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HB 773

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Human Services - Individuals With Disabilities and Service-Disabled Veterans Boating Fund

Sponsor: Dana Jones (District 30A)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Social Services - GenerallyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 193 (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Individuals With Disabilities and Service-Disabled Veterans Boating Fund to provide sailing, boating, kayaking, canoeing, and paddleboarding and surfing opportunities for individuals with disabilities and service-disabled veterans; requiring the Department of Disabilities to administer the Fund; prohibiting the Department from providing a grant of more than $40,000 in a fiscal year; and establishing the qualifications for certain nonprofit organizations to receive a grant from the Fund.

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Testimony (17)

MGA witness list
FAV 13FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVArms, CharlieBrendan SailingOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Rogers, MikelegislatorMD House of DelegatesWritten (PDF)
FAVBehler, DylanMaryland Department of Natural ResourcesWritten (PDF)
FAVJones, DanaMaryland General AssemblyWritten (PDF)
FAVCross, CashennaNAACPOral
FAVCasale, ShellyNetsmartOral
FAVJohnson, MerrillNetsmartOral
FAVPica, JohnlobbyistPica & Associates, LLCOral
FAVKemp, ShelbyRoyal FarmsOral
FAVSnyder, GregorylobbyistThe ArcOral
FAVQuinn, PeterU.S. PATRIOT SAILINGOral
FAVGray, II, Dr. DarrellWellpoint MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Jones, D., Delegate Jones, D.legislatorIndividualOral
FWAMurphy, MorganMD Dept of Veterans AffairsWritten (PDF)
FWABosak, KirstenMaryland Department of DisabilitiesOral
FWALondon, RachelMaryland Developmental Disabilities CouncilWritten (PDF)
FWABelcastro, LisaIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVPica, JohnPica & Associates, LLCRegistered for: Allied Universal; Automated Health Systems; Benelli USA c/o Pica & Associates, LLC; Beretta USA; Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Inc.; Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company
FAVSnyder, GregoryThe ArcRegistered for: Maryland Association of Community Services (MACS)