disabling cause that was not caused or incurred by misconduct of the veteran; altering the criteria for determining the amount of the credit; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB87 - Homicide or Life-Threatening Injury by Motor Vehicle or Vessel - Parole Eligibility and Penalties
Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Katherine Ann Klausmeier, Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Specifying that certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by motor vehicle or vessel are violent crimes for the purpose of parole eligibility; increasing penalties for certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by motor vehicle or vessel; and establishing a subsequent offender penalty for causing life-threatening injury by operating a motor vehicle or vessel in a criminally negligent manner.
STATUS
Introduced
SB142 - Genetic Testing - Prohibitions on Disability, Life, and Long-Term Care Insurance (Genetic Testing Protection Act of 2024)
Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting insurance carriers that offer life insurance, long-term care insurance, and disability insurance policies or contracts from taking certain action regarding coverage based on whether an applicant or a policy or contract holder has requested or undergone genetic testing or the results of the genetic testing.
STATUS
Introduced
SB68 - Reckless and Negligent Driving - Death of Another - Must-Appear Violation (Sherry's and Christian's Law)
Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Dawn D. Gile, J.B. Jennings
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Providing that a person charged with reckless or negligent driving must appear in court and may not prepay the fine if the reckless or negligent driving contributed to an accident that resulted in the death of another person, unless a court for good cause shown waives the requirement to appear.
STATUS
Introduced
SB27 - Cosmetology Licensure Compact
Dawn D. Gile, Pamela G Beidle, Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 5 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Entering into the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; establishing criteria for participating states; authorizing an individual practicing cosmetology to practice in a party state under certain circumstances; establishing the Cosmetology Licensure Compact Commission and its duties and powers; and providing for the amendment of and withdrawal from the Compact.
STATUS
Passed
SB133 - State Employee Rights and Protections - Personnel Actions and Harassment - Investigation of Complaints
Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Increasing, from 30 days to 60 days, the time period during which an investigation must be conducted and a written decision must be issued regarding a complaint filed by an applicant or employee alleging discrimination or harassment by an employer; and authorizing an extension of the time period by up to an additional 30 days if the applicant or employee who filed the complaint provides written authorization to the equal employment officer investigating the complaint.
STATUS
Passed
SB335 - Health Occupations - Private Dental Offices - Infection Control
Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring each owner of a private dental office to designate a licensed dentist to be the supervising dentist for the private dental office; requiring a supervising dentist to complete the registration required by the State Board of Dental Examiners and be responsible for all infection control activities within the private dental office; requiring the owner of a private dental office to designate an interim supervising dentist under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Board to charge a certain registration fee.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB346 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act)
Sarah K. Elfreth, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 8 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Phasing in, over a period of 3 years, an increase in a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax to allow for a subtraction of all military retirement income beginning in taxable year 2026.
STATUS
Introduced
SB86 - Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums (Long-Term Care Relief Act of 2024)
Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Limiting eligibility for a credit against the State income tax for certain long-term care insurance premiums paid by a taxpayer for long-term care insurance purchased before January 1, 2005, to taxpayers who are at least 85 years old with a Maryland adjusted gross income of less than $100,000 for an individual or $200,000 for a joint filer; altering the maximum amount of the credit; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
SB409 - Health Occupations - Clinical Marriage and Family Therapists - Reciprocal Licensure Requirements
Katherine Ann Klausmeier, Dawn D. Gile
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Altering the licensure requirements that the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists may waive, and the circumstances under which the requirements may be waived, for applicants for a license to practice clinical marriage and family therapy in the State who are licensed or certified to practice clinical marriage and family therapy in another state, territory, or jurisdiction.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-008
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Katherine Ann Klausmeier was born on August 2, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland. She earned her B.S. in Elementary Education at Towson University in 1969. Klausmeier was a teacher in Baltimore County Public Schools from 1969 to 2006. She served on the House of Delegates from 2003 to 2007. In 2007, she won a special election for Maryland State Senate District 8. Klausmeier was re-elected in 2010 and 2014.read less
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Maryland Senate from Maryland
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