| Annapolis Address: | 303 James Senate Office Building 11 Bladen Street Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 410-841-3745 | 301-858-3745 | Toll-free in MD: 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3745 Fax: 301-858-3387 |
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Interim Address: | 303 James Senate Office Building 11 Bladen Street Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 301-858-3745 Fax: 301-858-3387 |
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Contact: | Contact Online or send email to: victor.ramirez@senate.state.md.us |
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Tenure: | First elected to the Senate in 2010. Member of the Senate since 2011. |
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Current Assignments: | 2015- Judicial Proceedings Committee 2017- Executive Nominations Committee 2015- Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR) 2015- Joint Committee on Federal Relations 2015- Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness 2015- Co-Chair, Legislative Committee, Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus 2005- Maryland Veterans Caucus |
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Party Affiliation: | Democrat |
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Past Senate Service |
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| 2013-2014 | Finance Committee |
| 2013-2014 | Health Subcommittee of the Finance Committee |
| 2015-2017 | Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics |
| 2015 | Senate Chair, Workgroup on Death with Dignity |
| 2013-2014 | Task Force to Study Applicability of the Maryland Prevailing Wage Law |
| 2012-2014 | Senate Special Committee on Ethics Reform |
| 2012-2014 | Task Force to Study Economic Development and Apprenticeships |
| 2011-2014 | Joint Committee on Welfare Reform |
| 2011-2012 | Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| 2015-2016 | Public Safety and Policing Workgroup |
| 2011-2012 | Standing Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting |
| 2012-2014 | Task Force to Study the Laws and Policies Relating to Representation of Indigent Criminal Defendants by the Office of the Public Defender |
Public Service |
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| 2017- | Prince George's County Pretrial Release, Work Release, and Diversion Programs Task Force |
| 2016- | Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission |
| 2016-2017 | Task Force to Study Restraint, Searches and Needs of Children in the Juvenile Justice System |
| 2007-2011 | Chair, Law Enforcement and State-Appointed Boards Committee, Prince George's County Delegation |
| 2007-2011 | State Advisory Council on Administrative Hearings |
| 2007-2008 | Truancy Court Workgroup |
| 2005-2006 | Commission to Study Local Maintenance of Effort [for Education Funding] |
| 2003-2006 | Vice Chair, Law Enforcement and State-Appointed Boards Committee, Prince George's County Delegation |
| 2004- | Co-Chair, Maryland Democratic Hispanic Caucus |
| 2004 | Steering Committee, Bi-County Task Force on Gang Activity |
| 2003-2004 | Task Force to Study Driver Licensing Documentation |
| 2002 | Metro Center Campus Advisory Council, Prince George's Community College |
Biographical Information |
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| Born, San Salvador, El Salvador, July 20, 1974 |
| Northwestern High School, Prince George's County |
| Frostburg State University, B.A., International Business/Spanish (Senatorial Scholarship all four years of undergraduate study), 1996 |
| St. Thomas University School of Law, Miami Florida, J.D., 2001 |
| Teacher, English for non-English speaking adults, 2001-02 |
| Attorney, Law Offices of Victor R. Ramirez, 2002- |
| Coach, Lewisdale Boys and Girls Club Youth Soccer |
| Parishioner, St. James Catholic Church, Mount Rainier |
| Married; one child |