My Priorities

This bill did not pass in the 2023 session and has been refiled in 2024.  The bill repeals the authority of the Division of Corrections to arrange for the employment of certain inmates in certain camps to perform agricultural work; and generally relating to the employment of inmates. 

This bill alters the annual compensation of certain nonstudent members of the Baltimore County Board of Education; providing that the chair of the county board is entitled to a certain annual compensation; altering the amount that a student member of the board is granted for a certain scholarship; and generally relating to the annual compensation and scholarship amounts for members of the Baltimore County Board of Education (Board members from $7,500 to $16, 500 annually; Board Chair $17, 500; Student member $7,500-$10,000. 

This bill decreases the number of years an individual or the individual's parent or guardian must file taxes before the academic year for eligibility to receive an out-of-state tuition exemption; and generally relating to out-of-sate tuition exemptions for undocumented students (changing the filing of taxes from a 3-year period to a 1-year period).

This bill will increase the salary of the Baltimore County Sheriff whose salary has not increased in over 10 years.

This bill seeks to ensure that all activities of the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Committee are transparent and open to the public.

This bill seeks to establish restorative practices and coordinated community support partnerships as priorities for funding schools through the Coordinated Community Supports Partnership Fund (a part of Blueprint for Maryland Schools); specifying restorative approaches; and generally relating to the establishment of restorative approaches and coordinated community support partnerships.

This bill seeks to authorize an individual who is service a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; establishing procedures for a proceeding under this Act; and generally relating to a petition to reduce a sentence.

The Peggy and Yale Gordon Center for Performing Arts is a public theater that still uses incandescent lighting to power its operations.  The proposed bill will support the replacement of LED lighting.  this change represents a significant cost savings and is more environmentally sustainable.

Post 122 is housed in a building requiring varied repairs including:  redesign/remodel of the banquet hall; installation of a modern HVAC system; revitalizing the bar/lounge area; upgrading video surveillance; upgrading wi-fi/cable; and upgrading the kitchen.