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HB841 - Environment - Plastic Bottle Waste Reduction - Water Bottle Filling Stations and Reporting
Sheila Ruth, Nick Allen, Lorig Charkoudian
Last updated 7 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that a water bottle filling station be installed in certain new construction beginning October 1, 2024; requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a certain survey, gather certain data, and identify alternative methods for providing drinking water on or before October 1, 2025; and requiring the Department, on or before December 1, 2025, to submit the survey and alternative methods to the Governor and the General Assembly.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB7 - Housing Innovation Pilot Program and Housing Innovation Fund - Establishment (Housing Innovation Pilot Program Act of 2024)
Vaughn Stewart, Jackie Addison, Nick Allen
Last updated 5 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Housing Innovation Fund to provide loans for local housing authorities and county governments to develop mixed-income, cross-subsidized housing; establishing the Housing Innovation Pilot Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to assist public housing authorities and county governments in increasing housing production and to reward counties pursuing solutions to the problem of housing scarcity; authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Fund in certain fiscal years; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB107 - Vehicle Laws - Bus Lane Obstruction - Monitoring Systems Expansion (Better Bus Service Act of 2024)
Robbyn Lewis, Jackie Addison, Regina T. Boyce
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from parking or standing certain vehicles in a dedicated bus lane; making statewide the authority of a local jurisdiction to use, in accordance with certain standards and procedures, a bus lane monitoring system to enforce the prohibition against driving, standing, or parking a motor vehicle in a designated bus lane; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1096 - Public Health - Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program
Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 8 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a community-based organization, with the approval of the Maryland Department of Health, to establish an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program to provide a location for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and certain other services; authorizing a Program to bill the insurance carrier of an individual who uses the services; authorizing the Department to approve not more than six programs, preferably two in urban, two in rural, and two in suburban areas; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1108 - Real Property - Residential Leases - Fee in Lieu of a Security Deposit
Regina T. Boyce
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing a landlord to offer the payment of a fee in lieu of a security deposit in a residential lease subject to certain requirements; requiring a landlord to purchase certain insurance coverage using a fee in lieu of a security deposit; establishing certain procedural requirements for a landlord and an insurer relating to certain insurance claims; authorizing a tenant to dispute certain claims by a landlord and providing that claims by a landlord or an insurer are void under certain circumstances; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1051 - Maternal Health – Assessments, Referrals, and Reporting (Maryland Maternal Health Act of 2024)
Jennifer White Holland, Jheanelle K. Wilkins, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 5 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Establishing requirements on local health departments and certain health care providers and facilities regarding maternal health, including requirements regarding prenatal risk assessment forms and postpartum infant and maternal referral forms; requiring hospitals and freestanding birthing centers to participate in the Severe Maternal Morbidity Surveillance Program to identify risk factors and causes of Severe Maternal Morbidity; requiring the Program to report its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2025; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1168 - Human Remains - Alkaline Hydrolysis and Natural Organic Reduction (Green Death Care Options Act)
Anne R Kaiser, Regina T. Boyce, Lorig Charkoudian
Last updated 5 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a regulatory system for reduction operators and reduction facilities; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the performance of alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction and the disposition of hydrolyzed or soil remains by certain facilities; requiring the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the Director of the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to adopt regulations governing the performance of natural organic reduction; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1522 - University of Maryland Eastern Shore - Land-Grant Institution - Funding (Land-Grant Equity and Accountability Act)
Karen R. Toles, Stephanie Smith, Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Last updated 7 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, to address a certain funding disparity, that the Governor include at least $5,000,000 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the annual budget bill each fiscal year until a total amount of $321,181,312 is appropriated; and authorizing that funds made available by the Act may be used for development of infrastructure and academic programs, investment in faculty, scholarships, and certain other institutional needs.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1055 - Environment – Highways – Salt Application
Lily Qi, Linda Foley, Michele Guyton
Last updated 7 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each State agency, county, and municipality to maintain certain records of its highway salt application and submit to the Department of the Environment by July 1 each year a report on its highway salt application for the previous fiscal year, including the total amount of salt applied and the amount of salt the jurisdiction had at the beginning of the fiscal year.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1153 - Environment – Water Pollution Control – Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act)
Sara Norris Love, Julian Ivey, Nick Allen
Last updated 5 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of the Environment to identify significant industrial users that currently and intentionally use PFAS chemicals by July 1, 2026; requiring the Department to develop certain PFAS monitoring and testing criteria for certain significant industrial users by January 1, 2025; requiring the Department by June 1, 2025, to develop PFAS action levels for addressing PFAS contamination from industrial discharge for pretreatment permits; requiring the Department to develop mitigation plans by September 1, 2025; etc.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-043
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Regina T. Boyce is from Maryland. She earned her B.A. in Sociology from University of Maryland in 2002 and her M.S.W. from University of Maryland in 2005. Boyce was a Child Welfare Specialist for the Maryland Department of Human Resources. She sits on the Board of Directors for the Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County.read less
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