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NaShona Kess

NAACP Maryland State Conference of Branches · on file 2023 to 2024
Clients on file
1
1 in Nov 2023 - Oct 2024
Reported compensation
$26,168
all years on file
Bills testified on
86
78 for · 14 against · 0 info
Got their outcome
41%
37 of 91 decided bills

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Testimony on record

2024 Regular Session92 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 15
Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause
UNFPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 27
No–Knock Warrants
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 73
Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Completion of Sentence
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 311
Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 320
Criminal Procedure - Stops and Searches - Cannabis Odor and Admission of Evidence (Drug-Free Roadways Act of 2024)
UNFPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 328
Hospitals - Financial Assistance Policies - Revisions
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted
HB 340
Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority for Upper Payment Limits and Funding (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs For All Marylanders Now Act)
FAVMaryland State Conference of the NAACPDid not advance
HB 373
Election Law - Voting Age - Board of Education Elections
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 392
Evidence - Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Fair Housing Testing
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 404
Public Safety - Wellness Checks - Requirements (Gabriel's Law)
FAVMaryland NAACPEnacted
HB 412
General Assembly – Special Election to Fill a Vacancy in Office
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 428
Community Schools - Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program and Fund - Establishment
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted
HB 436
Election Law - Voter Registration - Age and Notification to Minors
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 477
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination Provisions
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 523
Criminal Procedure – Expungement of Records – Good Cause
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 525
Employment Discrimination - Use of Cannabis Products
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 533
County Police Accountability Boards – Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 550
Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Vendor Contracts
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 627
Election Law - Automatic Voter Registration - State Correctional Facilities
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 658
Criminal Procedure – Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024)
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 673
Real Property - Contract Liens - Medical Debt
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 696
Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 707
Public Safety – Law Enforcement – Use of Body–Worn Cameras
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 728
Health Insurance - Qualified Resident Enrollment Program (Access to Care Act)
FAVMaryland NAACPEnacted
HB 748
State Government – Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention – Code of Conduct
UNFPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 763
Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention - Membership
UNFPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted
HB 763
Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention - Membership
UNFPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted
HB 771
Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Support Act)
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 805
Cannabis - Licensee Locations - Restrictions
FAVMaryland NAACPEnacted
HB 897
Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Organization Task Force
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 964
Landlords and Prospective Tenants - Residential Leases - Criminal History Review (Maryland Fair Chance in Housing Act)
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 970
Real Property - Residential Leases - Rent Increase Prohibition
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 987
State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency - Modifications
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 1114
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 1117
Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act of 2024)
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted
HB 1181
Education – Curriculum Standards – Antihate and Holocaust Education (Educate to Stop the Hate Act)
FWAPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 1248
Juvenile Law - Questioning of a Juvenile - Crime of Violence or Crime Involving a Firearm
UNFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 1259
Health Insurance - Breast and Lung Cancer Screening - Coverage Requirements
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted
HB 1274
Landlord and Tenant – Failure to Pay Rent – Evidence of Notice to Tenant
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 1293
Maryland Department of Health - Public Education Campaign on Prostate, Lung, and Breast Cancer Prevention
FAVMaryland NAACPEnacted
HB 1293
Maryland Department of Health - Public Education Campaign on Prostate, Lung, and Breast Cancer Prevention
FAVMaryland NAACPEnacted
HB 1295
Real Property - Residential Rental Apartments - Air-Conditioning Requirements
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HB 1386
Education - School Employee Antibias Training - Requirements
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted
HB 1386
Education - School Employee Antibias Training - Requirements
FWAPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted
HB 1429
Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting the Admissibility of Creative Expression (PACE Act)
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HJ 1
Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HJ 2
Supporting a Long-Term Ceasefire in Israel and Palestine
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
HJ 5
Commitment to Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and Open Public Discourse
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 50
Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders
FAVMaryland NAACPEnacted
SB 52
Juvenile Justice Restoration Act of 2024
UNFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 57
Evidence - Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Fair Housing Testing
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 120
Juvenile Law - Custodial Interrogation - Parental Consultation
UNFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 162
Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted
SB 174
Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPPassed both chambers
SB 314
Juvenile Law - Willful Misconduct of a Minor - Civil Liability of a Parent, Legal Guardian, or Custodian (Parental Accountability Act)
UNFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 326
Juvenile Law - Questioning of a Juvenile - Crime of Violence or Crime Involving a Firearm
UNFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 370
Community Schools - Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program and Fund - Establishment
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted
SB 370
Community Schools - Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program and Fund - Establishment
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted
SB 481
Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 513
Employment Discrimination - Use of Cannabis Products
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 525
Labor and Employment – Equal Pay for Equal Work – Wage Range Transparency
FAVMaryland NAACPEnacted
SB 537
Cannabis - Licensee Locations - Restrictions
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 554
Criminal Procedure - Not Criminally Responsible Verdict - Term of Commitment
UNFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 602
Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024)
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 620
Resources and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted
SB 620
Resources and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act
FAVMaryland NAACPEnacted
SB 623
Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission
FAVMaryland NAACPEnacted
SB 630
Real Property - Contract Liens - Medical Debt
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 635
Landlords and Prospective Tenants - Residential Leases - Criminal History Review (Maryland Fair Chance in Housing Act)
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 644
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Just Cause Termination Provisions
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 660
Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2024 - Counties and Municipalities
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 662
Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Admissibility of Creative Expression
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 699
Cannabis – Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund – Distribution and Use of Funds for Baltimore City
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 705
Health Insurance - Qualified Resident Enrollment Program (Access to Care Act)
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted
SB 741
Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Policy Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Support Act)
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 744
Juvenile Law - Reform
UNFPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 744
Juvenile Law - Reform
UNFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 766
Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2024
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 792
Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction
UNFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 815
Cannabis - Community Reinvestment Impact Districts - Establishment
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 885
Residential Leases - Termination Due to Medical Conditions - Limitation of Liability for Rent
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 896
Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force
FAVMaryland NAACPEnacted
SB 938
Maryland Department of Health - Public Education Campaign on Prostate, Lung, and Breast Cancer Prevention
FAVMaryland NAACPEnacted
SB 946
Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act of 2024)
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 986
State Board of Pharmacy - Prohibition on Discrimination Against 340B Drug Distribution
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 1029
Election Law - Registered Voter List and Petitions (Ballot Petition Modernization Act)
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 1030
Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Good Cause
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 1031
Civil Actions - Lead Poisoning - Liability and Statute of Limitations (Maryland Lead Poisoning Compensation Act)
FAVMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 1056
Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Revisions (Tobacco Retail Modernization Act of 2024)
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted
SB 1058
Education - Curriculum Standards - Antihate and Holocaust Education (Educate to Stop the Hate Act)
FWAPDFMaryland NAACPDid not advance
SB 1059
Maternal Health – Assessments, Referrals, and Reporting (Maryland Maternal Health Act of 2024)
FAVMaryland NAACPEnacted
SB 1105
Income Tax - Individual Income Tax Credit Eligibility Awareness Campaign
FAVPDFMaryland NAACPEnacted