SEE LATEST
SPONSORED LEGISLATION
HB462 - Funding for Wages and Benefits for Nursing Home Workers (Nursing Home Staffing Crisis Funding Act of 2024)
Ashanti Martinez, Gabriel Acevero, Kris Fair
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that the Governor's proposed budget for each of fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028, include an 8% reimbursement rate increase for providers of certain health care services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the Maryland Children's Health Program, and the Community First Choice program; requiring nursing homes to submit by September 1 each year, beginning in 2026, a certain cost report to the Maryland Department of Health; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HJ1 - Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment
Edith Jerry Patterson, Lesley J. Lopez, Jackie Addison
Last updated 9 months ago
74 Co-Sponsors
Urging the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden to publish the federal Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for the U.S. Congress to affirm, by joint resolution, the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment.
STATUS
Introduced
HB460 - State Highway Administration - Dynamic Message Sign System - Maryland's Helpline
Ashanti Martinez, Gabriel Acevero, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Highway Administration to provide the telephone number for Maryland's Helpline to the public through the dynamic message sign system located throughout the State.
STATUS
Introduced
HB408 - Mental Health Law - County Mental Health Advisory Committees - Membership
Heather Bagnall, Nick Allen, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 5 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Altering the membership of a county's mental health advisory committee by including an individual with experience with mental health care for veterans or individuals serving in the military on the list of groups from which individuals may be appointed to the committee by the governing body of the county.
STATUS
Passed
HB467 - Food Service Facilities and Tipped Workers - Service Fees and Tip Credits (One Fair Wage Act of 2024)
Adrian Boafo, Veronica Turner, Mary A. Lehman
Last updated 8 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by restaurants; specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; and prohibiting employers of tipped employees, beginning January 1, 2027, from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages.
STATUS
Introduced
HB485 - Public Health - Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Repeal
Kris Fair, Gabriel Acevero, Nick Allen
Last updated 7 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Repealing the prohibition on an individual from knowingly transferring or attempting to transfer the human immunodeficiency virus to another individual.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB489 - Education - State Library Resource Center - Funding
Dana Jones, Nick Allen, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Altering the calculation of certain funding for the State Library Resource Center for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB509 - Developmental Disabilities - Community Providers - Federal Participation for Local Funds
Anne R Kaiser, Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process to receive federal financial participation for the payment of county or municipal general funds appropriated to community providers that serve individuals with developmental disabilities; and requiring the Department to allocate the federal financial participation to the community providers to which the county or municipality general funds were appropriated.
STATUS
Introduced
HB473 - Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility
Cheryl E. Pasteur, Deni Taveras, Jackie Addison
Last updated 7 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Altering, from 3 years to 2 years, the number of years before an academic year for which an individual or the individual's parent or guardian must file taxes to be eligible to receive an out-of-state tuition exemption.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB456 - County Boards of Education - Student Members - Voting Rights and Participation in Executive Sessions
Kris Fair, Eric D. Ebersole, Brooke Grossman
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Providing that student members on certain county boards of education may vote on certain matters and may attend certain executive or special sessions under certain circumstances; and providing that student members of county boards of education have certain voting rights and may attend certain executive or special sessions.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-003
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
--
ABOUT
Unfortunately I do not have access to the biography text from that URL. However, here is an attempt to generate a 500 character biography with line breaks between paragraphs: Kris was born in Bozeman, Montana in 1980. She studied political science at Montana State University, graduating in 2002. After college, Kris worked on several political campaigns before running for office herself. In 2008, she was elected to the state legislature, representing a district in Billings. As a legislator, Kris focused on education and agriculture issues. She served on the Education Committee, where she advocated for increased funding for schools and universities.read less
OFFICES HELD
Maryland House from Maryland
NEXT ELECTION
