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SB478 - Families Serve Act of 2024
Malcolm L. Augustine, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 7 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to spouses of eligible service members; and requiring the appointing authorities in the Executive Branch of State government to apply a credit of 10 points on any selection test for eligible spouses and veterans of certain uniformed services.
STATUS
Passed
SB477 - Time to Serve Act of 2024
Malcolm L. Augustine, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 7 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of disaster service leave for employees in the Executive Branch of State government; and increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of paid leave the Secretary of Budget and Management may provide for uniformed services training or active uniformed services duty in a reserve unit of the armed forces or organized militia.
STATUS
Passed
SB89 - Child Abuse and Neglect - Reports and Records - Disclosure
Mary Dulany James
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring a local director of a local department of social services or the Secretary of Human Services to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect within 30 days after receiving a request if certain conditions are met; requiring the Secretary to notify the State's Attorney's office of a request to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect; requiring the State's Attorney's office to be given 30 days during which the office is authorized to redact certain portions of the reports and records; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB346 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act)
Sarah K. Elfreth, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 10 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Phasing in, over a period of 3 years, an increase in a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax to allow for a subtraction of all military retirement income beginning in taxable year 2026.
STATUS
Introduced
SB107 - Commercial Law - Statutory Liens - Motor Vehicles Towed or Removed From Parking Lots
Mary Dulany James
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing that a certain person has a lien on a motor vehicle towed or removed from a privately owned parking lot for charges incurred for any towing, recovery, storage, or notice provided under certain circumstances; establishing that the lien created under the Act shall be extinguished if the motor vehicle is reclaimed and the charges giving rise to the lien are paid by certain persons or entities; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB423 - Real Property - Recordation - Procedures
Mary Dulany James
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring a county treasurer, tax collector, or director of finance to provide a certificate enumerating certain taxes, assessments, and charges against a property and to establish certain procedures to facilitate the issuance of a certificate; requiring a collecting agent presented with a certificate to endorse a deed on payment of transfer and recordation taxes and all charges stated in the certificate and establishing that this endorsement is sufficient authority for a transfer on the assessment books; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB379 - Task Force to Study Crime Classification - Renaming, Membership, and Duties
Chris West, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Extending the Task Force to Study Crime Classification and renaming it to be the Task Force to Study Crime Reclassification and Penalties; requiring the Task Force to study the penalties for crimes and civil offenses under State law, the potential need for reclassification of certain crimes, the alteration of penalties, and whether certain changes should be made to crimes lacking an explicit mens rea; and requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB470 - Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act
Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago
21 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
SB781 - Economic Development - Regional Additive Manufacturing Partnership of Maryland - Alterations
Mary Dulany James
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Renaming the Regional Additive Manufacturing Partnership of Maryland to be the Regional Advanced Manufacturing Partnership of Maryland; altering the purposes and duties of the Partnership and composition of the Executive Board of the Partnership; and renaming the Regional Additive Manufacturing Partnership of Maryland Fund to be the Regional Advanced Manufacturing Partnership of Maryland Fund.
STATUS
Passed
SB758 - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force
Ariana M. Kelly, William C. Smith, Mary Dulany James
Last updated 9 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of certain sexual crimes; altering the elements of second-degree rape to remove the requirement of use of force or threat of force; and requiring the Maryland Judiciary to report certain information to the General Assembly by October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter.
STATUS
Introduced
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