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HB1354 - Public Schools - Veterans' Day - Authorized Public School Holiday
Seth A. Howard, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 6 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing public schools to designate Veterans' Day as a public school holiday.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1360 - School Bus Transition - Propane-Powered School Buses - Grant Program, Fund, and Purchase
Seth A. Howard, Steven J. Arentz, Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain provisions of law relating to funding and grants to transition to zero-emission vehicle school buses to include propane-powered school buses; and authorizing a county board of education, beginning in fiscal year 2030, to enter into a new contract for the purchase of school buses that are propane-powered.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1314 - Corporations and Associations - Annual Reports - Filing Fees (Right to Start Act)
Brian Alan Chisholm, Steven J. Arentz, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to waive the filing fee for certain annual reports for the first year that certain business entities are in existence; requiring that 25% of the fees collected be credited to the Child Care Scholarship Program Presumptive Eligibility Fund; requiring that for fiscal year 2025 25% of the fees collected be distributed to the Department of Education to provide grants under the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1396 - Maryland Department of Health - Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Levels of Care - Study
Seth A. Howard, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 6 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct a certain study on linkages between levels of care within the substance use disorder treatment and recovery continuum of care; and requiring the Department to report the results of the study and make recommendations on improvements to existing discharge and linkage requirements to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1316 - Real Property – Holding Over – Expedited Hearing and Service of Summons for Active Duty Service Member
Brian Alan Chisholm, Christopher Troy Adams, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 7 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a District Court to hold a hearing on a tenant holding over within 45 days after a landlord makes a complaint if the landlord or the landlord's spouse is on active duty with the United States military; and authorizing a private process server to serve a summons if the constable or sheriff fails to serve the summons within 10 days after the summons is issued by the court.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1404 - Environment – Storage of Dissolved Air Flotation By–Products – Local Authority
Jeff Ghrist, Steven J. Arentz, Michael J. Griffith
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a political subdivision to enact a certain local law or ordinance regarding the storage of dissolved air flotation by-products that is equal to or more stringent than the permit requirements for a sewage sludge utilization permit.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1344 - Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums
Seth A. Howard, Tiffany T. Alston, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Altering a limitation on claiming the income tax credit for eligible long-term care insurance premiums for more than 1 year with respect to the same insured individual; altering the amount of the credit from a one-time $500 credit to a maximum of $250 for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2024, but before January 1, 2027, and a maximum of $500 for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2026; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1351 - Health Insurance - Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Illnesses - Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment
Seth A. Howard, Steven J. Arentz, Jason C. Buckel
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage for the full length of long-term antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses under certain circumstances; and prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from placing a quantitative limit on or denying coverage for benefits required under the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1379 - Department of General Services - Renewable Natural Gas Pilot Program - Establishment
Christopher Troy Adams, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the University System of Maryland and the Department of the Environment, to establish a Renewable Natural Gas Pilot Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2025; requiring the Department, in consultation with the University System of Maryland and the Department of the Environment, to issue a certain solicitation for a renewable natural gas contract; authorizing the Department to enter into a contract to procure renewable natural gas; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1281 - Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits
Wayne A. Hartman, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 5 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipality to designate, by law, an area within that political subdivision as a tourism zone under certain circumstances; providing that the designation of an area as a tourism zone may not preclude the area from also being designated as an arts and entertainment district; authorizing a county or municipality to exempt from the admissions and amusement tax gross receipts from certain admissions or amusement charges levied in a tourism zone; etc.
STATUS
Passed
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
OFFICES HELD
Maryland House from Maryland
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