A bill seeking to make the abuse of patients by their therapists a crime has brought together an unlikely team of legislators and a young woman who could have never imagined herself so immersed in state legislation, coined “Lynette’s Law,” HB 60. Heather Lynette Sinclair, 27, turned to Maryland lawmakers in hope that she might be able to end an invisible chain of abuse within the mental health field.
Senate passes state’s first gas tax hike in 21 years in a bill that is expected to bring in $4.4 billion for transportation projects; despite enthusiastic opposition and multiple amendments, Gov. O’Malley’s gun control bill survives – even through an eight-hour joint committee session; blocking of mandatory abuse reporting would be misdemeanor under proposed legislation; bill to kill paper mill subsidies dies; measure to allow registration and voting on same day moves; city school rehabilitation bill set for approval; governor’s text messages mistakenly released to the press; former Del. Curran dies; Maryland adds 10,500 jobs in February as good news surfaces over expected sequester job cuts; and Arundel councilman wants residents to have right to carry Tasers.
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