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SPONSORED LEGISLATION
HB813 - Driver's Licenses - Suspension for Child Support Arrearages - Exception
Karen R. Toles, Shaneka Henson, Frank M Conaway
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
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 a certain level; and authorizing the Child Support Administration to consider certain information in determining the income of an obligor under the Act.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB772 - Internet–Connected Devices and Internet Service Providers – Default Filtering of Obscene Content (Maryland Online Child Protection Act)
Shaneka Henson
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting a person from selling an Internet-connected device that is intended for minors unless the device is sold with a certain filter, certain privacy settings, and other features; making a violation of the prohibition an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to the enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; requiring that preference be given to certain grant applications that include the use of broadband providers that implement the use of certain filters; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB771 - Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Support Act)
Shaneka Henson
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring certain public senior higher education institutions to adopt a plan regarding pregnant and parenting students to include referral to on-campus or off-campus services to assist regarding the availability of or eligibility for certain government assistance programs and any other programs, scholarships, or subsidies that may be available for pregnant and parenting students; and requiring each public senior higher education institution to post the plan on the institution's website by August 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB551 - Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Tolls (Maryland Toll Relief and Accountability Act)
Shaneka Henson
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Office of Legislative Audits to perform a performance audit of the Maryland Transportation Authority's toll operations; increasing the number of days within which a person alleged to be liable for a video toll must pay the toll; prohibiting the imposition of a late payment fee for a video toll that exceeds 500% of the video toll; requiring the Authority to offer an installment payment plan to certain persons alleged to be liable for payment of unpaid video tolls and any associated civil penalties; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB696 - Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report
Julie Palakovich Carr, Nick Allen, Dalya Attar
Last updated 6 months ago
62 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1, 2024, to report to the General Assembly on the cost to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students in public schools in the State.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB543 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Seniors - State Supplement
Shaneka Henson, Tiffany T. Alston, Dalya Attar
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Increasing the amount of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit that the State is required to provide for a household that includes an individual who is at least 62 years old.
STATUS
Introduced
HB541 - Anne Arundel County - Student Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Educators - Established
Shaneka Henson, Heather Bagnall, Juanita Sandra Bartlett
Last updated 5 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Anne Arundel County Student Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Educators to assist in the repayment of certain student loans owed by educators who meet certain eligibility requirements; providing that the purpose of the Program is to attract, recruit, and retain a diverse cadre of qualified educators in the County's schools that is reflective of the student population; establishing requirements for applicants for assistance in the repayment of a commercial loan; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB538 - Land Use – Affordable Housing – Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
48 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Historic Property Revitalization Director as a position in the Department of Housing and Community Development; prohibiting a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of certain manufactured homes or modular dwellings in a zoning district that allows single-family residential uses under certain circumstances; requiring local jurisdictions to allow an increase in density of certain qualified projects in certain districts or zones for certain properties; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB576 - Mental Health - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs
Steven Craig Johnson, Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 5 months ago
70 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish the program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Office of the Public Defender to provide representation in assisted outpatient treatment proceedings; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB432 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings and Criminal Procedure - Technical Corrections - References to Intellectual Disability
Aaron M. Kaufman, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 5 months ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Replacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-030
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Shaneka Henson is running for election to the Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 95. She is on the November ballot in the general election. Henson is the mother of Don Henson-Raley. She is a teacher at Phoebus High School in Hampton. Henson holds a bachelor's degree in government and a master's degree in education leadership from Regent University. Her professional experience includes working at Peninsula Family Services and Sentara Healthcare.read less
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