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SB740 - Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol - Enforcement (Nick's Law)
Dawn D. Gile, Jack Bailey, Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 5 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Altering the time period within which a court may prohibit a person convicted under certain circumstances of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol from operating a vessel on the waters of the State; requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in coordination with the Natural Resources Police Force, to establish and maintain a database of persons prohibited from operating a vessel on the waters of the State due to a certain conviction for operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB715 - State and Private Construction Contracts and State Procurement Contracts – Prompt Payment and Interest Requirements
Benjamin Fred Kramer, Dawn D. Gile, Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a private construction contract to include a provision requiring the owner to pay the contractor within 45 days after the receipt of a proper invoice following completion of the work or, if the owner withholds all or part of an amount invoiced, to send a certain notification to the contractor; requiring a contract between a contractor and a subcontractor on a private or State construction contract to include a provision requiring the contractor to pay the subcontractor within 7 days after receipt of payment; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB591 - Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining (Library Workers Empowerment Act)
Clarence K. Lam, Katherine Ann Klausmeier, Guy J Guzzone
Last updated 6 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing employees of certain public libraries to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; requiring employers and certified exclusive representatives to engage in good faith bargaining; establishing a collective bargaining process for employees of certain public libraries; prohibiting employers and employee organizations from engaging in certain actions regarding the exercise of an employee's rights under the Act; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB738 - Freedom to Read Act
Nancy King, Pamela G Beidle, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 5 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a State policy that local school systems operate their school library media programs consistent with certain standards; requiring each local school system to develop a policy and procedures to review objections to materials in a school library media program; prohibiting a county board of education from dismissing, demoting, suspending, disciplining, reassigning, transferring, or otherwise retaliating against certain school library media program personnel for performing their job duties consistent with certain standards; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB584 - Motor Vehicles - Parking - Armed Forces Special Registration Plates
Bryan Warner Simonaire, Johnny Ray Salling, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, a regulation, or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in a parking space served by a parking meter if the motor vehicle has an individually-earned, combat-related armed forces special registration plate or a U.S. Department of Defense Gold Star recipient special registration plate.
STATUS
Introduced
SB589 - Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission - Funding
Jack Bailey, Michael A. Jackson, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Increasing, from $900,000 to $1,000,000, the amount of an appropriation that the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill each year for the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland from the Cigarette Restitution Fund; and repealing the termination of certain provisions of law that require the Governor to include the appropriation in the annual budget bill each year and the Council to use the appropriation to fund the activities of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission.
STATUS
Passed
SB545 - Primary and Secondary Education - Public School Employees - Salaries
Sarah K. Elfreth, Dawn D. Gile, Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 8 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
SB114 - Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Calvert County Public Schools
Michael A. Jackson, Jack Bailey
Last updated 5 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Calvert County Public Schools; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Board of Calvert County Commissioners, the Calvert County Board of Education, the Interagency Commission on School Construction, and the Calvert County Delegation to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
SB13 - Public Health - Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund and Commission
Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the use of the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund to require that the Fund be used only for pediatric cancer research instead of only for pediatric cancer research, prevention, and treatment and to allow funds from the Fund to be used for administrative expenses; and establishing the Pediatric Cancer Research Commission to oversee the award of competitive grants from the Fund and to develop criteria and a process for reviewing grant applications.
STATUS
Passed
SB102 - Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Expiration and Renewal Periods for Retired Law Enforcement Officer
Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Establishing alternative expiration and renewal periods for a handgun permit issued to a retired law enforcement officer who retired in good standing.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Maryland district SD-027
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Maryland Senate
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