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SB421 - Drunk Driving Offenses - Ignition Interlock System Program
Jeff D. Waldstreicher, William Folden, Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require certain persons who are convicted of, or granted probation before judgment for, certain criminal offenses related to driving while impaired by alcohol, a drug or drug combination, or a combination of drugs and alcohol to participate in the Ignition Interlock System Program for certain periods of time.
STATUS
Introduced
SB865 - Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program - Expansion
Nancy King, Brian J. Feldman, Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Expanding, renaming, and altering certain provisions relating to a certain truancy reduction program in certain juvenile courts; authorizing a county or circuit administrative judge to establish a certain Truancy Reduction and School Reengagement Program as a problem-solving court in certain juvenile courts in accordance with rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Maryland; and requiring the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland to annually report certain information to the General Assembly.
STATUS
Introduced
SB864 - Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center – Designation as Community of Innovation
Nancy King, Brian J. Feldman, Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 7 months ago
8 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 entire economy of the region.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB443 - End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)
Jeff D. Waldstreicher, Clarence K. Lam, Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 8 months ago
9 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
SB1097 - Public Safety - Firearm Safety and Firearm Crimes
William C. Smith
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Exempting an employee of the Department of Natural Resources in the course of performing official duties from certain prohibitions against knowingly wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm in certain locations; requiring a person or entity operating a gun buyback program to destroy a firearm, including all components and parts attached to the firearm, that is surrendered at a certain gun buyback program; classifying the theft of a firearm or the trafficking of a regulated firearm as a felony; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1058 - Education - Curriculum Standards - Antihate and Holocaust Education (Educate to Stop the Hate Act)
Benjamin Fred Kramer, Benjamin T. Brooks, Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 6 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Requiring county boards of education to establish curriculum guides and courses of study that are aligned with certain content standards developed by the State Department of Education, and requiring the State Board of Education to withhold certain funds from county boards that fail to do so; establishing certain requirements for the Department's process for developing, reviewing, and adopting certain content standards, curriculum standards, and curriculum resources; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1101 - Higher Education - Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program - Alterations
William C. Smith, Jack Bailey, Mary Dulany James
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of an eligible institution for the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program to include a community college in the State.
STATUS
Passed
SB1098 - Correctional Services - Diminution Credits - Sexual Offenses
William C. Smith
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for rape in the first degree in a State or local correctional facility.
STATUS
Passed
SB1099 - Emergency Services - Automated External Defibrillator and Naloxone Co-Location Initiative - Requirements for Public Buildings
William C. Smith, Dawn D. Gile, Mary Dulany James
Last updated 4 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Emergency Medical Services Board, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and implement an initiative under the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program to require that naloxone be co-located with each automated external defibrillator placed in a public building; establishing a certain immunity from liability for individuals who administer naloxone made available under the initiative in response to a known or suspected drug overdose; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB1096 - Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Identification of Nonapparent Disability
William C. Smith, Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that an application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit allow an applicant to indicate the applicant's nonapparent disability; and requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to ensure that the license, identification card, or moped operator's permit of an applicant who indicates that the applicant has a nonapparent disability includes an "ND" notation.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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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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