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SPONSORED LEGISLATION
HB1227 - Condominiums - Mandatory Insurance Coverage - Detached Units
Marvin E Holmes, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 5 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Altering the types of elements and units for which a council of unit owners is required to maintain certain property insurance; requiring the council of unit owners to annually notify, in writing, owners of detached units of certain property insurance obligations; limiting instances when an owner of a detached unit within a condominium is required to carry homeowners insurance on the entirety of the unit; and authorizing a council of unit owners to carry homeowners insurance on the entirety of all units located within a certain condominium.
STATUS
Passed
HB1280 - Sales and Use Tax – Electricity to Charge Electric Vehicles – Transportation Trust Fund
April Fleming Miller, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 8 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute to the Transportation Trust Fund revenue from the sales and use tax that is attributable to the sale of electricity used to charge an electric vehicle at an electric vehicle charging station or used to charge an electric vehicle and is not sold under a residential or domestic rate schedule on file with the Public Service Commission; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1178 - Handgun Permit Holders - Authority to Carry Handguns in State Parks and Forests
Kevin Bailey Hornberger, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from prohibiting an individual to whom a handgun permit has been issued from wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun in a State park or forest.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1240 - Fossil Fuel-Powered Appliances and Vehicles - Installation, Use, and Fees
April Rose, Steven J. Arentz, Christopher Eric Bouchat
Last updated 8 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the governing body of a county or municipality from prohibiting the use or installation of natural gas- and propane-powered appliances in a home that is under construction or undergoing a 50% remodel or renovation; prohibiting the Motor Vehicle Administration from charging or collecting fees and charges for a certificate of title or vehicle registration based on a vehicle's use of gasoline; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HJ6 - Commercial Fishery Disaster Declaration Due to Invasive Species
Jay A. Jacobs, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Supporting the Governor's request for a federal commercial fishery disaster declaration; and encouraging further efforts to obtain federal assistance to protect and rehabilitate the State's commercial fisheries as a result of an abundance of invasive species.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1210 - Income Tax - Credit for Cybersecurity Measures Undertaken by Small Businesses
April Rose, Steven J. Arentz, Christopher Eric Bouchat
Last updated 8 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for a certain small business that employs 50 or fewer employees for costs incurred by the small business during the taxable year for certain cybersecurity measures undertaken by the small business; making the credit refundable; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1221 - Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program and Fund
Jay A. Jacobs, Carl Anderton, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 8 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide grants to the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute to train local fire departments on certain safety aspects associated with lithium-ion battery storage systems installed with solar arrays; requiring the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute to consult with certain entities in determining how to meet the purpose of the Program with the grants awarded under the Program; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1232 - Fisheries - Striped Bass or Rockfish - Juvenile Survey
Jay A. Jacobs, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Expanding the scope of the annual young-of-the-year juvenile survey of striped bass or rockfish by requiring the Department of Natural Resources to conduct the survey at sampling sites in the central region of the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay in addition to sampling sites in the northern and southern regions of the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay; and establishing certain requirements for the central region sampling sites.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1211 - Employees' and Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Reemployment of Retirees
Christopher Troy Adams, Steven J. Arentz, Jeff Ghrist
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Repealing a certain exemption from certain reemployed retiree earnings offsets for certain retirees of the Employees' and Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems; repealing certain requirements that certain participating employers pay certain offsets under certain circumstances; establishing an exemption from a reemployed retiree earnings offset for retirees of the Teachers' Pension System who are reemployed by certain employers if the retiree's salary is funded from certain sources; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1189 - Public Schools - Mathematics Credit - College Preparatory Computer Science or Computer Programming Course
April Rose, Steven J. Arentz, Christopher Eric Bouchat
Last updated 7 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a student who is enrolled at a public high school to satisfy part of a graduation requirement to earn credits in mathematics by completing a credit in an advanced placement computer science or computer programming course or an equally rigorous college preparatory computer science or programming course if enrolled in the course concurrently with or after completing Algebra II; and requiring a county board of education to make a certain certification that certain selected courses may count toward graduation.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-036
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Steven J. Arentz is a Republican member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 149. He assumed office in 2015. Arentz's professional experience includes working as a legislative aide for former New York State Senator George Maziarz. Arentz earned his BA in biology from the State University of New York at Oswego. He lives with his wife, Lydia, in Akron, New York. They have three children.read less
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