Updates from Shelly

Dear Friends, This is an extremely busy time in Annapolis. As I write this, I have an afternoon of 5 bill hearings in 3 different committees. The topics range from teacher vetting, expanding opportunities for STEM teachers, enabling police officers to enforce traffic...

Dear Friends, At this point in the legislative session, we are in the thick of bill and budget hearings. I serve on the Health and Human Services subcommittee of the Budget and Tax Committee (B&T) and a few times a week, cabinet secretaries from state agencies...

Dear Friends, Since I last wrote, a new Congress has been sworn into office. Senator Ben Cardin, Reps. John Sarbanes, and Dutch Ruppersberger, all of whom represented me at some point in time, have left Congress. Each was a long-time public servant who dedicated his...

Dear Friends, It has been a very busy 90-day legislative session and I’m very proud of our achievements in this first year of our four-year cycle. We welcomed a brand-new Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Comptroller, and I was sworn into my first...

Dear Friends, We recently passed the halfway mark for the 90 day legislative session and we are in the thick of committee work. Floor sessions are becoming longer as more bills are reported out of committee for our consideration, but we've been warned that many worthy...

Dear Friends, We began this week with another well-attended Shelly@thedeli in Owings Mills, co-hosted with Delegate Cheryl Pasteur and had a great Q&A about all-things-Annapolis. We thought this week would provide a bit of a respite, after last week's whirlwind...

When I describe the pace of the 90 day session, I divide it into thirds: the first part is spent getting bills drafted and ironing out initial kinks; the second third is focused on hearings and trying to find consensus; and the final third is focused on keeping bills...

Dear Friends, On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal holiday, let us commit ourselves to remembering the words and deeds of this great leader who worked tirelessly to bridge breaches between communities. Dr. King saw the connectedness of humanity and sought, in a...

Dear Friends, There are only 7 days left in the 2022 legislative session. We have made significant strides passing the 2023 operating budget and a host of important bills, some of which I describe below. The fate of many of my bills hangs in the balance, but I'm...