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HB410 - Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Equitech Growth Fund - Alterations
Vanessa Atterbeary
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Specifying that the Equitech Growth Fund in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation may be used only to make certain awards and to pay the costs of administering the Fund.
STATUS
Passed
HB416 - Public Schools - Active Shooter Safety Drills or Trainings - Requirements
Jared Scott Solomon, Vanessa Atterbeary
Last updated 5 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to collaborate with an institution of higher education or a designated federal or national research entity to study the effectiveness and impact of active shooter safety drills or trainings by researching and analyzing data collected by local school systems; requiring the Center to identify best practices for active shooter safety drills or trainings on or before October 1, 2024; requiring local school systems to provide parents with the annual schedule of active shooter safety drills; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB496 - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force
Emily Khoury Shetty, Elizabeth M. Embry, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 5 months ago
57 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of determining 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 to the General Assembly, beginning October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter, certain data for the preceding calendar year, disaggregated by county and offender age, race, and sex.
STATUS
Passed
HB105 - Drunk Driving Offenses - Expungement and the Ignition Interlock System Program
Vanessa Atterbeary
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of certain records relating to a probation before judgment for driving while impaired or driving while under the influence; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require persons convicted of or granted probation before judgment for certain criminal offenses related to driving while impaired by alcohol, a drug, drug combination, or a combination of drugs and alcohol to participate in the Ignition Interlock System Program for certain periods of time; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB558 - Primary and Secondary Education - Comprehensive Health Education Framework - Established
Vanessa Atterbeary, Kris Fair, Jessica Feldmark
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board of education to create an age-appropriate curriculum that is consistent with the comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board to establish policies, guidelines, and procedures for a parent or guardian to opt out of a certain topic for the parent's or guardian's student, subject to certain requirements; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB682 - Energy Generation Projects - Labor and Minority Business Enterprise Requirements
Vanessa Atterbeary
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the developer of a covered project, on the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line or approval for the construction of a certain generating station, to meet certain labor standards and reporting requirements; establishing certain labor standards and certain certification, reporting, and record-keeping requirements related to the construction of a covered project; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB903 - Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established
Vanessa Atterbeary, Michael J. Griffith, Dalya Attar
Last updated 5 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund beginning in fiscal year 2026; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB935 - Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act
Bernice Mireku-North, Emily Khoury Shetty, Jazz Lewis
Last updated 8 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Imposing an excise tax on certain gross receipts of certain firearms dealers derived from the sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in the State; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB933 - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees
Jessica Feldmark, Vanessa Atterbeary, Juanita Sandra Bartlett
Last updated 5 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a 9-8-8 fee to be paid by each subscriber to switched local exchange access service, commercial mobile radio service, or other 9-8-8-accessible service; establishing a prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fee to be paid on certain retail transactions; requiring the Comptroller to deposit the 9-8-8 fees and the prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fees in the 9-8-8 Trust Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to adopt procedures for auditing fee collection and remittance by telephone companies and commercial mobile radio service providers.
STATUS
Passed
HB947 - Civil Actions - Public Nuisances - Firearm Industry Members (Gun Industry Accountability Act of 2024)
Scott Phillips, Vanessa Atterbeary, Marlon Amprey
Last updated 5 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting firearm industry members from knowingly creating, maintaining, or contributing to a public nuisance through the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, or marketing of a firearm-related product under certain circumstances; requiring a firearm industry member to establish and implement certain reasonable controls regarding the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, marketing, possession, and use of certain firearm-related products; authorizing certain civil actions for violations of the Act; etc.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-013
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Vanessa Atterbeary was born on June 12, 1974 in Washington, DC. She earned her B.A. in Communications from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1997. In 1998, she earned her law degree from the Catholic University Columbus School of Law. She went on to work for the U.S. House Democratic Caucus and later opened her own general law practice.read less
OFFICES HELD
Maryland House from Maryland
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