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SB636 - Juvenile Law – Commission to Study the Ability of the Department of Juvenile Services to Provide Effective Social Services to Juvenile Offenders
Chris West, Ronald Lorenzo Watson, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Commission to Study the Ability of the Department of Juvenile Services to Provide Effective Social Services to Juvenile Offenders; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB351 - Criminal Law - First-Degree Assault - Assault With a Firearm
Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Adding a certain intent requirement to the elements of the crime of first degree assault, with regard to committing an assault with a firearm.
STATUS
Introduced
SB201 - Public Health - Childbirth - Paternity Test
Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring, when a child is born at a health care facility, the attending physician to offer to the presumed father of the child the option to take a paternity test; requiring that the offer to take a paternity test be made orally and in writing and before a birth certificate form for the child is completed; allowing the presumed father the option to waive the right to take a paternity test or elect to take a paternity test at any time before completion of the child's birth certificate; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB68 - Reckless and Negligent Driving - Death of Another - Must-Appear Violation (Sherry's and Christian's Law)
Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Dawn D. Gile, J.B. Jennings
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Providing that a person charged with reckless or negligent driving must appear in court and may not prepay the fine if the reckless or negligent driving contributed to an accident that resulted in the death of another person, unless a court for good cause shown waives the requirement to appear.
STATUS
Introduced
SB100 - Criminal Law - Organized Retail Theft
Ronald Lorenzo Watson, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Chris West
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Providing that multiple thefts committed by the same person in multiple counties under one scheme or continuing course of conduct may be joined and prosecuted in any county in which any of the thefts occurred; prohibiting one or more persons from committing a series of thefts from retail merchants over the course of 90 days with an aggregate value exceeding $1,500; providing that a person who commits organized retail theft is guilty of a felony; providing that a conviction under the Act merges with a certain other conviction; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB120 - Juvenile Law - Custodial Interrogation - Parental Consultation
Ronald Lorenzo Watson, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Chris West
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a child to consult with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian instead of an attorney before a law enforcement officer may conduct a custodial interrogation of the child.
STATUS
Introduced
SB87 - Homicide or Life-Threatening Injury by Motor Vehicle or Vessel - Parole Eligibility and Penalties
Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Katherine Ann Klausmeier, Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Specifying that certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by motor vehicle or vessel are violent crimes for the purpose of parole eligibility; increasing penalties for certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by motor vehicle or vessel; and establishing a subsequent offender penalty for causing life-threatening injury by operating a motor vehicle or vessel in a criminally negligent manner.
STATUS
Introduced
SB139 - Driver's Licenses - Suspension for Child Support Arrearages - Exception
Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing a certain exception to the authority of the Child Support Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive if the obligor's income is at or below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines; and authorizing the Child Support Administration to consider certain information in determining the income of an obligor under the Act.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB8 - State and Local Retirement and Pension Systems - Service Credit - Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing members of a State or local retirement or pension system to receive service credit for volunteer service in the Peace Corps.
STATUS
Introduced
SB127 - Maryland Center for School Safety - Firearm Detection Platforms - Evaluation (Maryland Firearm Detection Platform Act)
Ronald Lorenzo Watson, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Charles Anthony Muse
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety, in collaboration with in collaboration with public safety agencies, the State Department of Education, local school systems, the University System of Maryland, and other public institutions of higher education in the State, to conduct an evaluation of firearm detection platforms; and authorizing funds from the Safe Schools Fund to be used to assist local school systems in the procurement and maintenance of firearm detection platforms.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-023
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Ronald Lorenzo Watson was born in South Central Los Angeles. After high school, he joined the U.S. Navy and served for over 20 years as a Master-at-Arms, retiring as a First Class Petty Officer. After retiring, Watson founded a consulting firm providing security analysis and protection services. He has served on his local Neighborhood Council and various non-profit boards. Watson aims to ensure civic participation, accountability, transparency and responsibility in governance.read less
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