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HB378 - State Board of Dietetic Practice - Dietitian-Nutritionists - Application Requirements
Pamela Lanman Guzzone
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring that an individual shall have received at a minimum a degree from a college or university accredited by an educational accrediting association as required by the Commission on Dietetic Registration to be licensed as a dietician-nutritionist.
STATUS
Passed
HB582 - Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
42 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to technology-based start-up companies founded by students from institutions located in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area; establishing the Baltimore Innovation Initiative Pilot Program within the Maryland Innovation Initiative of the Corporation; requiring certain appropriations for the programs to be included in the annual budget bill in certain fiscal years; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB585 - Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 6 months ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully making a threat to harm an election official or an immediate family member of an election official because of the election official's role in administering the election process; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.
STATUS
Passed
HB336 - Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program - Materials for Individualized Education Program, Individualized Family Service Plan, and 504 Plan Meetings
Catherine M. Forbes, Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey
Last updated 5 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a local school system to provide to parents at certain individualized education program, individualized family service plan, and 504 plan meetings for children with disabilities certain written informational materials regarding the Maryland ABLE Program; requiring the State Treasurer to develop informational materials about the Maryland ABLE Program that may be distributed electronically or by hand; and requiring the State Treasurer to provide informational materials to the State Board of Education and county boards.
STATUS
Passed
HB457 - Environment - Synthetic Turf - Disclosure and Study
Mary A. Lehman, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 5 months ago
58 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a producer or seller of synthetic turf to disclose to a customer typical maintenance practices and costs for removing, replacing, and disposing of synthetic turf; and requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with representatives of the industry, local environmental and community stakeholders, and synthetic turf producers, retailers, and users, to conduct a study on the synthetic turf industry in the State and report its findings to certain committees of the General Assembly by July 1, 2026.
STATUS
Passed
HB548 - Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances
Pamela Lanman Guzzone, Kris Fair, Terri Hill
Last updated 5 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances to study existing laws, scientific data, and practices related to the use of natural psychedelic substances; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations regarding any changes to State law, policies, and practices needed to create a program that enables broad, equitable, and affordable access to psychedelic substances; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 31, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB938 - State–Owned Nursing Homes – Deficiencies, Citations, and Fines – Reporting Requirements
Brian M. Crosby, Matt Morgan, Todd B. Morgan
Last updated 5 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the department charged with oversight of a State-owned nursing home operated by a contractor, instead of the contractor, to provide notice of certain deficiencies and enforcement actions to the Governor and certain members of the General Assembly; requiring the department charged with oversight, rather than the contractor, to provide certain information to certain persons within 30 days after the contractor's final acceptance of a plan of correction or completion of an informal dispute resolution; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1006 - Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Facilities - Surgical Technologists
Pamela Lanman Guzzone, Steven Craig Johnson, Lesley J. Lopez
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a hospital or an ambulatory surgical facility from employing or contracting with an individual to provide surgical technology services unless the individual completes certain educational requirements and holds a certain credential or provides documentation of certain training or employment; and requiring a hospital or an ambulatory surgical facility to submit to the Maryland Department of Health, on request, certain documentation related to surgical technologists.
STATUS
Introduced
HB984 - State Procurement - Apprenticeship Preference Program
Pamela Lanman Guzzone, Thomas S. Hutchinson, Jeffrie E. Long
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Establishing an apprenticeship preference program in State procurement; establishing a certain price preference for bids and proposals that will utilize registered apprentices in the performance of certain contracts; requiring contractors and certain subcontractors to provide certain information to a unit regarding the use of registered apprentices as a condition of receiving a contract; and providing for the liability of contractors and subcontractors for a certain amount under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
HB999 - Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network
Terri Hill, Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield, Pamela Lanman Guzzone
Last updated 5 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network to identify and analyze options for establishing and maintaining an open access science, technology, and innovation network or hub of citizen scientists and experts in science, technology, and industry for certain purposes; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
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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