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SB481 - Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024
Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks, Jill P Carter
Last updated 10 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Increasing maximum surcharges for certain eviction proceedings from $8 to $93 and prohibiting the District Court from assigning the surcharge against a tenant; altering the priority and criteria in the Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program that are followed by the Department of Housing and Community Development and public housing agencies for providing vouchers and housing assistance payments to families; limiting the maximum security deposit required by a residential lease to 1 month's rent; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB427 - Public Health – Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program
Shelly Hettleman, Mary Washington, Jill P Carter
Last updated 10 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a community-based organization, with the approval of the Maryland Department of Health, to establish an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program to provide a location for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and certain other services; authorizing a Program to bill the insurance carrier of an individual who uses the services; authorizing the Department to approve not more than six programs, preferably two in urban, two in rural, and two in suburban areas; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB545 - Primary and Secondary Education - Public School Employees - Salaries
Sarah K. Elfreth, Dawn D. Gile, Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 10 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Altering, beginning July 1, 2026, the minimum salary for all public school employees to be $60,000; and establishing, subject to certain conditions, certain salary increases for certain public school employees.
STATUS
Introduced
SB144 - Medical Records - Fees - Attorneys Representing Patients
Shelly Hettleman, Dawn D. Gile
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Adding an attorney representing a patient to the list of individuals to whom a health care provider is prohibited from charging a fee for providing copies of a medical record that will be used for the purpose of filing a claim regarding or appealing a denial of Social Security disability income or Social Security benefits.
STATUS
Passed
SB333 - Housing and Community Development - Affordable Housing - Identifying Suitable Property
Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Repealing a requirement that the Department of Housing and Community Development identify certain property as suitable for use or redevelopment; prohibiting the Department from identifying certain property for use or redevelopment as affordable housing; and requiring the Department to consider certain factors when identifying whether a property is suitable for use or redevelopment as affordable housing.
STATUS
Passed
SB134 - Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding
Shelly Hettleman, Jill P Carter, Nick Charles
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman; authorizing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board to make a recommendation for the distribution of money from the Performance Incentive Grant Fund to the Office for fiscal year 2025 only; requiring the Office to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, by the Department of Juvenile Services, or in relation to individuals confined by either department; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB76 - Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Transparency, Grievances, and Unit Reoccupancy
Clarence K. Lam, Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a provider to post the provider's most recent disclosure statement on the provider's website; altering the number of times providers are required to hold a meeting open to all of the provider's subscribers each year; requiring an authorized officer of a provider to provide a summary of certain grievance information at certain meetings; requiring the Department of Aging to collect certain information about internal grievances; requiring a provider to submit certain reports to a subscriber under certain circumstances; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB118 - Drunk Driving Offenses - Expungement and the Ignition Interlock System Program
Charles Anthony Muse, Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of certain records relating to a probation before judgment for driving while impaired or driving while under the influence; and requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require certain persons who are convicted of, or granted certain probation for, certain drunk driving offenses to participate in the Ignition Interlock System Program for certain periods of time.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB165 - Education – Coaches – Mental Health Training
Shelly Hettleman, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for public schools and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to develop guidelines for public institutions of higher education to train coaches to recognize indicators of mental illness and behavioral distress in students who participate in athletic programs in public schools and public institutions of higher education; requiring public schools and public institutions that offer athletic programs to provide a certain mental health training to coaches; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB370 - Community Schools - Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program and Fund - Establishment
Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program to provide rental assistance to eligible student households; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to administer the Program; establishing the Rental Assistance for Community School Families Fund; authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation of $10,000,000 in the annual budget bill for the Fund; etc.
STATUS
Passed
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Senator from Maryland district SD-011
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