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SB545 - Primary and Secondary Education - Public School Employees - Salaries
Sarah K. Elfreth, Dawn D. Gile, Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 10 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Altering, beginning July 1, 2026, the minimum salary for all public school employees to be $60,000; and establishing, subject to certain conditions, certain salary increases for certain public school employees.
STATUS
Introduced
SB185 - Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program - Established
Mary Washington
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing a Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program in the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to provide co-navigation services at no cost to deafblind individuals in the State; and defining "co-navigation services" as services providing visual and environmental information or sighted services to assist with communication accessibility in an individual's preferred language and communication mode and to assist with accessing an individual's physical surroundings and making informed decisions about those surrounding.
STATUS
Introduced
SB85 - Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Cooperative Association Act)
Mary Washington
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the formation of limited worker cooperative associations; and establishing rules and procedures for the formation, governance, conversion, and dissolution of limited worker cooperative associations.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB500 - Education - Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund - Alterations
Mary Washington
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the qualifications for an award from the Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund to include a service obligation to work in an approved child care setting for at least 20 hours per week; requiring the Office of Child Care to prioritize grant awards to certain applicants; requiring award recipients who do not perform the service obligation to repay certain award funding except under certain circumstances; and applying the Act prospectively.
STATUS
Passed
SB194 - State Procurement - Preferred Provider Requirements - Waiver
Antonio Hayes, Mary Washington
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Pricing and Selection Committee for Preferred Providers to grant a waiver from a certain requirement to use a certain preferred provider for the procurement of supplies and services under certain circumstances; requiring the Committee to review a certain request for a certain waiver to the State or a State aided or controlled entity under certain circumstances; and requiring Maryland Correctional Enterprises to report the length of time between each order and delivery of supplies and services for each fiscal year.
STATUS
Passed
SB524 - General Assembly - Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs - Gender-Neutral Language
Mary Washington
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering certain terminology that refers to chairs and vice chairs of committees of the General Assembly to be gender-neutral.
STATUS
Passed
SB430 - Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program and Fund - Establishment
Mary Washington, Jack Bailey, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 7 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to support certain eligible projects that improve the quality of life within and economic potential of Maryland communities by making targeted investments in crime prevention strategies to address certain concerns in certain areas; establishing the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program Fund to provide financial assistance in the form of grants under the provisions of the Program for eligible projects; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB146 - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2024)
Karen Lewis Young, Arthur Ellis, Mary Washington
Last updated 10 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "Tier 1 renewable source" for purposes of excluding energy derived from waste and refuse from being eligible for inclusion in the renewable energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act to all renewable energy portfolio standard compliance years starting on or after January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB486 - Correctional Services – Maryland Correctional Enterprises Management Council – Report
Antonio Hayes, Mary Washington
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Correctional Enterprises Management Council to research and review certain information relating to goods and services provided by Maryland Correctional Enterprises and report to the General Assembly on or before July 1, 2026.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB523 - Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits
Mary Washington
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the State Board of Elections, in collaboration with the local boards of elections, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after each statewide election; authorizing the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after a special general election; authorizing, rather than requiring, the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct an automated software audit after a statewide election; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
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