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SB471 - Criminal Procedure - Victim Compensation - Alterations (Victim Compensation Reform Act of 2024)
Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 8 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Altering the composition of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; altering certain duties, powers, and procedures for the Board to make awards to victims of crime; altering the powers and duties of certain employees; altering the amount and types of awards the Board is authorized to make to certain victims of crime; authorizing reconsideration and judicial review of decisions of the Board; authorizing the Governor to include certain funding in the annual budget bill for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB470 - Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act
Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago
21 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
SB483 - Maryland Community Investment Corporation - Establishment (Housing and Community Development Financing Act of 2024)
Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks, Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 10 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Corporation as an independent unit to make investments in certain low-income communities; requiring the Corporation to apply for an allocation of federal new markets tax credits; expanding the eligible uses of the Strategic Demolition and Smart Growth Impact Fund to include grants and loans for debt payments and for credit enhancement for certain projects; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB482 - Governor's Office for Children - Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024)
Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago
10 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 chair the Children's Cabinet; requiring the Office to staff the Children's Cabinet; requiring the Children's Cabinet to meet not less than four times each year; requiring the Accountability and Implementation Board, in consultation with certain departments, to submit a certain recommendation to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB473 - Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)
Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to technology-based startup companies that are founded by students of postsecondary institutions located in and have their principle places of business in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area; establishing the Baltimore Innovation Initiative Pilot Program within the Maryland Innovation Initiative of the Corporation to provide incentives for and grow certain start-up companies; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB753 - Public Safety - Firearm Background Checks, Victim Notification, and the Maryland State Police Gun Center
Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring a law enforcement agency that receives a report of a prohibited person failing a background check to immediately notify certain victims; requiring the Secretary of State Police to notify the Maryland State Police Gun Center of certain information if the Secretary disapproves a firearm application because a prospective purchaser, lessee, or transferee failed a background check; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB784 - Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act
Sarah K. Elfreth, Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 8 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Altering the sales and use tax rate imposed on firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition from 6% to 11%; and providing that the sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of certain firearm accessories and ammunition.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB783 - Public Utilities - Solar Energy Systems and Programs, Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund, and Prevailing Wage (Brighter Tomorrow Act)
Sarah K. Elfreth, Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 6 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that certain home improvement contracts for the installation of a solar energy generating system on the roof of a building include the installation of a certain wildlife barrier under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipality to implement certain software for features supporting the tracking and approval of residential building permits for residential solar energy and energy storage systems and main electric panel urgrades and derates on or before August 1, 2025, except under certain circumstances; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB758 - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force
Ariana M. Kelly, William C. Smith, Mary Dulany James
Last updated 10 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of 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 certain information to the General Assembly by October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter.
STATUS
Introduced
SB754 - Health Insurance Carriers and Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Clinician-Administered Drugs and Related Services
Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting certain health insurance entities from taking certain actions with respect to the dispensing of clinician-administered drugs and related services; and authorizing certain health insurance entities to allow the use of a certain pharmacy or infusion site for an insured or an enrollee to obtain certain clinician-administered drugs and related services.
STATUS
Introduced
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