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HB432 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings and Criminal Procedure - Technical Corrections - References to Intellectual Disability
Aaron M. Kaufman, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 5 months ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Replacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law.
STATUS
Passed
HJ1 - Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment
Edith Jerry Patterson, Lesley J. Lopez, Jackie Addison
Last updated 9 months ago
74 Co-Sponsors
Urging the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden to publish the federal Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for the U.S. Congress to affirm, by joint resolution, the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment.
STATUS
Introduced
HB581 - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
69 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each principal department and independent unit to create a catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and to submit the catalog to the Governor on or before October 1, 2024; requiring each department and independent unit to post certain completed information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates on the website of each department or independent unit by October 1, 2025; and establishing the Government Efficiency Commission.
STATUS
Passed
HB599 - Maryland Community Investment Corporation - Establishment (Housing and Community Development Financing Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
56 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Corporation as an independent unit to make investments and financial assistance available in certain low-income communities in the State; expanding the eligible uses of the Strategic Demolition and Smart Growth Impact Fund to include grants and loans for credit enhancement for certain projects; requiring that members of the investment committee to be geographically representative of the locations of low-income communities in the State; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB482 - Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Victims of Nonfatal Strangulation
Karen Simpson, Juanita Sandra Bartlett, Christopher Eric Bouchat
Last updated 8 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the reimbursement of certain physicians, qualified health care providers, and hospitals by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for certain forensic examinations of and health care services provided to a victim of nonfatal strangulation without charge; and specifying that "strangulation" includes strangulation that is not related to rape, sexual offense, or sexual abuse.
STATUS
Introduced
HB496 - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force
Emily Khoury Shetty, Elizabeth M. Embry, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 5 months ago
57 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of determining certain sexual crimes; altering the elements of second-degree rape to remove the requirement of use of force or threat of force; and requiring the Maryland Judiciary to report to the General Assembly, beginning October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter, certain data for the preceding calendar year, disaggregated by county and offender age, race, and sex.
STATUS
Passed
HB583 - Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention - Establishment
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
53 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention in the Maryland Department of Health to reduce firearm violence, harm from firearm violence, and misuse of firearms in the State by partnering with federal, State, and local agencies and affected communities to implement a public health approach to firearm violence reduction; requiring the Center to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly by May 1, 2025, a preliminary State Plan for a Public Health Approach to Reducing Firearm Violence; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB538 - Land Use – Affordable Housing – Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
48 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Historic Property Revitalization Director as a position in the Department of Housing and Community Development; prohibiting a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of certain manufactured homes or modular dwellings in a zoning district that allows single-family residential uses under certain circumstances; requiring local jurisdictions to allow an increase in density of certain qualified projects in certain districts or zones for certain properties; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB513 - Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
58 Co-Sponsors
Altering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems; altering the highways on which a work zone speed control system may be used; clarifying that a system operator does not need to be present when a work zone speed control system is in use; altering the maximum penalty for a civil citation issued as a result of an image from a work zone speed control system; requiring the State Highway Administration to make a certain report; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB400 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Annual Behavioral Health Wellness Visits - Coverage and Reimbursement
Jamila J. Woods, Tiffany T. Alston, Pamela Lanman Guzzone
Last updated 8 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage and certain reimbursement for annual behavioral health wellness visits; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-013
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Pamela Lanman Guzzone was born in Mount Kisco, NY. She earned her B.A. from Lehigh University in 1978 and her J.D. from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in 1981. Guzzone was a Commissioner on Maryland's Workers Compensation Commission from 1998 to 2005. She served as Chair from 2002 to 2005. Guzzone also worked as Counsel to the Maryland Hospital Association from 1992 to 1998. Guzzone currently represents District 13 in the Maryland State Senate, first elected in 2006.read less
OFFICES HELD
Maryland House from Maryland
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