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HB316 - Crimes and Corrections - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2024)
William Valentine, Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton
Last updated 9 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a certain inmate with a certain reentry kit and assistance in obtaining Medicaid benefits under certain circumstances; altering the elements of certain prohibitions against using a certain firearm in the commission of a certain crime; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB875 - Veterans - Persons Providing Veterans Benefits Services and Veterans Benefits Appeals Services - Fees and Compensation
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Harry Bhandari
Last updated 8 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting, except as authorized by federal law, a person from charging a fee or receiving compensation for providing or referring a certain individual to another person for the provision of veterans benefits services or veterans benefits appeals services; establishing standards for the division of attorney's fees in connection with the provision of veterans benefits services or appeals services; requiring a person who charges fees for providing certain veterans benefits services to comply with certain ethical standards; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB884 - Public Health - Pregnancy - Coercion (Protecting Pregnant Women Against Coercive Abuse and Human Trafficking)
April Fleming Miller, Christopher Troy Adams, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting an individual from committing or threatening certain actions, including certain actions related to sex trafficking, with the intent of coercing a pregnant woman to have an abortion; providing that a pregnant minor is considered an emancipated minor for purposes of eligibility for public assistance if the minor is denied financial support from a parent or guardian due to the minor's refusal to have an abortion; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB320 - Criminal Procedure - Stops and Searches - Cannabis Odor and Admission of Evidence (Drug-Free Roadways Act of 2024)
Jesse Tyler Pippy, Christopher Troy Adams, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 9 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Repealing a certain prohibition against a law enforcement officer initiating a stop or a search of a motor vehicle based solely on the odor of burnt or unburnt cannabis; and repealing a certain provision of law rendering inadmissible certain evidence discovered or obtained in violation of a certain provision of law.
STATUS
Introduced
HB557 - Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Aircraft Parts and Equipment - Repeal of Reporting Requirement and Extension of Sunset
Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 5 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Repealing a certain reporting requirement relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain materials, parts, and equipment used to repair, maintain, or upgrade aircraft or certain aircraft systems; and extending the termination date of the exemption to June 30, 2030.
STATUS
Passed
HB1025 - Transportation - Motor Fuel Tax Rates, Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Tax, and Farebox Recovery Requirement (Transportation Equity, Fairness, and Privacy Act of 2024)
Matt Morgan, Nino Mangione, Christopher Troy Adams
Last updated 8 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; requiring that the Maryland Transit Administration achieve a certain farebox recovery requirement for certain transit services; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1013 - State Employees - Paid Sick Leave - Certificate of Illness or Disability Signed by a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
Sarah Wolek, Jared Scott Solomon, Juanita Sandra Bartlett
Last updated 5 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a licensed clinical professional counselor to sign a certificate of illness or disability when a State employee uses sick leave for 5 or more consecutive workdays.
STATUS
Passed
HB1027 - Education - Primary and Secondary Schools - Alternative School Options (Right to Learn Act)
Mark N Fisher, Christopher Troy Adams, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, on or before January 1 each year, each county board of education to provide certain information to the parents or legal guardians of students who attend a failing school; requiring a failing school to retain the failing school designation until the school receives a certain rating; requiring students who are attending a failing school to be provided the opportunity to attend an alternative school; establishing the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1184 - State Procurement - Preferences - Historically Underutilized Business Zone Businesses
Ric Metzgar, Carl Anderton, Brian Alan Chisholm
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a unit to structure procurement procedures to meet federal procurement standards and to try to achieve or exceed a certain overall percentage goal of the unit's total dollar value of procurement contracts to be made with historically underutilized business zone businesses; establishing a certain percentage price preference; and establishing certain penalties.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1252 - Gaming - Study on Video Lottery Terminals at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Ric Metzgar, Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Aviation Administration, in consultation with the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission, to conduct a study on the feasibility of granting a video lottery operation license for a video lottery facility at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport; and requiring the Administration, on or before October 1, 2024, to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-006
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Ric Metzgar studied at Indiana University. He graduate in 2001. Ric worked as legislative staff in the Montana legislature for Senator Jeff Essmann. He moved back to Indiana and served for four years as campaign manager for Glenn Murphy Jr. Ric worked as political director for Working America, the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO. He helped open and manage field offices across Indiana and Ohio. He worked to increase wages through raising the minimum wage. He was invested in expanding voting rights.read less
OFFICES HELD
Maryland House from Maryland
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