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SB897 - Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Death Benefits – Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters
Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Jack Bailey, William Folden
Last updated 5 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Allowing a subtraction under the Maryland income tax for the payment of a death benefit under a collective bargaining agreement from a county or municipality in the State to the surviving spouse or other beneficiary of a law enforcement officer or fire fighter whose death arises out of or in the course of employment as a law enforcement officer or fire fighter; and applying the Act retroactively to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021.
STATUS
Passed
SB1107 - Housing and Community Development - Study on the Establishment of a Homeless Shelter Licensing Program
Mary Washington, Sarah K. Elfreth, Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 5 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Study on the Establishment of a Homeless Shelter Licensing Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Study to review current habitability and admissions standards of homeless shelters in the State; and requiring the Study, by July 1, 2025, to report to the Assistant Secretary of the Homeless Solutions Division of the Department and certain committees of the General Assembly on its recommendations for a plan to establish a program to license homeless shelters in the State.
STATUS
Passed
SB546 - Environment - State Wetlands - Shoreline Stabilization Measures
Sarah K. Elfreth, Pamela G Beidle, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from exempting a person from the requirement to use certain shoreline stabilization measures for certain erosion protection projects solely on the basis of replacing a structural shoreline stabilization measure with the same or similar type of structural shoreline stabilization measure; and authorizing the Tidal Wetlands Compensation Fund to include grant funding for the replacement of structural shoreline stabilization measures with nonstructural shoreline stabilization measures.
STATUS
Introduced
SB674 - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels and Waterway Improvement Fund Grants
Sarah K. Elfreth, Jack Bailey, Arthur Ellis
Last updated 5 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the owner of a vessel that is required to be numbered to include certain contact information for each owner of the vessel with the application for a certificate of number; requiring the Department of Natural Resources, before and after seizing, removing, or taking an abandoned or sunken vessel into custody, to attempt to contact certain individuals in a certain manner; requiring the Department to distribute at least $250,000 from the Waterway Improvement Fund each fiscal year to a certain organization for a certain purpose; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB547 - Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition
Sarah K. Elfreth, Brian J. Feldman, Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from allowing for the participation of a bear, a cougar, an elephant, a jaguar, a leopard, a lion, a nonhuman primate, a tiger, or a hybrid of any of these animals in a traveling animal act; and providing a civil penalty of $2,000 per violation.
STATUS
Passed
SB642 - Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
Benjamin T. Brooks, James C. Rosapepe, Charles Anthony Muse
Last updated 8 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a certain stewardship organization; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB645 - Maryland Trails Advisory Committee and the Maryland Office of Trails - Establishment (Great Maryland Trails Act)
Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Maryland Office of Trails in the Department of Transportation to develop and maintain the Maryland Trails Network, advance the development, maintenance, and use of trails in the State, develop a certain inventory and database, and collect certain information regarding trails; establishing a Director of the Maryland Office of Trails to oversee the Office and collaborate with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Trails Advisory Commission; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB414 - Education - Maryland Council on Economic Education - Funding
Craig Zucker, Nancy King, Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 7 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Governor, for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $200,000 for the Maryland Council on Economic Education to support economic and financial literacy education of school-age children in the State; and providing that the funding may be used only to improve students' economic and personal finance understanding, provide free resources to public and nonpublic school special education financial literacy instructors, and assist with certain curriculum development.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB169 - Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund
Cheryl C. Kagan, Malcolm L. Augustine, Jack Bailey
Last updated 7 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans to nonprofit organizations for the planning, purchase, and installation of qualifying energy systems; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Fund; authorizing, in fiscal year 2026, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the Fund; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB434 - Education - State Library Resource Center - Funding
Nancy King, Malcolm L. Augustine, Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 5 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Altering the calculation of certain funding for the State Library Resource Center for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-030
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Sarah K. Elfreth is a Democrat representing District 30 in the Maryland State Senate. Senator Elfreth serves on several committees including the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families; Spending Affordability Committee; Women Legislators of Maryland; and Chesapeake Bay Commission. Prior to her election, Elfreth served as the Director of Government Affairs for the National Aquarium and worked on local environmental and education policy issues. She also served as a manager for a technology services firm earlier in her career. Elfreth earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Government. As a senator, some of her priorities include improving education, protecting the Chesapeake Bay watershed, ensuring Maryland remains competitive in high-tech industries, and advocating for working families.read less
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