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HB450 - State Department of Education - Soccer Opportunities Program - Establishment
Ashanti Martinez, Gabriel Acevero, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Soccer Opportunities Program in the State Department of Education to increase opportunities for minority students to participate in soccer in their communities; authorizing an agency or youth soccer nonprofit organization to apply for a grant from the Department in furtherance of the purpose of the Program; and requiring the Governor for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include an appropriation of at least $80,000 for the Program in the annual budget bill.
STATUS
Introduced
HJ1 - Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment
Edith Jerry Patterson, Lesley J. Lopez, Jackie Addison
Last updated 9 months ago
74 Co-Sponsors
Urging the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden to publish the federal Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for the U.S. Congress to affirm, by joint resolution, the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment.
STATUS
Introduced
HB302 - Law Enforcement Officers, Correctional Employees, and Court-Ordered Services Providers - Prohibition on Sexual Activity - Penalties and Registry
Elizabeth M. Embry, Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 9 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Altering penalties relating to sexual contact between a law enforcement officer, correctional employee, or court-ordered services provider and certain individuals under certain circumstances; increasing the penalties from a misdemeanor to a felony, and on conviction a person is subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years instead of 3 years; and requiring a person convicted of a certain offense to register on a certain sex offender registry.
STATUS
Introduced
HB460 - State Highway Administration - Dynamic Message Sign System - Maryland's Helpline
Ashanti Martinez, Gabriel Acevero, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Highway Administration to provide the telephone number for Maryland's Helpline to the public through the dynamic message sign system located throughout the State.
STATUS
Introduced
HB601 - Street Racing and Exhibition Driving – Prohibited Acts, Enforcement, and Penalties
Mary A. Lehman, Sheila Ruth, Jackie Addison
Last updated 5 months ago
45 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain penalties and points assessments for certain motor vehicle violations related to participation in a race or speed contest; prohibiting a person from engaging in exhibition driving on any highway or private property that is used for driving by the public; establishing certain affirmative defenses to a certain charge of exhibition driving; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB597 - Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act
Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston, Marlon Amprey
Last updated 5 months ago
59 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
HB547 - Crime of Violence - Educational Facilities, Medical Facilities, and Places of Worship - Penalty (Sacred Places Safety Act)
Tiffany T. Alston, Carl Anderton, Lauren Arikan
Last updated 8 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in an educational facility, a medical facility, or a place of worship.
STATUS
Introduced
HB849 - Human Services - Universal Basic Income for Transition-Age Youth - Establishment
Gabriel Acevero, Tiffany T. Alston, Terri Hill
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Universal Basic Income for Transition-Age Youth Program in the Department of Human Services to provide for the economic security of individuals aging out of the out-of-home placement program; providing that payments made under the Program may not be considered income or resources for purposes of determining eligibility for certain benefits; and requiring the Department to report annually by October 1 to the General Assembly including descriptive information and outcome measures of recipients.
STATUS
Introduced
HB863 - State Board of Nursing - Technology Upgrade Study
Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to study options for upgrading the licensing and telephone systems used by the State Board of Nursing and submit to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee an action plan on or before October 1, 2024, regarding the acquisition of a new electronic licensing system and telephone system and the staffing of the telephone system, and a report on or before March 1, 2025, on the status of the acquisition of the new systems.
STATUS
Introduced
HB856 - Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Work Performed by a Regulated Lobbyist or Government Relations Firm
Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the costs for certain work performed on a procurement contract by a regulated lobbyist or government relations firm that is a certified minority business enterprise to be applied toward certain minority business enterprise goals under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-024
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Tiffany T. Alston was born on September 6, 1971 in Washington, D.C. She earned her B.S. degree in Psychology from the University of Maryland in 1993. She earned her J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 1998. Alston served in the House of Delegates from 2011 to 2012. She is a member of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland and the Women Legislators of Maryland.read less
OFFICES HELD
Maryland House from Maryland
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