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SB 850

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State Personnel - Line-of-Duty Death and Funeral Benefits

Sponsor: Paul D. Corderman (District 2)Committee: Budget and TaxationSubject: State Government - PersonnelStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 479 (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Increasing to $25,000 the maximum amount of funeral expenses that may be provided for a line-of-duty death of certain public safety officers and indexing the benefit to inflation; repealing an offset against certain funeral expenses for the line-of-duty death of certain public safety officers; increasing the maximum amount of line-of-duty death benefits for State employees and indexing the benefit to inflation; providing a funeral expense benefit for a line-of-duty death for State employees and indexing the benefit to inflation; etc.

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Testimony (7)

MGA witness list
FAV 7Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGilmore , DeniselobbyistAFSCME MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVMehu, NatashalobbyistChiefs and Sheriffs AssociationsWritten (PDF)
FAVconsoli, angeloFOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State LodgePosition only
FAVCorderman, PaulMaryland General AssemblyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCross, CashennaNAACPOral
FAVSenator Corderman, Senator CordermanlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Corderman, Senator CordermanlegislatorIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGilmore , DeniseAFSCME MarylandRegistered for: AFSCME Maryland Council 3; AFSCME Council 3
FAVMehu, NatashaChiefs and Sheriffs AssociationsRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association; Maryland Patient Care and Access Coalition; Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants; Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians; Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail, LLC; Maryland Works, Inc.