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HB666 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - State Supplement
Emily Khoury Shetty, Mark Edelson, Aaron M. Kaufman
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Lowering the minimum age from 62 to 60 years old that a member of a household must be for eligibility for a State-provided supplemental benefit under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; and increasing the amount of the supplemental benefit that the State must provide from $40 to $50.
STATUS
Passed
HB1224 - Housing – Community Development Program Act – Funding
Aletheia McCaskill, Shaneka Henson
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute $5,000,000 to a certain Community Development Program Fund; and repealing a certain provision providing for the construction of certain Acts of the General Assembly concerning the Community Development Program Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1244 - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements
Stephanie Smith, Jackie Addison, Marlon Amprey
Last updated 5 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, the Department of Commerce, and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to each have a certain staff member who performs certain duties related to defining, identifying, and compiling data regarding the workforce needs in the State; requiring the Commission to establish a Program Review Process Advisory Council; authorizing the Commission or an institution of higher education to file an objection to implementation of a proposed online program under certain circumstances; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1314 - Corporations and Associations - Annual Reports - Filing Fees (Right to Start Act)
Brian Alan Chisholm, Steven J. Arentz, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to waive the filing fee for certain annual reports for the first year that certain business entities are in existence; requiring that 25% of the fees collected be credited to the Child Care Scholarship Program Presumptive Eligibility Fund; requiring that for fiscal year 2025 25% of the fees collected be distributed to the Department of Education to provide grants under the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1438 - Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024
David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo, Adrian Boafo, Courtney Watson
Last updated 8 months ago
55 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund to support efforts to mitigate climate change; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB903 - Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established
Vanessa Atterbeary, Michael J. Griffith, Dalya Attar
Last updated 5 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund beginning in fiscal year 2026; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1386 - Education - School Employee Antibias Training - Requirements
Vanessa Atterbeary, Kris Fair, Jessica Feldmark
Last updated 5 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for an antibias training program for school employees; requiring each county board of education to offer training based on the guidelines; requiring each county board, every other year, to provide antibias training to each public school employee whose job duties include frequent interaction with students; requiring that antibias training be job-embedded, paid professional development training that is provided during nonteaching time; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1257 - Public Schools - Restorative Practices Schools - Comprehensive Plan
Cheryl E. Pasteur, Jackie Addison, Vanessa Atterbeary
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop, by July 1, 2025, a comprehensive plan for the establishment of Restorative Practices Schools; requiring a county board of education to use the comprehensive plan if the county board chooses to establish a Restorative Practices School; and requiring the Department to report by December 1, 2025, to the Governor and the General Assembly on the comprehensive plan for the establishment of Restorative Practices in Schools.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB837 - More Opportunities for Career-Focused Students Act of 2024
Chao Wu, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 6 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each public high school to inform students of certain employment and skills training opportunities in the same manner in which the school informs students of postsecondary educational options; requiring each public high school to inform students about opportunities in high-skilled careers that do not require completion of a college degree and are in high demand in the State; and requiring a county board to assist public high schools in completing the requirements of the Act.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB287 - Property Tax - Renters' Property Tax Relief Program - Assets Calculation
Lorig Charkoudian, Dalya Attar, Eric D. Ebersole
Last updated 5 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Excluding the cash value of any qualified retirement savings plans or individual retirement accounts from the definition of "assets" for purposes of certain property tax relief provided to certain renters; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
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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