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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
HB903 - Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established
Vanessa Atterbeary, Michael J. Griffith, Dalya Attar
Last updated 5 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund beginning in fiscal year 2026; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB925 - Vehicle Excise Tax - Rate Increase
Kris Fair
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Increasing the vehicle excise tax rate from 6% to 6.5%.
STATUS
Introduced
HB924 - Transportation – Regional Transportation Authorities
Ryan S. Spiegel, Mark Edelson, Kris Fair
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain congestion relief plans; establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region congestion relief funds as special, nonlapsing funds; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Comptroller, to study and report on the feasibility of creating local-option transportation revenues to fund the regional transportation authorities; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB935 - Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act
Bernice Mireku-North, Emily Khoury Shetty, Jazz Lewis
Last updated 8 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Imposing an excise tax on certain gross receipts of certain firearms dealers derived from the sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in the State; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB933 - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees
Jessica Feldmark, Vanessa Atterbeary, Juanita Sandra Bartlett
Last updated 5 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a 9-8-8 fee to be paid by each subscriber to switched local exchange access service, commercial mobile radio service, or other 9-8-8-accessible service; establishing a prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fee to be paid on certain retail transactions; requiring the Comptroller to deposit the 9-8-8 fees and the prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fees in the 9-8-8 Trust Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to adopt procedures for auditing fee collection and remittance by telephone companies and commercial mobile radio service providers.
STATUS
Passed
HB945 - Education - Initial Teacher Certification - Requirements
Eric D. Ebersole, Kris Fair, Julie Palakovich Carr
Last updated 5 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Repealing a provision of law that requires a teacher preparation program to require a student to pass a certain assessment as a graduation requirement; altering the requirements for initial teacher certification; authorizing a local school system to establish a comprehensive induction program to aid in meeting a certain requirement for initial teacher certification; altering the qualification requirements for a teacher who holds a professional license or certificate from another state; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB901 - Higher Education - Part-Time Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Alterations
Sarah Wolek, Kris Fair, Catherine M. Forbes
Last updated 5 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Allowing an applicant of a part-time senatorial or delegate scholarship with a documented disability to request from the Maryland Higher Education Commission a waiver from the requirement to carry at least 6 semester hours of courses each semester.
STATUS
Passed
HB728 - Health Insurance - Qualified Resident Enrollment Program (Access to Care Act)
Bonnie L Cullison, Gabriel Acevero, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 5 months ago
43 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish and implement the Qualified Resident Enrollment Program to facilitate the enrollment of qualified residents in qualified plans; providing that the operation and administration of the Program may include functions delegated by the Exchange to a third party; and providing that the implementation of the Program is contingent on approval of a certain waiver application amendment.
STATUS
Passed
HB12 - Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions
Sheila Ruth, Kris Fair, Mary A. Lehman
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property if use of the real property has been converted from a retail service station to other certain uses; and requiring the State to pay to each county or municipal corporation that grants the property tax credit under the Act an amount equal to a 50% of forgone revenue.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-003
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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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
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