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                <title><![CDATA[Special Session]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">A Special Session of the Maryland General Assembly was called 12-16-25 to conduct the following business.</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Election of Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk as the new House Speaker</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Creation of a seventh yet undefined House of Delegates Committee</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Vote to override several vetoes by the Governor following the 2025 Legislative Session</span>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a class="Link" style="color: #000000;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0056?ys=2025RS" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>HB0056</u></a>/<a class="Link" style="color: #000000;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0177?ys=2025RS" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>SB0177</u></a> - Requires the State Department of Education, when funding is available, to use local food for local school systems with preference to providers that are certified local farms or certified Chesapeake invasive species providers.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a class="Link" style="color: #000000;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0328?ys=2025RS" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>HB0328</u></a> - Authorizes the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to issue certain veterans’ and fraternal organizations a license for instant ticket lottery machines.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a class="Link" style="color: #000000;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0333?ys=2025RS" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>HB0333</u></a>/<a class="Link" style="color: #000000;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0691?ys=2025RS" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>SB0691</u></a> - Establishes the Healthcare Ecosystem Stakeholder Cybersecurity Workgroup to develop strategies to prevent cybersecurity disruptions to the healthcare ecosystem.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a class="Link" style="color: #000000;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0384?ys=2025RS" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>HB0384</u></a>/<a class="Link" style="color: #000000;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0157?ys=2025RS" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>SB0157</u></a> - Establishes the Maryland Disability Service Animal Program in the Department of Disabilities.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a class="Link" style="color: #000000;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1316?ys=2025RS" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>HB1316</u></a> - Requires the National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine to develop and publish a youth-centric technology and social media resource guide by the 2027-2028 school year.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a class="Link" style="color: #000000;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0168?ys=2025RS" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>SB0168</u></a> - Prohibits the Department of the Environment from processing or making any recommendation on certain applications submitted for the purpose of constructing a confined aquatic disposal cell from June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2029.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a class="Link" style="color: #000000;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0455?ys=2025RS" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>SB0455</u></a> - Authorizes certain security guard agencies to apply for the appointment of special police officers in order to protect property owned or leased by the security guard agency's clients.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a class="Link" style="color: #000000;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0655?ys=2025RS" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>SB0655</u></a> - Establishes an Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program within the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide expertise in artificial intelligence to the circuit courts and the District Court.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a class="Link" style="color: #000000;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0121?ys=2025RS" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>SB0121</u></a> - Establishes that certain provisions of law relating to the inspection of recorded images apply to recorded images produced by a noise abatement monitoring system and extends by 2 years the reporting and termination dates of the noise abatement monitoring systems pilot programs in Montgomery County and Prince George's County.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1422?ys=2025RS&amp;search=True">HB1422</a>/SB0587 </span>- Establishes the Maryland Reparations Commission to study and make recommendations relating to appropriate benefits to be made to individuals whose ancestors were enslaved in the State or were impacted by certain inequitable government policies; and requiring the Commission to submit a preliminary report by January 1, 2027, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2027.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'RT Rondelle Thin Custom'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0270T.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HB0270</a>/<a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0116?ys=2025RS&amp;search=True">SB0116</a></span></span> -Requiring the Department of the Environment, the Maryland Energy Administration, and the University of Maryland School of Business, in coordination with the Department of Legislative Services, to conduct an analysis of the likely environmental, energy, and economic impacts of data center development in the State; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to coordinate preparation of the final report to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2026.</span></li>
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                <title><![CDATA[Blighted and Vacant Properties]]></title>
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<li>Champion legislation giving municpalities better ability to get these properties into productive ownership. </li>
<li>Introduce new ordinances to combat urban blight.</li>
<li>Incentivize using existing buildings instead of building outside urban core.</li>
<li>Improve enforcement of existing codes.</li>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 10:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Substance Abuse and Mental Health]]></title>
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<li>Many issues facing our community are contributed to from substance abuse or mental Health issues. (housing instability, homelessness, crime). </li>
<li>Utilize Opiod restitution funds to provide resources and education to most vulnerable community members.</li>
<li>Utilize new positions like Community Liason Coordinator to meet people where they are.</li>
<li>Continue youth awareness initiatives through partners like Washington Goes Purple</li>
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                <title><![CDATA[Safety and Community Engagement]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>• Support and create innovative public safety initiatives and technology to fight crime and fill the gap staffing.<br>• Explore all methods to attract and retain vital public safety officers in nationwide policing shortage.</p>
<p>• Support youth intervention initiatives and programs and expand community partnerships<br>• Create positions and methods to foster better relationships between community and law enforcement. </p>
<p>• Establish and support pathways to success for citizens upon re-entry</p>
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