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HB1200 - Primary and Secondary Education - Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment Count - Alterations (Truancy Reduction Act of 2024)
April Rose, Steven J. Arentz, Christopher Eric Bouchat
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "full-time equivalent enrollment" in the calculation for State education aid to include the average number of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 on September 30, December 31, March 31, and the last day of the prior school year; and applying the Act to the calculation of education funding for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1221 - Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program and Fund
Jay A. Jacobs, Carl Anderton, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 8 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide grants to the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute to train local fire departments on certain safety aspects associated with lithium-ion battery storage systems installed with solar arrays; requiring the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute to consult with certain entities in determining how to meet the purpose of the Program with the grants awarded under the Program; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1237 - State Department of Education - Task Force to Study the Maryland Online Special Education System
April Fleming Miller, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 6 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Maryland Online Special Education System; requiring the Task Force to consider the effectiveness, functionality and usability of the Maryland Online Individualized Education Program and the Maryland Online Individualized Family Service Plan and make recommendations to maintain and upgrade the system or to replace it with another platform; and requiring the Task Force to report its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1208 - Common Ownership Communities - Reserve Studies - Exemptions
Christopher Troy Adams, Brian Alan Chisholm, Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Exempting cooperative housing corporations, condominiums, and homeowners associations from conducting reserve studies on the vote of at least two-thirds of the members or owners.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1210 - Income Tax - Credit for Cybersecurity Measures Undertaken by Small Businesses
April Rose, Steven J. Arentz, Christopher Eric Bouchat
Last updated 8 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for a certain small business that employs 50 or fewer employees for costs incurred by the small business during the taxable year for certain cybersecurity measures undertaken by the small business; making the credit refundable; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1189 - Public Schools - Mathematics Credit - College Preparatory Computer Science or Computer Programming Course
April Rose, Steven J. Arentz, Christopher Eric Bouchat
Last updated 7 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a student who is enrolled at a public high school to satisfy part of a graduation requirement to earn credits in mathematics by completing a credit in an advanced placement computer science or computer programming course or an equally rigorous college preparatory computer science or programming course if enrolled in the course concurrently with or after completing Algebra II; and requiring a county board of education to make a certain certification that certain selected courses may count toward graduation.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1270 - Health Benefit Plans - Prescription Drugs - Rebates and Calculation of Cost Sharing Requirements
Pamela Lanman Guzzone, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 8 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that the calculation of an enrollee's contribution to a cost sharing requirement for a prescription drug be based on the list price of the drug reduced by at least 85% of the total amount of rebates received or expected to be received by the carrier or pharmacy benefits manager for the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug; and prohibiting the disclosure of certain information concerning rebates.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1280 - Sales and Use Tax – Electricity to Charge Electric Vehicles – Transportation Trust Fund
April Fleming Miller, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 8 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute to the Transportation Trust Fund revenue from the sales and use tax that is attributable to the sale of electricity used to charge an electric vehicle at an electric vehicle charging station or used to charge an electric vehicle and is not sold under a residential or domestic rate schedule on file with the Public Service Commission; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HJ6 - Commercial Fishery Disaster Declaration Due to Invasive Species
Jay A. Jacobs, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Supporting the Governor's request for a federal commercial fishery disaster declaration; and encouraging further efforts to obtain federal assistance to protect and rehabilitate the State's commercial fisheries as a result of an abundance of invasive species.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1206 - Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission - Establishment
Ken Kerr, Courtney Watson, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
70 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission in the Department of Commerce to study and make recommendations regarding bilateral trade relations and investment opportunities between Maryland and Ireland; and requiring the Commission by December 1 2025, to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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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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