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HB403 - End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)
Terri Hill, Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 8 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; establishing requirements and prohibitions governing aid in dying, including requirements related to requests for aid in dying, consulting physicians, mental health assessments, the disposal of drugs prescribed for aid in dying, health care facility policies, and the effect of aid in dying on insurance policies; authorizing a pharmacist to dispense medication for aid in dying only to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB428 - Community Schools - Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program and Fund - Establishment
Vaughn Stewart
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program to provide rental assistance to eligible student households; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to administer the Program; establishing the Rental Assistance for Community School Families Fund; authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation of $10,000,000 in the annual budget bill for the Fund; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB585 - Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Carl Anderton
Last updated 6 months ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully making a threat to harm an election official or an immediate family member of an election official because of the election official's role in administering the election process; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.
STATUS
Passed
HB407 - Food Supplement Benefits - Students - Eligibility (SNAP for Students)
Aaron M. Kaufman, Gabriel Acevero, Nick Allen
Last updated 8 months ago
41 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Human Services to provide food supplement benefits to students who are residents of the State, are enrolled in an institution of higher education for at least 15 credit hours per year, whose family contribution is expected to be $0, and who are eligible to participate in a certain work study program; and requiring, for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation sufficient to reimburse the Department for certain expenditures.
STATUS
Introduced
HB344 - Transportation - Vision Zero - Implementation
Julie Palakovich Carr, Lorig Charkoudian, Elizabeth M. Embry
Last updated 6 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Establishing certain standards and requirements for implementing the Vision Zero program under the Maryland Department of Transportation; requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year on the status of Vision Zero, the activities, findings, and recommendations of the Vision Zero coordinator, and certain meetings held in the previous year; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB457 - Environment - Synthetic Turf - Disclosure and Study
Mary A. Lehman, Gabriel Acevero, Jackie Addison
Last updated 5 months ago
58 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a producer or seller of synthetic turf to disclose to a customer typical maintenance practices and costs for removing, replacing, and disposing of synthetic turf; and requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with representatives of the industry, local environmental and community stakeholders, and synthetic turf producers, retailers, and users, to conduct a study on the synthetic turf industry in the State and report its findings to certain committees of the General Assembly by July 1, 2026.
STATUS
Passed
HB575 - Criminal Procedure - Victim Compensation - Alterations (Victim Compensation Reform Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston, Marlon Amprey
Last updated 5 months ago
51 Co-Sponsors
Altering the composition of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; altering certain duties, powers, and procedures for the Board to make awards to victims of crime; altering the powers and duties of certain employees; altering the amount and types of awards the Board is authorized to make to certain victims of crime; authorizing reconsideration and judicial review of decisions of the Board; authorizing the Governor to include certain funding in the annual budget bill for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB538 - Land Use – Affordable Housing – Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
48 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Historic Property Revitalization Director as a position in the Department of Housing and Community Development; prohibiting a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of certain manufactured homes or modular dwellings in a zoning district that allows single-family residential uses under certain circumstances; requiring local jurisdictions to allow an increase in density of certain qualified projects in certain districts or zones for certain properties; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1007 - Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2024
Julie Palakovich Carr, Jheanelle K. Wilkins, Mary A. Lehman
Last updated 8 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; requiring that certain sales of tangible personal property be included in the numerator of the sales factor used for apportioning a corporation's income to the State under certain circumstances; altering the State income tax rate on Maryland taxable income of certain individuals; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1020 - Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center – Designation as Community of Innovation
Sarah Wolek, Jared Scott Solomon, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 8 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Designating the Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center as the State's Regional Higher Education Community of Innovation; and altering the purposes of the Universities at Shady Grove to include serving a diverse citizenry in an innovative manner to meet the educational needs of the region and fostering individual academic success leading to career success which positively impacts the economy of the entire region.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Maryland district HD-019
COMMITTEES
Maryland House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Vaughn Stewart, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), is a candidate running for the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 3rd Congressional District. Stewart served three combat tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan over a career of 21 years as a Marine from 1992 to 2013. After his retirement from the U.S. Marine Corps, he worked for a contractor to the U.S. Special Operations Command to train the next Special Operations teams deployed overseas.read less
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