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HB571 - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications
Lily Qi, Adrian Boafo, Diana M. Fennell
Last updated 5 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Modifying provisions of law governing application, administration, and enforcement of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, including provisions related to the payment of contributions, the calculation of the average weekly wage, the submission of claims for benefits, the application of the Program to self-employed individuals, the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund, the satisfaction of Program requirements through private employer plans or insurance, and the use of contributions or other funding.
STATUS
Passed
HB582 - Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
42 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to technology-based start-up companies founded by students from institutions located in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area; establishing the Baltimore Innovation Initiative Pilot Program within the Maryland Innovation Initiative of the Corporation; requiring certain appropriations for the programs to be included in the annual budget bill in certain fiscal years; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB999 - Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network
Terri Hill, Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield, Pamela Lanman Guzzone
Last updated 5 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network to identify and analyze options for establishing and maintaining an open access science, technology, and innovation network or hub of citizen scientists and experts in science, technology, and industry for certain purposes; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HB1020 - Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center – Designation as Community of Innovation
Sarah Wolek, Jared Scott Solomon, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 8 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Designating the Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center as the State's Regional Higher Education Community of Innovation; and altering the purposes of the Universities at Shady Grove to include serving a diverse citizenry in an innovative manner to meet the educational needs of the region and fostering individual academic success leading to career success which positively impacts the economy of the entire region.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1018 - Manufacturing Business Personal Property Tax - Exemption
Lily Qi
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Exempting all personal property in the possession of a person engaged in a manufacturing business that is a small or medium-sized enterprise from the personal property tax.
STATUS
Introduced
HB692 - Economic Development - County or Municipality Economic Development Authority - Powers and Use of Proceeds
Lily Qi, Adrian Boafo, Kris Fair
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Expanding the acceptable names authorized for an economic development authority established by a county or municipal corporation; expanding the powers of an authority, subject to limitations in the articles of incorporation of the authority; authorizing an authority to issue certain bonds in accordance with certain requirements; and expanding the authorized uses of tax increment proceeds.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1174 - State Government - Technology Advisory Commission - Established
Terri Hill, Pamela Lanman Guzzone, Seth A. Howard
Last updated 6 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Technology Advisory Commission to study and make recommendations on technology and science developments and use in the State; and requiring the Commission to submit a report on its activities and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1055 - Environment – Highways – Salt Application
Lily Qi, Linda Foley, Michele Guyton
Last updated 7 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each State agency, county, and municipality to maintain certain records of its highway salt application and submit to the Department of the Environment by July 1 each year a report on its highway salt application for the previous fiscal year, including the total amount of salt applied and the amount of salt the jurisdiction had at the beginning of the fiscal year.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1173 - Tobacco Product Manufacturers - Escrow Act - Alterations
Lily Qi
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring, beginning in a certain year, a certain tobacco product manufacturer to pay a certain equity fee instead of depositing certain funds in a certain escrow account; authorizing a certain tobacco product manufacturer to contest the amount of the equity fee paid under certain circumstances; requiring a certain tobacco product manufacturer to make a certain certification to the Attorney General each year; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1090 - Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Homeownership Program and Fund – Established
Pamela Queen, Nick Allen, Linda Foley
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Homeownership Program to provide financial assistance in the form of loans to political subdivisions to support the purchase and renovation of HUD dollar homes and abandoned residential properties for resale to low-to moderate-income buyers; and establishing the Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Homeownership Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide financial assistance in the form of loans under the provisions of the Program.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-015
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Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Lily Qi was born in Shanghai, China. Her father was put into a labor camp when she was 5 year old for being part of the student movement. At age 16, she came to the U.S. as an exchange student. She worked multiple jobs to pay for community college. She went on to earn BS and Master's degrees in Engineering. Qi started as a product engineer with General Motors and went on to hold executive positions managing billion dollar enterprises. She established the Center for Innovation at the University of Maryland to connect university research with the private sector and federal labs to commercialize technologies.read less
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