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HB173 - State Buildings and State Highways - Collection of Yard Waste
Mary A. Lehman, Regina T. Boyce, Linda Foley
Last updated 7 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from disposing of yard waste collected on the grounds of a State building or a State highway in a single-use plastic container; requiring a person to collect yard waste on the grounds of a State building or a State highway in a container that will not be discarded with the yard waste or is a compostable paper bag; and providing that the Act does not apply to a person disposing of noxious weeds, as designated by the Department of Agriculture, or invasive species.
STATUS
Engrossed
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
HB300 - Family Law - Marriage Ceremony - Designation of Deputy Clerk
Karen R. Toles, Adrian Boafo, Elizabeth M. Embry
Last updated 5 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Transferring, from the county administrative judge of the circuit court for the county to the clerk of the circuit court for the county, the authority to designate a deputy clerk to perform a marriage ceremony.
STATUS
Passed
HB113 - Vehicle Laws - Horse Riding - Helmet Requirement for Minors
Mary A. Lehman, Regina T. Boyce, Linda Foley
Last updated 5 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting an adult from allowing certain minors to ride a horse, donkey, mule, or pony on a highway, a public horse-riding path, or the grounds of a facility for which the primary purpose is recreational, educational, therapeutic, or competitive equestrian activities unless the minor is wearing a properly secured helmet that meets or exceeds the standards of the American Society of Testing and Materials for protective headgear used in equestrian riding.
STATUS
Passed
HB22 - Agriculture - Pollinator Habitat Plan - Requirements for State Highway Administration
Sheila Ruth, Eric D. Ebersole, Linda Foley
Last updated 5 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Highway Administration's pollinator habitat plan to include policies and procedures regarding the use of pollinator habitat areas along State highways; requiring the Administration to track and evaluate federal programs that provide funding for pollinator habitats, native plants, and invasive species control and to apply for any funding that the Administration determines appropriate and beneficial to pollinator habitats; requiring the Administration to update the plan by October 1 each year; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB133 - Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland
Christopher Eric Bouchat, Regina T. Boyce, Terri Hill
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland; requiring the Commission to study the history of the African American soldiers who fought for the Union Army; requiring the Commission to make certain recommendations regarding the funding, design, construction, and location of an appropriate memorial dedicated to African American Civil War soldiers; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendation to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB420 - State and Local Parks - Play Area Accessibility - Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program
Mary A. Lehman, Catherine M. Forbes, Michele Guyton
Last updated 5 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources and local governing bodies to construct communication boards in certain newly constructed public play areas; defining "communication board" as a device that displays photos, symbols, or illustrations to enable individuals with limited language skills to communicate; establishing the Maryland Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program, subject to funding, to improve play area accessibility by covering the cost of purchasing and installing communication boards at State and local parks; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB379 - Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition
Sara Norris Love, Mary A. Lehman, Nick Allen
Last updated 5 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from allowing for the participation of a bear, a cougar, an elephant, a jaguar, a leopard, a lion, a nonhuman primate, a tiger, or a hybrid of any of these animals in a traveling animal act; and providing a civil penalty of $2,000 per violation.
STATUS
Passed
HB85 - Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund
Mary A. Lehman, Sheila Ruth, Aaron M. Kaufman
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Altering the contents and authorized uses of the Spay/Neuter Fund; requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish a process through which a person may make a voluntary donation to the Fund; requiring the Department to give additional consideration to certain competitive grant proposals that meet certain criteria; and increasing the fee on commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by dogs or cats and registered in the State beginning October 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB382 - Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception
Stuart Michael Schmidt, Mary A. Lehman, April Fleming Miller
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Establishing exceptions to certain criminal prohibitions against trespass on property and the civil tort of trespass for professional land surveyors, and agents and employees of professional land surveyors, who enter the property of another to practice land surveying.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-021
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Mary A. Lehman is currently serving her fourth term as a Prince George's County Council Member representing District 1. She previously served on the House of Delegates representing District 25. Lehman sits on various committees related to planning, zoning, the environment, education and libraries. Lehman sponsored legislation to establish a task force on childhood cancers and environmental issues. She has also been a champion of education and sponsored a bill to provide free community college for qualifying students. Lehman has a background in nursing and lives in Laurel.read less
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