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HB1234 - County Boards of Education - Volunteer Aides - School Chaplain
Ric Metzgar, Brian Alan Chisholm, Barrie S. Ciliberti
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing each county board of education to use a chaplain as a volunteer aide in schools to provide services to students.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1248 - Juvenile Law - Questioning of a Juvenile - Crime of Violence or Crime Involving a Firearm
Ric Metzgar
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Providing that a law enforcement officer may conduct a certain interrogation of a child if probable cause exists for the law enforcement officer to believe that the child committed a certain crime of violence or a crime involving a firearm and the law enforcement officer has made an effort reasonably calculated to give actual notice to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian that the child will be interrogated.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1186 - Vehicle Laws – Interstate Highways – Interstate Speed Monitoring Systems
Ric Metzgar
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the State Highway Administration to install and use at least one interstate speed monitoring system on each interstate highway; establishing procedures for implementing and using an interstate speed monitoring system; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with the State Highway Administration to develop a training program on the oversight and administration of an interstate speed monitoring program, including a curriculum of best practices in the State; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1249 - Maryland Aviation Administration - Martin State Airport - Study on Commercial Air Travel
Ric Metzgar, Jason C. Buckel, Barrie S. Ciliberti
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Aviation Administration to conduct a study on increasing commercial air travel at the Martin State Airport; and requiring the Administration to report its finding and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1251 - Property Tax - Credit for Longtime Residents to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase
Ric Metzgar, Carl Anderton, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 8 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal property tax imposed on a dwelling owned by an individual who is at least 60 years old, who has resided in the dwelling for 30 consecutive years, and whose combined income does not exceed $75,000; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1185 - Criminal Procedure - Plea Agreements - Crime of Violence
Ric Metzgar, Jason C. Buckel, Brian Alan Chisholm
Last updated 8 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person who has been convicted of a crime of violence from entering into a plea agreement; and applying the Act prospectively.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1278 - Baltimore County - Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Stop Signs - Pilot Program
Ric Metzgar
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing a light-emitting diode (LED) stop sign pilot program for certain intersections in Baltimore County to be implemented by the State Highway Administration in conjunction with Baltimore County; and requiring the Administration to report to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2025 on the impact of LED stop signs and recommendations on the installation of LED stop signs at intersections throughout Baltimore County.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1233 - Public Health - Abortion
Ric Metzgar, Robin L. Grammer, Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that an abortion be performed by a physician, rather than a qualified provider; repealing certain provisions of law related to State interference with an abortion, regulations related to abortion, and liability or criminal punishment for qualified providers who perform an abortion; prohibiting a physician from knowingly performing, inducing, or attempting to perform or induce an abortion under certain circumstances and subject to certain exceptions; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1253 - Health Care Facilities - Access to Telephones
Ric Metzgar, Jason C. Buckel, Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, certain health care facilities to implement a program to provide individuals admitted to the health care facility reasonable access to a telephone.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1405 - Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Program
Ric Metzgar
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to develop and offer an apprenticeship program in skilled trades for incarcerated individuals; establishing the purpose of the program is to assist incarcerated individuals to develop marketable job skills and to earn money that can be used once the individual is released from incarceration; authorizing the Department to pay all or part of an incarcerated individuals wages to a spouse, child or other dependent in need of financial support; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
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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