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SB134 - Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding
Shelly Hettleman, Jill P Carter, Nick Charles
Last updated 4 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman; authorizing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board to make a recommendation for the distribution of money from the Performance Incentive Grant Fund to the Office for fiscal year 2025 only; requiring the Office to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, by the Department of Juvenile Services, or in relation to individuals confined by either department; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB1163 - Education - School Bus Stops - Prohibited Locations
William C. Smith
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting the location of a school bus stop on any highway with five or more undivided traffic lanes in certain counties unless a school crossing guard is posted or a certain traffic control device is placed at the school bus stop.
STATUS
Introduced
SB113 - Criminal Law - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor Through Child Pornography - Prohibition
Ariana M. Kelly, William C. Smith, Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 4 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting an individual from knowingly and with a certain intent soliciting a minor or law enforcement officer posing as a minor to engage in certain prohibited sexual acts with the minor by a certain means.
STATUS
Passed
SB413 - Discrimination - Military Status - Prohibition
Dawn D. Gile, Pamela G Beidle, Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 5 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to housing and employment.
STATUS
Passed
SB380 - Police Recruitment and Retention Workgroup
Chris West, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 4 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Police Recruitment and Retention Workgroup to study issues and factors potentially contributing to recruitment challenges and the decline in police officer retention statewide; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 30, 2025.
STATUS
Vetoed
SB50 - Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders
Clarence K. Lam, Joanne C. Benson, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 5 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Providing that a certain final order of the Commission on Civil Rights on a complaint alleging a discriminatory act is appealable in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
STATUS
Passed
SB65 - Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties
Mary Dulany James, William C. Smith, Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 7 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from possessing more than 100 images of certain child pornography or possessing images of certain child pornography depicting a minor or an individual indistinguishable from an actual minor younger than 13 years of age; providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years; and providing that a sentence under the Act may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence imposed for certain other crimes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB470 - Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act
Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 4 months ago
21 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
SB975 - Maryland Department of Health - Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program - Establishment (Supporting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act)
Sarah K. Elfreth, Dawn D. Gile, Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 4 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Health to assist reproductive health care clinics in the State with costs associated with security improvements and safety operational expenses; prohibiting the Department from disclosing certain personal information of an individual associated with the Program; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2026 an appropriation of $500,000 to the Program.
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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