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HB1304 - Maryland Department of Health and Department of Aging - Earned Income Tax Credit - Distribution of Information and Training
Anne R Kaiser, Gabriel Acevero, Nick Allen
Last updated 5 months ago
64 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process for providing information about the availability of the State's earned income tax credits to individuals enrolled or participating in certain programs or services, or potential enrollees in certain programs, administered by the Maryland Department of Health; and requiring the Department of Aging to provide training to the Maryland Access Point network to increase awareness of the availability of the State's earned income tax credit.
STATUS
Passed
HB1162 - 9-1-1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup
Mike Rogers, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the 9-1-1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup to identify and examine recruitment and retention challenges that affect 9-1-1 specialists in the State; and requiring the Workgroup to submit an interim report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024, and a final report on or before December 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB715 - Fishing and Hunting Licenses and Trout Stamps - Complimentary Licenses and Stamp Exemption - Veterans Determined to be Unemployable
Michael J. Griffith, Christopher Troy Adams, Nick Allen
Last updated 5 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue certain complimentary fishing and hunting licenses to certain veterans who the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs determines are unemployable; and exempting certain veterans who the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs determines are unemployable from the requirement to obtain a trout stamp.
STATUS
Passed
HB1505 - Correctional Services - Transfers to Federal Authorities - Undocumented Immigrants (Protecting Marylanders From Violent Crime Act of 2024)
Kathy J Szeliga, Christopher Troy Adams, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 7 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a certain State or local correctional facility, on request of the United States Department of Homeland Security, to transfer a certain undocumented immigrant to the United States Department of Homeland Security under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
HB877 - Board of Public Works - Transparency Data Dashboard
Scott Phillips, Adrian Boafo, Kevin M. Harris
Last updated 5 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Comptroller to develop and maintain on the Board of Public Works' website a procurement transparency data dashboard; establishing a governance committee composed of the liaisons to the Board from the offices of the Governor, the Comptroller, and the State Treasurer to review the contents of the dashboard for accuracy and completeness; and requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to include in the annual budget bill such sums as are necessary for one full-time position and data dashboard development software.
STATUS
Passed
HB1174 - State Government - Technology Advisory Commission - Established
Terri Hill, Pamela Lanman Guzzone, Seth A. Howard
Last updated 6 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Technology Advisory Commission to study and make recommendations on technology and science developments and use in the State; and requiring the Commission to submit a report on its activities and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1069 - Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Established
Aaron M. Kaufman, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing to study and make recommendations regarding certain services, programs, advocacy, outreach efforts, and other items to improve the quality of life of individuals who are deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB780 - Competitive Sealed Proposals - Security Contracts
Elizabeth M. Embry, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Providing that competitive sealed proposals is the preferred procurement method for a contract for security services with an expected value that is greater than $1,000,000.
STATUS
Passed
HB980 - Public Health - Opioid Restitution Advisory Council and Fund - Revisions
Samuel I Rosenberg, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Secretary of Health to present decisions for the allocations of money from the Opioid Restitution Fund to the Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to post on the Department's website certain information regarding allocations of money from the Fund; and requiring the Department to report to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2024, on the best process for making the expenditures of all opioid settlement agreements accessible to the public.
STATUS
Passed
HB1026 - Armed Forces - Support of Military Families and Addition of Space Force
Edith Jerry Patterson, Mike Rogers, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 6 months ago
41 Co-Sponsors
Adding the Space Force to certain provisions of law related to the armed forces; authorizing military spouses and residents of the State who are members of the National Guard of another state or a reserve component of the armed forces to terminate certain contracts at any time after the date the service member receives certain military orders to relocate; altering the definition of a "military-connected student" for purposes of the Purple Star Schools Program; and authorizing the Governor to make certain posthumous awards.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-031
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Nicholaus R. Kipke is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates. He was first elected in 2006. He represents District 31 which covers parts of Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties. He completed his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Washington College. He went on to earn his juris doctorate at University of Maryland School of Law. After graduating law school, he clerked with The Honorable Joseph F. Murphy, Jr.read less
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