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HJ1 - Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment
Edith Jerry Patterson, Lesley J. Lopez, Jackie Addison
Last updated 9 months ago
74 Co-Sponsors
Urging the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden to publish the federal Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for the U.S. Congress to affirm, by joint resolution, the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment.
STATUS
Introduced
HB496 - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force
Emily Khoury Shetty, Elizabeth M. Embry, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 5 months ago
57 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of determining certain sexual crimes; altering the elements of second-degree rape to remove the requirement of use of force or threat of force; and requiring the Maryland Judiciary to report to the General Assembly, beginning October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter, certain data for the preceding calendar year, disaggregated by county and offender age, race, and sex.
STATUS
Passed
HB509 - Developmental Disabilities - Community Providers - Federal Participation for Local Funds
Anne R Kaiser, Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process to receive federal financial participation for the payment of county or municipal general funds appropriated to community providers that serve individuals with developmental disabilities; and requiring the Department to allocate the federal financial participation to the community providers to which the county or municipality general funds were appropriated.
STATUS
Introduced
HB581 - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
69 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each principal department and independent unit to create a catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and to submit the catalog to the Governor on or before October 1, 2024; requiring each department and independent unit to post certain completed information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates on the website of each department or independent unit by October 1, 2025; and establishing the Government Efficiency Commission.
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
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
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
HB493 - State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Faculty, Part-Time Faculty, Post Doctoral Associates, and Graduate Assistants
Linda Foley, Mary A. Lehman, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 8 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for the faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants; and altering the application of certain collective bargaining laws to supervisory, managerial, and confidential employees of a State institution of higher education.
STATUS
Introduced
HB449 - Comprehensive Flood Management Grant Program - Funding for Underserved and Overburdened Communities
Julian Ivey, Gabriel Acevero, Diana M. Fennell
Last updated 5 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Requiring at least 40% of funding provided under the comprehensive flood management grant program to be used for projects located in or directly benefiting underserved or overburdened communities; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual State budget an appropriation of up to $20,000,000 for the comprehensive flood management grant program in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.
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
BIOGRAPHY
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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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