| 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 |