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SB425 - Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024)
Shelly Hettleman, Guy J Guzzone, Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 7 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Clarifying that secondary schools participating in the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program may serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school; and authorizing elementary schools participating in the Program, subject to certain approval and allowances, to serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school, including from "Grab and Go" carts after the arrival of students to the school, provided that students are allowed to consume the meal in the classroom after the start of the school day.
STATUS
Passed
SB128 - Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole
Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain incarcerated individuals; and requiring the Commission to report yearly to the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board on the outcomes of certain parole considerations.
STATUS
Introduced
SB369 - Property Tax Exemption – Rental Income – Reporting Requirement
Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the owner of real property that is exempt from real property tax under certain provisions of law to report any rental income that is attributable to the property to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
SB436 - Workplace Fraud and Prevailing Wage - Violations - Penalties and Referrals
Dawn D. Gile, William C. Ferguson, Malcolm L. Augustine
Last updated 8 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Increasing a certain civil penalty and administrative penalty for employers knowingly failing to properly classify individuals as employees; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to refer to the Comptroller and the U.S. Department of Labor certain complaints that allege a violation of certain tax laws under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB451 - Baltimore County Board of Education - Nonstudent Member Compensation and Student Member Scholarships - Alterations
Benjamin T. Brooks, Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Increasing the annual compensation of nonstudent members of the Baltimore County Board of Education who are not the chair of the county board from $7,500 to $16,500; providing that the chair of the county board is entitled to receive an annual compensation of $17,500; and increasing from the amount that a student member of the county board is granted as a scholarship to be applied toward the student's higher education costs $7,500 to $10,000.
STATUS
Passed
SB528 - Income Tax - Credit for Nonpublic School Student Bus Transportation Expenses
Shelly Hettleman, Benjamin Fred Kramer, Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 10 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Providing a refundable credit against the State income tax for nonpublic school student bus transportation expenses paid by an individual resident who is the parent or guardian of the student during the taxable year; prohibiting a tax credit from exceed $1,500 per school student; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB389 - Criminal Procedure - Incarcerated Seniors - Motion to Reduce the Duration of a Sentence
Chris West, Shelly Hettleman, Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 10 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing an individual who is at least 60 years old and has been imprisoned for at least 20 years to file a motion to reduce the duration of the individual's sentence; requiring the court to conduct a hearing on a motion to reduce the duration of a sentence, unless the court has held a hearing on a similar motion in the preceding 5 years; and requiring a court to consider certain factors in determining whether to grant a motion to reduce the duration of a sentence and to issue its decision in writing or on the record in open court.
STATUS
Introduced
SB474 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)
Malcolm L. Augustine, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 6 months ago
18 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 on-site 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; and altering the distribution of income tax revenue from corporations that is attributable to certain data centers.
STATUS
Passed
SB119 - Legally Protected Health Care - Gender-Affirming Treatment
Clarence K. Lam, Shelly Hettleman, Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "legally protected health care" to include certain gender-affirming treatment, including medications and supplies, for the purposes of certain provisions of law that prohibit health occupations disciplinary actions and certain actions in criminal and civil proceedings and the use of certain resources in furtherance of certain investigations and proceedings related to legally protected health care.
STATUS
Passed
SB476 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders (Caring for Public Employees in the Safety Professions - CAPES Act)
Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 7 months ago
21 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
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