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HB304 - Gun Theft Felony Act of 2024
Rachel Munoz, Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton
Last updated 9 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing a penalty for theft of a firearm of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 for a first offense, and imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 for a second or subsequent offense.
STATUS
Introduced
HB804 - Certificate of Need - Psychiatric Health Care Facilities and Psychiatric and Mental Health Services - Exemption
Robin L. Grammer, Tiffany T. Alston, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 8 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "medical service" for the purpose of providing an exemption to the certificate of need requirement by removing psychiatry and any subcategory of psychiatry; and providing that a certificate of need is not required to establish or operate a psychiatric health care facility or to offer psychiatric or other mental health services at a health care facility.
STATUS
Introduced
HB791 - Operating Budget - Funding - Scholarships for Nonpublic School Students
Jeff Ghrist, Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton
Last updated 8 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to include in the annual budget bill General Fund appropriations of certain amounts for the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program.
STATUS
Introduced
HB803 - Income Tax - Alteration of Brackets and Rates (Economic Prosperity Act of 2024)
Jason C. Buckel, Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton
Last updated 8 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
HB671 - Criminal Law - Display of Obscene Material to Minors - Prohibition
Robin L. Grammer, Lauren Arikan, Brian Alan Chisholm
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "item" relating to the prohibition against displaying or distributing obscene material to minors to include a drawing or illustration; and prohibiting certain public schools from displaying certain obscene material under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
HB553 - Family Law - Fundamental Parental Rights
April Fleming Miller, Christopher Troy Adams, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 8 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Establishing that a parent has the fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child; and prohibiting the State or a political subdivision from infringing on a parent's fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child unless the State or political subdivision can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence certain factors.
STATUS
Introduced
HB319 - Juvenile Justice Restoration Act of 2024
Nicholaus R Kipke, Kathy J Szeliga, Christopher Troy Adams
Last updated 9 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to establish that the juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction over a child who is at least 10 years old alleged to have committed a crime involving the use or possession of a firearm; and altering a certain provision of law authorizing a law enforcement officer to conduct an otherwise lawful custodial interrogation of a child if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian consents to the custodial interrogation of the child without the child's consultation with an attorney.
STATUS
Introduced
HB47 - Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams - Designation Based on Sex (Fairness In Girls' Sports Act)
Kathy J Szeliga, Lauren Arikan, Brian Alan Chisholm
Last updated 9 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools to be expressly designated based on biological sex; prohibiting certain entities from taking certain adverse actions against a school for maintaining separate interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams and sports for students of the female sex; and providing that certain individuals have the right to bring a civil action under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
HB316 - Crimes and Corrections - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2024)
William Valentine, Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton
Last updated 9 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a certain inmate with a certain reentry kit and assistance in obtaining Medicaid benefits under certain circumstances; altering the elements of certain prohibitions against using a certain firearm in the commission of a certain crime; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB310 - Safe Communities Act of 2024
Jason C. Buckel, Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton
Last updated 9 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiting a deduction of diminution credits of more than 10% of an incarcerated individual's aggregate sentence for crimes of violence for an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-007
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Kathy Szeliga was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2010. She represents District 7 which covers parts of Baltimore and Harford Counties. Previously she worked at Verizon as a project manager. In the legislature, Delegate Szeliga has been a member of the Appropriations Committee and its Public Safety & Administration Subcommittee, the Education Subcommittee, the Spending Affordability Committee, and the Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. Some of the legislation she has sponsored includes bills to increase penalties for repeat drunk drivers, improve services for autistic children, and help victims of human trafficking.read less
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