Legislation
Senator Benjamin F. Kramer
- District
- 19
- County
- Montgomery
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Finance Committee
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Finance Committee
- Annapolis Info
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401 Miller Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone: 410-841-3151
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3151
Fax 410-841-3740
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401 Miller Senate Office Building
- Interim Info
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401 Miller Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3151
Fax 410-841-3740
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401 Miller Senate Office Building
- Contact
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Ben.Kramer@senate.state.md.us
- Party
- Democrat
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Title | Sponsorship Type | Sponsorship Type Sort | Chamber Sort | Current Status | Org Committees & Hearings | Opp Committees & Hearings |
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| SB0192 /CH0134 (HB0260/CH0133) | State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Supervisory Employees | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 134 |
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| SB0505 (HB1133) | Public Utilities - Transportation Network Service - Assessment Cap Increase | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0509 (HB0574) | Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters |
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| SB0571 /CH0460 (HB0603/CH0461) | Consumer Protection – Online Products and Services – Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code) | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 460 |
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| SB0598 (HB1468) | State Board of Education - Membership - School Principal | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/23 at 9:00 a.m. |
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| SB0599 (HB0509) | Developmental Disabilities – Community Providers – Federal Participation for Local Funds | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0600 /CH0903 (HB0103/CH0904) | Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Dental Services - Coverage and Rate Study | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 903 |
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| SB0713 (HB0679) | Security Systems Technicians - Applicants - Authority to Practice | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0714 /CH0910 (HB1476/CH0909) | State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Members | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 910 |
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| SB0715 (HB1365) | State and Private Construction Contracts and State Procurement Contracts – Prompt Payment and Interest Requirements | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor |
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| SB0760 /CH0463 (HB0896) | Consumer Protection - Retail Sales of Gift Cards (Gift Card Scams Prevention Act of 2024) | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 463 |
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| SB0761 | Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulation | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/08 at 9:00 a.m. |
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| SB0822 /CH0908 (HB1467) | Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - State Law Enforcement Officers | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 908 |
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| SB0823 (HB0493) | State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Faculty, Part-Time Faculty, Post Doctoral Associates, and Graduate Assistants | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0824 (HB1489) | Election Law – Absentee Ballot Application – Sending to Eligible Voters Before Primary Elections | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0825 (HB1475) | Health Facilities - Delegation of Inspection Authority - Nursing Homes | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0871 (HB0339) | Unemployment Insurance - Disqualification - Stoppage of Work Caused by Labor Dispute | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0872 | Criminal Law - Animal Abuse or Neglect - Penalties | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB1054 (HB1265) | Local Government - Building Permits for Residential Solar Energy and Residential Energy Storage Systems - Required Platform and Inspections | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB1055 (HB1030) | Agriculture - Roosters - Restrictions | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB1056 /CH0462 (HB1180) | Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Revisions (Tobacco Retail Modernization Act of 2024) | Primary | 1 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 462 |
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| SB1057 (HB1176) | Home– and Community–Based Services Waiver – Eligibility | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor |
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| SB1058 (HB1181) | Education - Curriculum Standards - Antihate and Holocaust Education (Educate to Stop the Hate Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m. |
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| SB1117 (HB0900) | Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Overtime and Payroll Information | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB1148 | Criminal Law - Cruelty to Law Enforcement Animals - Recklessness | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0059 /CH0879 | Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge (Safe Sleep Act of 2024) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 879 |
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| SB0169 (HB0660) | Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters and Appropriations |
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| SB0346 | Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0388 (HB0340) | Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority for Upper Payment Limits and Funding (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Act of 2024) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/07 at 2:00 p.m. (Finance) |
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| SB0398 (HB0482) | Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Victims of Nonfatal Strangulation | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0426 (HB0213) | Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/07 at 2:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) |
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| SB0431 | Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumption - Long COVID (Home of the Brave Act of 2024) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0436 (HB0465/CH0309) | Workplace Fraud and Prevailing Wage - Violations - Penalties and Referrals | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters |
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| SB0528 (HB0537) | Income Tax - Credit for Nonpublic School Student Bus Transportation Expenses | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0540 /CH0166 (HB0472/CH0167) | Education - School Mapping Data Program - Established | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 166 |
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| SB0545 (HB0789) | Primary and Secondary Education - Public School Employees - Salaries | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) |
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| SB0591 (HB0609/CH0132) | Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining (Library Workers Empowerment Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| SB0614 /CH0823 (HB0865/CH0822) | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 823 |
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| SB0738 /CH0130 (HB0785/CH0129) | Freedom to Read Act | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 130 |
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| SB0784 (HB0935) | Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/28 at 12:00 p.m. |
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| SB0864 (HB1020) | Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center – Designation as Community of Innovation | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0865 | Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program - Expansion | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0958 (HB1438) | Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024 | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) |
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| SB0975 /CH0768 (HB1091) | Maryland Department of Health - Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program - Establishment (Supporting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 768 |
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| SB1099 /CH0764 | Emergency Services - Automated External Defibrillator and Naloxone Co-Location Initiative - Requirements for Public Buildings | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 764 |
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| SB1178 /CH0176 | Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Service Terminal Date | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176 |
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| SB0476 /CH0014 (HB0584/CH0013) | Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders (Caring for Public Employees in the Safety Professions - CAPES Act) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 14 |
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| Project Name | Status | House Sponsors | Senate Sponsors | County | Amount Requested | Senate Initiative | House Initiative | Other Funding | Total Funding |
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| Interfaith Works Women’s Center at Crabb’s Branch Shelter | Introduced | Montgomery | $500,000 | $150,000 | $200,000 | $350,000 | |||
| Johnson's Local Park | Introduced | Montgomery | $500,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | ||||
| Leisure World of Maryland - Healthy Community Initiative | Introduced | Montgomery | $250,000 | $250,000 | $250,000 | ||||
| Montgomery Hospice and Prince George's Hospice's Inpatient Casey House | Introduced | Montgomery | $330,268 | $50,000 | $50,000 |
- Tenure
- First elected to the Maryland Senate in 2018. Member of the Senate since January 9, 2019. Member of the Maryland House of Delegates 2007-2019.
- Current Assignments
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- 2024 Deputy Majority Whip
- 2019 Finance Committee
- 2024 Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Unemployment Insurance Oversight
- 2019 Joint Committee on Protocol
- 2021 Chair, Senate Select Committee No. 6 - Montgomery County Delegation
- 2023 Maryland Veterans Caucus
- 2023 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus
- 2024 Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus
- Past Senate Service
- Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, 2019-2023; Energy and Public Utilities Subcommittee of the Finance Committee, 2019-2023.
- Past House Service 2007-2019
- Economic Matters Committee, 2011-2019; Chair, Banking, Economic Development, Science, and Technology Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2015-2019; Property and Casualty Insurance of the Economic Matters Committee, 2015-2019; Consumer Protection and Commercial Law Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2011-2014; Business Regulation Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2011-2014; Judiciary Committee, 2007-2010; Family Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2007-2010; Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology, 2015-2019; Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services, 2011-2014; Task Force to Study State Alcohol Regulations, Enforcement, Safety, and Public Health, 2018-2019; Task Force to Study Economic Development and Apprenticeships, 2012-2014.
- Public Service
- Building Energy Transition Implementation Task Force, 2023-; Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council, 2023-; Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities and Sourcing Standards, 2021; Commission on Aging, 2019-; State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life, 2019-; Comptroller's Task Force on Electronic Smoking Devices (E-Facts), 2019-2020; Maryland Economic Development Commission, 2015-2019.
- Awards
- Visionary Award, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, 2010; Legislator of the Year, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, 2016.
- Biographical Information
- Born, Wheaton, Maryland, March 5, 1957; Montgomery County Public Schools; John F. Kennedy High School; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., Law Enforcement, 1979; Small Business Owner and Operator; Married.
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