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SB406 - School Bus Stops - Monitoring Cameras and Safety Measures
William C. Smith
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring a law enforcement agency, under certain circumstances, to issue a warning rather than a citation for a failure to stop for a school vehicle that is recorded by a school bus monitoring camera; and requiring the State Highway Administration to develop a certain plan for improved safety measures at certain school bus stops in Montgomery County and to report its findings on or before December 31, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SJ1 - Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment
Ariana M. Kelly, Pamela G Beidle, Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 6 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Urging the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden to publish, without delay, the federal Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for the U.S. Congress to pass a joint resolution affirming the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment.
STATUS
Enrolled
SB88 - Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families
Dawn D. Gile, Pamela G Beidle, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 6 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families to study and make recommendations for developing and implementing a statewide strategic plan to make Maryland the best state for veterans and military families, including legislative and budgetary recommendations; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
SB689 - Fire Protection and Prevention – Residential Rental Property – Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)
William C. Smith
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing certain requirements relating to the installation of certain fire safety equipment in residential rental high-rise buildings and certain other property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit; establishing the Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High-Rise Apartment Buildings; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations by December 31, 2024; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB6 - Property Tax - Credit for Dwelling House of Disabled Veterans - Alterations
Dawn D. Gile, Pamela G Beidle, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 4 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Altering eligibility for a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on the dwelling house of certain disabled veterans to include individuals who have been declared by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to have a nonpermanent service-connected disability of 100% that results from blindness or any other disabling cause that was not caused or incurred by misconduct of the veteran; altering the criteria for determining the amount of the credit; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB27 - Cosmetology Licensure Compact
Dawn D. Gile, Pamela G Beidle, Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 5 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Entering into the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; establishing criteria for participating states; authorizing an individual practicing cosmetology to practice in a party state under certain circumstances; establishing the Cosmetology Licensure Compact Commission and its duties and powers; and providing for the amendment of and withdrawal from the Compact.
STATUS
Passed
SB431 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumption - Long COVID (Home of the Brave Act of 2024)
Jeff D. Waldstreicher, Sarah K. Elfreth, Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Establishing that governmental essential workers are presumed to have an occupational disease that is compensable under workers' compensation law after being diagnosed with long COVID under certain circumstances; and applying the Act retroactively.
STATUS
Introduced
SB404 - Criminal Law - Firearms - Exception to Trespass Prohibition
William C. Smith
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing an exemption for a certain person who enters or trespasses on real property while wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB159 - Courts - Military Records - Recordation and Inspection
Dawn D. Gile, Pamela G Beidle, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 4 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain provisions of law relating to the recordation and inspection of certain military records kept by the clerk of a circuit court to authorize the clerk to keep an electronic record instead of a book to record and index the discharge papers of a person who has served in the uniformed services of the United States and require the clerk to deny inspection of the electronic record except under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Passed
SB55 - Vehicle Laws - Disabled Veteran Registration Plates - Issuance
William C. Smith, Mary Dulany James
Last updated 5 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue certain special disabled veteran registration plates to disabled veterans who are between 50% and 99%, inclusive, service-connected disabled as designated or classified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; prohibiting the Administration from charging certain persons the fee required for replacement registration plates under certain circumstances; etc.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-020
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
William C. Smith, Jr. is a native Washingtonian and third generation Washingtonian. He graduated from Flint Hill School in Oakton, Virginia. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Finance from Catholic University. He worked for various community development organizations. He served as a Board Member of the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation. He also served as Ward 5's representative on the DC State Board of Education from 2007 to 2012.read less
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Maryland Senate from Maryland
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