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SB338 - Somerset County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class C Veterans' Organization or Club License
Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the holder of a Class C (veterans' organization or club) license in Somerset County to purchase alcoholic beverages from a retail dealer.
STATUS
Introduced
SB438 - Family Law - Fundamental Parental Rights
Justin D Ready, Jack Bailey, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Establishing that a parent has the fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child; and prohibiting the State or a political subdivision from infringing on a parent's fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child unless the State or political subdivision can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence certain factors.
STATUS
Introduced
SB364 - Election Law - Casting General Election Ballot in Multiple States - Prohibition
Justin D Ready, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from willfully or knowingly casting a ballot in a general election in more than one state in the same year.
STATUS
Introduced
SB179 - Crimes and Corrections - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2024)
Ronald Lorenzo Watson, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Charles Anthony Muse
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a certain inmate with a certain reentry kit and assistance in obtaining Medicaid benefits under certain circumstances; altering the elements of certain prohibitions against using a certain firearm in the commission of a certain crime; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB100 - Criminal Law - Organized Retail Theft
Ronald Lorenzo Watson, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Chris West
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Providing that multiple thefts committed by the same person in multiple counties under one scheme or continuing course of conduct may be joined and prosecuted in any county in which any of the thefts occurred; prohibiting one or more persons from committing a series of thefts from retail merchants over the course of 90 days with an aggregate value exceeding $1,500; providing that a person who commits organized retail theft is guilty of a felony; providing that a conviction under the Act merges with a certain other conviction; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB391 - Criminal Law - Sexual Extortion, Stalking, and Revenge Porn - Statute of Limitations and In Banc Review
Ariana M. Kelly, William C. Smith, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 4 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of sexual extortion to be 5 years and the crime of stalking to be 10 years; providing that the State may institute a prosecution for revenge porn at any time; and providing that, for purposes of the Maryland Constitution, a person who commits revenge porn shall be deemed to have committed a misdemeanor whose punishment is confinement in the penitentiary and may reserve a point or question for a certain in banc review.
STATUS
Passed
SB379 - Task Force to Study Crime Classification - Renaming, Membership, and Duties
Chris West, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 4 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
SB474 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)
Malcolm L. Augustine, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 5 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Altering and establishing the definition of "generating station" for the purpose of exempting the construction of certain generating facilities used to produce electricity for the purpose of on-site emergency backup and certain test and maintenance operations from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity or certain other related approvals under certain circumstances; and altering the distribution of income tax revenue from corporations that is attributable to certain data centers.
STATUS
Passed
SB365 - Family Law - Child Custody Evaluators - Qualifications and Training
Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Jeff D. Waldstreicher, Chris West
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Specifying certain qualifications and training necessary for an individual to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; and specifying that certain expert evidence is admissible in certain child custody and visitation proceedings under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
SB389 - Criminal Procedure - Incarcerated Seniors - Motion to Reduce the Duration of a Sentence
Chris West, Shelly Hettleman, Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing an individual who is at least 60 years old and has been imprisoned for at least 20 years to file a motion to reduce the duration of the individual's sentence; requiring the court to conduct a hearing on a motion to reduce the duration of a sentence, unless the court has held a hearing on a similar motion in the preceding 5 years; and requiring a court to consider certain factors in determining whether to grant a motion to reduce the duration of a sentence and to issue its decision in writing or on the record in open court.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-038
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Mary Elizabeth Carozza is the State Senator for Maryland's 38th District. She previously served four terms in the Maryland House of Delegates. Carozza holds a bachelor's degree in political science and a juris doctor. She was an attorney in private practice before entering politics. Carozza currently serves on several legislative committees including the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review and the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee. She is working on issues related to healthcare, transportation, small business, and the environment.read less
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Maryland Senate from Maryland
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