A legislative ethics panel called for Henson to apologize to House Speaker Adrienne Jones and a slew of other lawmakers and asked that she never be assigned to the House Appropriations Committee again.
‘I can’t wait to talk to all the librarians and the parents and the advocates who worked with me the last 12 months,’ says exultant sponsor of Freedom to Read Act.
Elfreth is the primary sponsor of 14 bills this legislative session, focusing on wildlife, domestic violence and funding the state’s trauma system, among other issues.
The legislation, part of House Speaker Adrienne Jones’ ‘decency agenda,’ proposes to protect library resources and staff.
Republicans resigned two years ago, and they’re not coming back any time soon. The caucus has released a lengthy, progressive agenda.
The decency agenda comprises of five bills that include the Freedom to Read Act sponsored by Del. Dana Jones (D-Anne Arundel).
A new state disaster recovery fund has no funding set aside for it.
Democratic women outnumber Republican women in the legislature, 72-8: ‘There may be no more branches left on the olive tree.’
Sponsors of the bills it’s not about ousting a single person. The changes working their way through the General Assembly, however, undo what had come to be known colloquially as the “Linda Lamone for Life Act.”
Ethical concerns arose from Henson’s legal work on behalf of a church-affiliated nonprofit that has recently received state funding.