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HB405 - Family Law - Child Custody Evaluators - Qualifications and Training
Aaron M. Kaufman, Nick Allen, Lauren Arikan
Last updated 8 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Specifying certain qualifications and training necessary for an individual to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; specifying that certain expert evidence is admissible in certain child custody and visitation proceedings under certain circumstances; and requiring a court, in any action in which child support, custody, or visitation is at issue to provide information to the parties regarding the role, availability, and cost of a custody evaluator.
STATUS
Introduced
HB319 - Juvenile Justice Restoration Act of 2024
Nicholaus R Kipke, Kathy J Szeliga, Christopher Troy Adams
Last updated 9 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to establish that the juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction over a child who is at least 10 years old alleged to have committed a crime involving the use or possession of a firearm; and altering a certain provision of law authorizing a law enforcement officer to conduct an otherwise lawful custodial interrogation of a child if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian consents to the custodial interrogation of the child without the child's consultation with an attorney.
STATUS
Introduced
HB541 - Anne Arundel County - Student Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Educators - Established
Shaneka Henson, Heather Bagnall, Juanita Sandra Bartlett
Last updated 5 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Anne Arundel County Student Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Educators to assist in the repayment of certain student loans owed by educators who meet certain eligibility requirements; providing that the purpose of the Program is to attract, recruit, and retain a diverse cadre of qualified educators in the County's schools that is reflective of the student population; establishing requirements for applicants for assistance in the repayment of a commercial loan; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB310 - Safe Communities Act of 2024
Jason C. Buckel, Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton
Last updated 9 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiting a deduction of diminution credits of more than 10% of an incarcerated individual's aggregate sentence for crimes of violence for an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB420 - State and Local Parks - Play Area Accessibility - Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program
Mary A. Lehman, Catherine M. Forbes, Michele Guyton
Last updated 5 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources and local governing bodies to construct communication boards in certain newly constructed public play areas; defining "communication board" as a device that displays photos, symbols, or illustrations to enable individuals with limited language skills to communicate; establishing the Maryland Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program, subject to funding, to improve play area accessibility by covering the cost of purchasing and installing communication boards at State and local parks; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB419 - Consumer Protection - Automatic Tip Prompt Screen - Requirements
Mary A. Lehman, Jennifer Terrasa, Nick Allen
Last updated 6 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain businesses that use a point-of-sale system that automatically prompts a customer to leave a tip to disclose to whom the tip will be allocated and display a tip amount that is set at zero by default; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB6 - Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Quotas (Community-Oriented Policing Act)
Robin L. Grammer, Christopher Eric Bouchat, Brian Alan Chisholm
Last updated 9 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Altering a prohibition against using the number of arrests made, investigations conducted, citations issued, or warrants served or executed by a law enforcement officer as a criterion for the evaluation, compensation, discipline, promotion, demotion, dismissal, or transfer of the officer; and prohibiting law enforcement agencies from requiring, suggesting, requesting, or directing an officer to act for the purpose of increasing the number of investigations, warrants served or executed, or citations or arrests delivered.
STATUS
Introduced
HB47 - Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams - Designation Based on Sex (Fairness In Girls' Sports Act)
Kathy J Szeliga, Lauren Arikan, Brian Alan Chisholm
Last updated 9 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools to be expressly designated based on biological sex; prohibiting certain entities from taking certain adverse actions against a school for maintaining separate interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams and sports for students of the female sex; and providing that certain individuals have the right to bring a civil action under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
HB316 - Crimes and Corrections - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2024)
William Valentine, Christopher Troy Adams, Carl Anderton
Last updated 9 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a certain inmate with a certain reentry kit and assistance in obtaining Medicaid benefits under certain circumstances; altering the elements of certain prohibitions against using a certain firearm in the commission of a certain crime; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB432 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings and Criminal Procedure - Technical Corrections - References to Intellectual Disability
Aaron M. Kaufman, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 5 months ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Replacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-033
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Stuart Michael Schmidt was born on November 28, 1951 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He received his BA from Georgetown University in 1973. He went on to receive his JD from Fordham University School of Law in 1976. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1976 to 1980. He attained the rank of Captain.read less
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