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HB583 - Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention - Establishment
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
53 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention in the Maryland Department of Health to reduce firearm violence, harm from firearm violence, and misuse of firearms in the State by partnering with federal, State, and local agencies and affected communities to implement a public health approach to firearm violence reduction; requiring the Center to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly by May 1, 2025, a preliminary State Plan for a Public Health Approach to Reducing Firearm Violence; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB601 - Street Racing and Exhibition Driving – Prohibited Acts, Enforcement, and Penalties
Mary A. Lehman, Sheila Ruth, Jackie Addison
Last updated 5 months ago
45 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain penalties and points assessments for certain motor vehicle violations related to participation in a race or speed contest; prohibiting a person from engaging in exhibition driving on any highway or private property that is used for driving by the public; establishing certain affirmative defenses to a certain charge of exhibition driving; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB412 - General Assembly – Special Election to Fill a Vacancy in Office
Linda Foley, Mary A. Lehman, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 8 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Proposing a constitutional amendment to require that a special election be held at the same time as the regular statewide primary and general elections that are held in the second year of the term to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator in the General Assembly if the vacancy occurs on or before the date that is 55 days before the deadline for filing certificates of candidacy for the regular statewide election; and requiring the amendment to be submitted to the qualified voters of the State for adoption or rejection.
STATUS
Introduced
HB513 - Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 6 months ago
58 Co-Sponsors
Altering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems; altering the highways on which a work zone speed control system may be used; clarifying that a system operator does not need to be present when a work zone speed control system is in use; altering the maximum penalty for a civil citation issued as a result of an image from a work zone speed control system; requiring the State Highway Administration to make a certain report; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB597 - Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act
Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston, Marlon Amprey
Last updated 5 months ago
59 Co-Sponsors
Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; altering the eligibility criteria and the types of grants to be awarded under the Program; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop certain mental health wellness policies to be implemented in certain law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities; 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
HB599 - Maryland Community Investment Corporation - Establishment (Housing and Community Development Financing Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
56 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Corporation as an independent unit to make investments and financial assistance available in certain low-income communities in the State; expanding the eligible uses of the Strategic Demolition and Smart Growth Impact Fund to include grants and loans for credit enhancement for certain projects; requiring that members of the investment committee to be geographically representative of the locations of low-income communities in the State; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB467 - Food Service Facilities and Tipped Workers - Service Fees and Tip Credits (One Fair Wage Act of 2024)
Adrian Boafo, Veronica Turner, Mary A. Lehman
Last updated 8 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by restaurants; specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; and prohibiting employers of tipped employees, beginning January 1, 2027, from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages.
STATUS
Introduced
HB447 - Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation
Natalie Ziegler, Nick Allen, Sheila Ruth
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Allowing an individual, subject to certain requirements and limitations, to claim a credit against the State income tax for certain qualified expenses if the individual harvests an antlerless deer and donates the deer meat to certain organizations; limiting the amount of credits an individual may claim to a maximum of $300; and requiring by January 31 each year each venison donation program that received certain donations to report certain information about each donor who intended to claim the credit to the Comptroller.
STATUS
Passed
HB474 - Criminal Procedure - Probation, Parole, and Pretrial Release
Caylin Allen Young, Scott Phillips, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 8 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a court from revoking a defendant's pretrial release or finding that a defendant has violated probation, and the Maryland Parole Commission from finding that a parolee has violated parole, based solely on the use of cannabis or a positive cannabis test unless the court or Commission, at the time of ordering pretrial release, makes a finding that the use of cannabis could create a danger to the defendant or others and includes as a condition of pretrial release, probation, or parole that the defendant may not use cannabis.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-044
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Sheila Ruth is running for Colorado State Senate District 25. She was born and raised in rural Colorado. Ruth graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor's degree in secondary social studies education. She taught social studies and coached cross country. Ruth serves on the Board of the Weld County Farm Bureau. Her priorities are individual liberties, free enterprise, private property rights, and limited government spending and regulation.read less
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