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HB584 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders (Caring for Public Employees in the Safety Professions - CAPES Act)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 6 months ago
62 Co-Sponsors
Providing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal who have thyroid, colon, or ovarian cancer are presumed, under certain circumstances, to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers' compensation law.
STATUS
Passed
HB580 - Time to Serve Act of 2024
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 6 months ago
63 Co-Sponsors
Increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of disaster service leave for employees in the Executive Branch of State government; and increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of paid leave the Secretary of Budget and Management may provide for uniformed services training or active uniformed services duty in a reserve unit of the armed forces or organized militia.
STATUS
Passed
HB694 - Governor's Office for Children - Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 8 months ago
55 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Governor's Office for Children and the Special Secretary of the Governor's Office for Children as the head of the Office; requiring the Special Secretary to establish the ENOUGH grant program, subject to certain requirements; requiring the Office to assign certain staff for a certain purpose; establishing certain reporting and evaluation requirements; establishing the ENOUGH Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Governor to appropriate $15,000,000 to the fund for fiscal year 2026; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB539 - Public Institutions of Higher Education - Student Withdrawal Policy - Reimbursement of Tuition and Fees (Cameron Carden Act of 2024)
Shaneka Henson, Aletheia McCaskill, Chris Tomlinson
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy to authorize a student to withdraw from the institution under extenuating circumstances and to refund the student for tuition and fees paid by the student for a certain semester under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Passed
HB693 - Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Harry Bhandari
Last updated 5 months ago
48 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain educational resources and information to tenants; requiring the Office to develop and publish a Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights; requiring the most recently published version of the Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights to be included as part of a residential lease; limiting the maximum security deposit required by a residential lease to 1 month's rent, except under certain circumstances; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB673 - Real Property - Contract Liens - Medical Debt
Elizabeth M. Embry, Dalya Attar, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 7 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB881 - Anne Arundel County – Public Schools – Innovative Scheduling Pilot Program
Shaneka Henson, Heather Bagnall, Juanita Sandra Bartlett
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to establish a pilot program to operate one or more schools within the county using an innovative scheduling model including extended year, year-round school, or a 4-day school week; authorizing county boards of education to explore the use of certain innovative school scheduling models for public schools in the county; and requiring the county board to notify the State Board and impacted employees, the school community and a certain employee organization regarding a pilot program.
STATUS
Introduced
HB579 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals – Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 8 months ago
51 Co-Sponsors
Altering and establishing the definition of "generating station" for the purpose of exempting the construction of certain generating facilities used to produce electricity for the purpose of onsite emergency backup and certain test and maintenance operations from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity or certain other related approvals under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
HB431 - Department of Veterans Affairs - Renaming and Deputy Secretary of Military Family Policy and Programs
Andrew C. Pruski, Adrian Boafo, Mark S. Chang
Last updated 6 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Renaming the Department of Veterans Affairs to be the Department of Veterans and Military Families; renaming the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families; requiring the Secretary to appoint a Deputy Secretary of Military Family Policy and Programs; and providing that the Department of Veterans and Military Families is the successor of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
STATUS
Passed
HB585 - Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 6 months ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully making a threat to harm an election official or an immediate family member of an election official because of the election official's role in administering the election process; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.
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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