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SPONSORED LEGISLATION
HJ3 - Use of Nuclear Weapons
Nicole A. Williams, Gabriel Acevero, Kris Fair
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Stating that the General Assembly joins seven other state legislative bodies and over 75 municipalities and counties in passing a Back from the Brink resolution on reducing the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons; urging members of the State's Congressional Delegation who have not yet done so to cosponsor House Resolution 77 relating to the use of nuclear weapons; and urging the U.S. President and the U.S. Senate to endorse the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
STATUS
Introduced
HB597 - Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act
Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston, Marlon Amprey
Last updated 5 months ago
59 Co-Sponsors
Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; altering the eligibility criteria and the types of grants to be awarded under the Program; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop certain mental health wellness policies to be implemented in certain law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB83 - Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
Natalie Ziegler, Regina T. Boyce, Lorig Charkoudian
Last updated 9 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively.
STATUS
Introduced
HB533 - County Police Accountability Boards – Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct
Malcolm Ruff, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the local governing body of a county, including Baltimore City, to authorize its police accountability board to exercise investigatory and subpoena powers; and authorizing a police accountability board to conduct an investigation of police misconduct concurrently with a law enforcement agency investigating the complaint.
STATUS
Introduced
HB538 - Land Use – Affordable Housing – Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
48 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Historic Property Revitalization Director as a position in the Department of Housing and Community Development; prohibiting a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of certain manufactured homes or modular dwellings in a zoning district that allows single-family residential uses under certain circumstances; requiring local jurisdictions to allow an increase in density of certain qualified projects in certain districts or zones for certain properties; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB534 - Community Development Administration - Live Near Your School Program - Extension
Malcolm Ruff, Gabriel Acevero, Dalya Attar
Last updated 5 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Extending the termination date for the Live Near Your School program and a related homebuyer program from September 30, 2024, to September 30, 2030.
STATUS
Passed
HB474 - Criminal Procedure - Probation, Parole, and Pretrial Release
Caylin Allen Young, Scott Phillips, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 8 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a court from revoking a defendant's pretrial release or finding that a defendant has violated probation, and the Maryland Parole Commission from finding that a parolee has violated parole, based solely on the use of cannabis or a positive cannabis test unless the court or Commission, at the time of ordering pretrial release, makes a finding that the use of cannabis could create a danger to the defendant or others and includes as a condition of pretrial release, probation, or parole that the defendant may not use cannabis.
STATUS
Introduced
HB432 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings and Criminal Procedure - Technical Corrections - References to Intellectual Disability
Aaron M. Kaufman, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 5 months ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Replacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law.
STATUS
Passed
HB513 - Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
58 Co-Sponsors
Altering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems; altering the highways on which a work zone speed control system may be used; clarifying that a system operator does not need to be present when a work zone speed control system is in use; altering the maximum penalty for a civil citation issued as a result of an image from a work zone speed control system; requiring the State Highway Administration to make a certain report; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB583 - Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention - Establishment
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
53 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention in the Maryland Department of Health to reduce firearm violence, harm from firearm violence, and misuse of firearms in the State by partnering with federal, State, and local agencies and affected communities to implement a public health approach to firearm violence reduction; requiring the Center to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly by May 1, 2025, a preliminary State Plan for a Public Health Approach to Reducing Firearm Violence; etc.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-041
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Malcolm Ruff is running as a Democratic candidate for State Assembly District 73 in Milwaukee. He has served on Milwaukee's County Board of Supervisors since 2016. Ruff serves on several County Board committees related to transportation, public works, and intergovernmental relations. He is an Operation Desert Storm veteran and previously worked for We Energies for over 20 years. Ruff has focused his career on expanding access to jobs and workforce development. If elected, he hopes to continue ensuring quality public education, access to healthcare, public safety, and local infrastructure improvements.read less
OFFICES HELD
Maryland House from Maryland
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