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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
HB1174 - State Government - Technology Advisory Commission - Established
Terri Hill, Pamela Lanman Guzzone, Seth A. Howard
Last updated 6 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Technology Advisory Commission to study and make recommendations on technology and science developments and use in the State; and requiring the Commission to submit a report on its activities and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB610 - Food Service Facilities - Food Containing Insect Flour - Labeling
Matt Morgan, Tiffany T. Alston, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting food service facilities from serving food containing or consisting of insect flour unless certain menus and notices contain a certain label.
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
HB1178 - Handgun Permit Holders - Authority to Carry Handguns in State Parks and Forests
Kevin Bailey Hornberger, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from prohibiting an individual to whom a handgun permit has been issued from wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun in a State park or forest.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1206 - Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission - Establishment
Ken Kerr, Courtney Watson, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
70 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission in the Department of Commerce to study and make recommendations regarding bilateral trade relations and investment opportunities between Maryland and Ireland; and requiring the Commission by December 1 2025, to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
HB1401 - State Department of Education - School Psychologist Recruitment Program
Teresa E. Reilly, Lauren Arikan, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 8 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the School Psychologist Recruitment Program within the State Department of Education to provide professional development programs and aid for a certification fee to school psychologists and individuals seeking to become school psychologists and to reimburse school psychologists for professional conference expenses.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1354 - Public Schools - Veterans' Day - Authorized Public School Holiday
Seth A. Howard, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 6 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing public schools to designate Veterans' Day as a public school holiday.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1360 - School Bus Transition - Propane-Powered School Buses - Grant Program, Fund, and Purchase
Seth A. Howard, Steven J. Arentz, Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain provisions of law relating to funding and grants to transition to zero-emission vehicle school buses to include propane-powered school buses; and authorizing a county board of education, beginning in fiscal year 2030, to enter into a new contract for the purchase of school buses that are propane-powered.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-030
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Seth A. Howard is a former Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 120 from 2013 to 2021. He has worked as a computer programmer and consultant. Howard was also previously a radio announcer. In 2012, Howard won election in the general election to the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 120. He defeated David Burton (R). He then went on to win re-election in 2014 and 2016 before being defeated by David Burton (R) in 2018.read less
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Maryland House from Maryland
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