Legislation
Senator Sarah K. Elfreth
- District
- 30
- County
- Anne Arundel
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Budget and Taxation Committee
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Budget and Taxation Committee
- Annapolis Info
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104 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone: 410-841-3578
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3578
Fax 410-841-3156
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104 James Senate Office Building
- Interim Info
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104 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3578
Fax 410-841-3156
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104 James Senate Office Building
- Contact
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sarah.elfreth@senate.state.md.us
- Party
- Democrat
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Title | Sponsorship Type | Sponsorship Type Sort | Chamber Sort | Current Status | Org Committees & Hearings | Opp Committees & Hearings |
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| SB0049 (HB0366) | Restrictions on Use - Solar Collector Systems - Alteration | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0346 | Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0439 /CH0767 (HB0656) | Family Law - Victims of Domestic Violence Program - Certification and Grant Fund | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 767 |
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| SB0440 /CH0769 (HB0447/CH0770) | Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 769 |
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| SB0545 (HB0789) | Primary and Secondary Education - Public School Employees - Salaries | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) |
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| SB0546 (HB0655) | Environment - State Wetlands - Shoreline Stabilization Measures | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0547 /CH0596 (HB0379/CH0597) | Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 596 |
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| SB0645 (HB0530) | Maryland Trails Advisory Committee and the Maryland Office of Trails - Establishment (Great Maryland Trails Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/16 at 9:00 a.m. |
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| SB0674 /CH0560 (HB1461) | Abandoned or Sunken Vessels and Waterway Improvement Fund Grants | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 560 |
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| SB0783 /CH0595 (HB1435) | Public Utilities - Solar Energy Systems and Programs, Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund, and Prevailing Wage (Brighter Tomorrow Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595 |
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| SB0784 (HB0935) | Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/28 at 12:00 p.m. |
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| SB0932 (HB1042) | Maryland Agricultural BMP Priority Environmental Stewardship Program - Established | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| SB0969 /CH0559 (HB1165/CH0558) | Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559 |
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| SB0975 /CH0768 (HB1091) | Maryland Department of Health - Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program - Establishment (Supporting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 768 |
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| SB0108 /CH0016 (HB0646/CH0015) | Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Police Auxiliary and Reserve Volunteers | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 16 |
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| SB0169 (HB0660) | Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters and Appropriations |
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| SB0181 /CH0892 (HB0488) | Qualifying Nonprofit Organizations - Training and Reentry Services - Funding | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 892 |
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| SB0386 (HB0456) | County Boards of Education - Student Members - Voting Rights and Participation in Executive Sessions | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/07 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| SB0414 (HB0414) | Education - Maryland Council on Economic Education - Funding | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0419 (HB0377) | Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m. (Ways and Means) |
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| SB0425 /CH0062 (HB0386/CH0061) | Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 62 |
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| SB0430 /CH0221 | Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program and Fund - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 221 |
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| SB0431 | Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumption - Long COVID (Home of the Brave Act of 2024) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0434 /CH0180 (HB0489) | Education - State Library Resource Center - Funding | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 180 |
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| SB0443 (HB0403) | End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0574 /CH0958 (HB0557/CH0957) | Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Aircraft Parts and Equipment - Repeal of Reporting Requirement and Extension of Sunset | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 958 |
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| SB0578 /CH0782 (HB1472/CH0783) | Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 782 |
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| SB0580 /CH0791 | Sales and Use Tax - Nonprofit Organizations Maintaining Memorials - Exemption | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 791 |
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| SB0589 /CH0575 (HB0812/CH0576) | Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission - Funding | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 575 |
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| SB0604 /CH0486 (HB0768/CH0485) | Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 486 |
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| SB0614 /CH0823 (HB0865/CH0822) | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 823 |
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| SB0642 (HB0735) | Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0653 /CH0536 (HB1101/CH0535) | Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 536 |
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| SB0738 /CH0130 (HB0785/CH0129) | Freedom to Read Act | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 130 |
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| SB0755 (HB1154) | Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Office of Domestic Terrorism Response | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor |
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| SB0757 (HB0617) | State Information Technology - Prohibited Applications and Websites | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0758 (HB0496/CH0761) | Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
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| SB0796 | Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m. |
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| SB0818 /CH0496 (HB1271) | Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 496 |
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| SB0822 /CH0908 (HB1467) | Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - State Law Enforcement Officers | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 908 |
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| SB0823 (HB0493) | State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Faculty, Part-Time Faculty, Post Doctoral Associates, and Graduate Assistants | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0858 | Revenge Porn - Civil Action and Reporting Requirement | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (134-0) |
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| SB0869 (HB0640) | Property Tax - Improvements on Agricultural Land - Assessment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor |
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| SB0879 /CH0551 (HB0857/CH0550) | Shellfish Aquaculture - Harvest Hours | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 551 |
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| SB0893 | Environment - Siting Requirements for Crematories and Crematory Incinerators - Areas III and IV | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0897 /CH0417 (HB1064/CH0416) | Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Death Benefits – Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 417 |
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| SB0905 /CH0929 (HB1267) | Public Safety – Extreme Risk Protective Orders – Review of Court Records | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 929 |
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| SB0958 (HB1438) | Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024 | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) |
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| SB1074 /CH0532 (HB0991/CH0531) | Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 532 |
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| SB1094 (HB1347) | State Lakes Protection and Restoration Fund - Extension | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB1095 /CH0763 | Workgroup on Home Detention Monitoring | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 763 |
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| SB1099 /CH0764 | Emergency Services - Automated External Defibrillator and Naloxone Co-Location Initiative - Requirements for Public Buildings | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 764 |
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| SB1107 /CH0152 (HB0577/CH0151) | Housing and Community Development - Study on the Establishment of a Homeless Shelter Licensing Program | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 152 |
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| SB1144 /CH0501 (HB1266/CH0502) | Clean Water Commerce Account - Contracts for the Purchase of Environmental Outcomes | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 501 | ||
| SB1178 /CH0176 | Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Service Terminal Date | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176 |
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| SJ0001 /JR0001 (HJ0001) | Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Signed by the President and the Speaker - Joint Resolution 1 |
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| SB0470 /CH0708 (HB0597/CH0709) | Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 708 |
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| SB0471 (HB0575/CH0705) | Criminal Procedure - Victim Compensation - Alterations (Victim Compensation Reform Act of 2024) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| SB0472 /CH0413 (HB0581/CH0412) | State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413 |
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| SB0473 /CH0711 (HB0582/CH0710) | Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 711 |
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| SB0475 /CH0707 (HB0583/CH0706) | Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention - Establishment | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 707 |
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| SB0476 /CH0014 (HB0584/CH0013) | Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders (Caring for Public Employees in the Safety Professions - CAPES Act) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 14 |
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| SB0477 /CH0008 (HB0580/CH0007) | Time to Serve Act of 2024 | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 8 |
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| SB0478 /CH0006 (HB0604) | Families Serve Act of 2024 | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6 |
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| SB0479 (HB0513/CH0017) | Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| SB0480 /CH0020 (HB0585/CH0021) | Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024 | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 20 |
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| SB0481 (HB0693/CH0124) | Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024 | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings) |
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| SB0482 /CH0408 (HB0694) | Governor's Office for Children - Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 408 |
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| SB0483 (HB0599/CH0123) | Maryland Community Investment Corporation - Establishment (Housing and Community Development Financing Act of 2024) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) |
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| SB0484 (HB0538/CH0122) | Land Use - Affordable Housing - Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/01 at 9:00 a.m. |
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| Project Name | Status | House Sponsors | Senate Sponsors | County | Amount Requested | Senate Initiative | House Initiative | Other Funding | Total Funding |
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| Annapolis Maritime Museum | Introduced | Anne Arundel | $95,000 | $20,000 | $22,500 | $42,500 | |||
| Annapolis Middle School | Introduced in Senate |
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Anne Arundel | $1,000,000 | $500,000 | $500,000 | |||
| Annapolis Skatepark at Truxtun Park | Introduced | Anne Arundel | $50,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | ||||
| Community Wood Kiln | Introduced | Anne Arundel | $15,000 | $15,000 | $15,000 | ||||
| Deale MD Elks Lodge No. 2528 | Introduced | Anne Arundel | $100,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | ||||
| Earl Conservation Center | Introduced | Anne Arundel | $250,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 | ||||
| George Phillips Jr Recovery Community Center | Introduced | Anne Arundel | $175,000 | $175,000 | $175,000 | ||||
| Heroes Park | Introduced | Anne Arundel | $70,000 | $70,000 | $70,000 | ||||
| History of the Annapolis Five - Road Marker | Introduced | Anne Arundel | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | ||||
| Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center | Introduced | Anne Arundel | $25,000 | $25,000 | $25,000 | ||||
| William Paca Garden | Introduced | Anne Arundel | $75,000 | $75,000 | $75,000 |
- Tenure
- First elected to the Maryland Senate in 2018. Member of the Senate since January 9, 2019
- Current Assignments
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- 2019 Budget and Taxation Committee
- 2023 Chair, Public Safety, Transportation, and Environment Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee
- 2021 Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee
- 2019 Pensions Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee (2020, Chair)
- 2023 Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Program Open Space & Agricultural Land Preservation
- 2019 Senate Chair, Joint Committee on the Chesapeake & Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area
- 2019 Women Legislators of Maryland
- 2022 Executive Board Member, Maryland Veterans' Caucus (Member 2019)
- 2024 Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus, Associate Member
- Past Senate Service
- Education, Business, and Administration Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee, 2019-2023; Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee, 2019; Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness, 2019-2023; Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review, 2020-2023; Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions (Chair 2020-2023), 2019-2023; Workgroup to Study Shelter and Supportive Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Minors, 2019-2020; Co-Chair, State Park Investment Commission, 2021.
- Public Service
- Parks and Recreation Commission, 2023-; Task Force to Study Solar Incentives, 2023-; Commission to Study Trauma Center Funding in Maryland, 2023-; Chesapeake Bay Commission, 2019-; Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program Board, 2020-; Oyster Advisory Commission, 2020-; State Commission on the Capital City, 2019; District 30 Democratic Club, President, 2015-2017; Ward One Residents Association, Annapolis, Vice President, 2014-; Towson University Alumni Asociation Board of Directors, 2013-2015.
- Memberships
- Bay Paddle; Ward One Residents Association; District 30 Democratic Club; Towson Univeristy Alumni Association; Maryland Legislative Agenda for Women.
- Awards
- Legislator of the Year, Maryland League of Conservation Voters, 2024; Open Space Champion Award, Maryland Association of County Park and Recreation Administrators (MACPRA), 2022; Deans' Recognition Award, College of Liberal Arts, Towson University, 2019; Joseph R. Biden Student Ally Award, National Campus Leadership Council, 2019; Fannie Lou Hamer Award, Martin Luther King, Jr., Committee, 2017; Distinguished Alumnus Award, Towson University Honors Committee, 2014; Top 20 In Their Twenties, The Daily Record, 2014.
- Biographical Information
- Born in New Jersey, September 9, 1988; Haddon Heights High School, 2006; Towson University, BA, Political Science, magna cum laude, 2010; University System of Maryland, Board of Regents, Student Regent, 2009-2010; Johns Hopkins University, MS, Public Policy, 2012; Reserach Assistant, Johns Hopkins Institutions, Office of Government and Community Affairs, 2010-2012; Government Affairs Director, National Aquarium, 2012-2016; Senior Director of University Projects, Margrave Strategies, 2016-2017; Project Leader, Marine Conservation District, 2017-2018; Publications: The Young Guardians: Students as Stewards of the Past, Present, and Future of American Higher Education, A Field Guide for Student Board Members, March 2011; Adjunct Professor, Towson University Honors College, 2019-present.
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