Delegate Lorig Charkoudian
- District
- 20
- County
- Montgomery
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Economic Matters Committee (Vice Chair)
Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
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Economic Matters Committee (Vice Chair)
- Annapolis Info
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231 Taylor House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone: 410-841-3423
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3423
Fax 410-841-3777
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231 Taylor House Office Building
- Interim Info
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231 Taylor House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3423
Fax 410-841-3777
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231 Taylor House Office Building
- Contact
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lorig.charkoudian@house.maryland.gov
- Party
- Democrat
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Title | Sponsorship Type | Sponsorship Type Sort | Chamber Sort | Current Status | Org Committees & Hearings | Opp Committees & Hearings |
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| HB0040 (SB0201) | Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0072 (SB0667) | Natural Resources - Edible Forests and Foraging Program - Establishment | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0085 (SB0511) | Corporations and Associations - Cooperative Limited Equity Housing Corporations - Establishment | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0143 (SB0092) | Electric Company Contracts, Capacity Market Models, and Regional Transmission Organizations - Studies | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0149 (SB0513) | Fire Prevention - Assistant Fire Marshals, Residential Rental High-Rise Property Fire Safety Equipment, and Fire Alarm System Technicians | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0188 (SB0003) | Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2026 | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:30 p.m. |
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| HB0220 (SB0130) | Environment - Water - Individual Unit Meters | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0332 (SB0346) | Civil Actions - Violation of Constitutional Rights (No Kings Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0345 (SB0341) | Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Systems and Solar Renewable Energy Credits (Affordable Solar Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0639 (SB0505) | Transportation - Aviation - Passenger Health and Safety (Aviation Health and Safety Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0658 (SB0412) | Maryland Department of Health - Community Forensic Aftercare Program - Established | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HB0711 (SB0504) | Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0940 (SB0596) | Large Load Customers - Electric System Interconnection and Demand Response Program | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0090 (SB0224) | Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0155 (SB0001) | Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0197 (SB0118) | Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0331 (SB0342) | Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) and Hearing canceled (Economic Matters) |
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| HB0334 | State Procurement - Constitutional Violations - Prohibited | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0381 | State Highway Administration - Urban Core and Urban Center Traffic Control Devices - No Turn on Red | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0386 (SB0281) | Metro Funding Modification Act of 2026 | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Reassigned to Appropriations and Environment and Transportation |
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| HB0410 (SB0546) | Public Health - Food and Milk Product Labeling - Requirements | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 3:00 p.m. |
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| HB0429 (SB0599) | On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0444 (SB0245) | Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Prohibition | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Returned Passed |
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| HB0465 (SB0295) | Civil Actions - Immunity - Disclosure of Allegations of Sexually Assaultive Behavior (Stop Silencing Survivors Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0473 | Education - Collective Bargaining - Certificated Employees - Class Size | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0476 (SB0474) | Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0484 | Corporate Income Tax - Addition Modification - Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0488 | Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules |
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| HB0517 | Emission Standards, Ambient Air Quality Standards, and Solid Waste Management - Local Authority | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0540 | Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Utility Rate Changes (Public Service Company Transparency Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0568 | Public Financing Act - State Senate and House of Delegates Candidates | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0572 (SB0432) | Attorney General Actions and Climate Crimes Accountability Fund (Climate Crimes Accountability Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0680 | Children's Cabinet Fund - Renaming and Funding for Grants to Local Management Boards | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB0704 (SB0586) | Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) and Hearing canceled (Ways and Means) |
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| HB0832 | Public Safety - State Law Enforcement Agencies - Hiring Restriction (ICE Breaker Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0928 | Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity - Transmission Lines - Applicability and Waivers | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0935 (SB0187) | Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0981 | Investor-Owned Public Service Companies - Base Rate Proceeding - Equity Market Return | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1022 (SB0686) | PFAS Chemicals - Product Phase Outs and Registration Requirements | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) |
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| HB1048 (SB0866) | Public Health - Chain Restaurants - Sodium and Added Sugars Warning Icons | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HB1198 | Civil Actions - Coerced Debt - Debtor Protections | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1205 (SB0764) | Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Ways and Means |
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| HB1253 | Gas Companies - Infrastructure Investments - Cost Recovery and Customer Notification (Break STRIDE Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1268 (SB0781) | Environmental Permits - Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1300 | Maryland Commission for Women - Alterations | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB1442 | Community Choice Aggregation Pilot Program - Definition, Application, and Workgroup - Modifications | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation |
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| HB1458 | State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Refugees and Asylees - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB1479 | Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Increase (Maryland Raise the Wage Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB1575 (SB0791) | Correctional Services and Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Prohibitions (Community Trust Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Judiciary |
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| HJ0007 (SJ0004) | Anti-Nuclear Proliferation Resolution (Back from the Brink Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| Project Name | Status | House Sponsors | Senate Sponsors | County | Amount Requested | Senate Initiative | House Initiative | Other Funding | Total Funding |
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| Emma's Torch - The Kitchen We Build Together | Introduced | Montgomery | $500,000 | $0 | |||||
| Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington - Silver Spring Office | Introduced | Montgomery | $100,000 | $0 | |||||
| Long Branch Main Street Neighborhood Retail Expansion | Introduced | Montgomery | $150,000 | $0 | |||||
| Montgomery County Pride Center Headquarters Development and Community Resource Hub | Introduced | Montgomery | $500,000 | $0 | |||||
| Takoma Park Metropolitan Branch Trail | Introduced | Montgomery | $500,000 | $0 |
- Tenure
- First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2018. Member of the House since January 9, 2019.
- Current Assignments
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- 2026 Vice Chair, Economic Matters Committee (Member 2019)
- 2026 House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
- 2025 House Chair Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight
- 2023 House Chair, Joint Committee on Unemployment Insurance Oversight (Member, 2021)
- 2023 Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR)
- 2023 Joint Electric Universal Service Program (EUSP) Workgroup
- 2019 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus
- 2019 Women Legislators of Maryland
- Past House Service
- Chair, Unemployment Insurance Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2021-2025; Workers' Compensation Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2019-2022; Public Utilities Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Subcommittee, 2019-2025.
- Public Service
- National Conference of State Legislatures, Energy Security Working Group, 2025-; National Conference of State Legislatures, Energy Supply Task Force, 2025-; Southern States Energy Board, 2023-; Maryland Food System Resilience Council, 2021-; Low-Income Utility Assistance Workgroup, 2021-.
- Memberships
- Co-Chair, Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus (Co-Chair, 2022; Member, 2019, 2025-.
- Awards
- LCV Changemakers-Climate Champion Award, 2023; WABA Public Leadership Award, 2023; Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church Caring Heart Award, 2023; National Conference of Environmental Legislators, Leon G. Billings Environmental Achievement Award, 2023; Maryland TESOL Ann Beausch Distinguished Services Award, 2023, 2022; Champion Our Cause Award from Rainbow Community Development Center, 2022; MCRC Consumer Advocate of the Year, 2022; Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition "Up and Coming" Legislator of the Year, 2019; Maryland DC Virginia Solar Industries Association Solar Champion, 2019; Community Leadership Award, Maryland NOW, 2017; Judge Robert M. Bell Award, MSBA Dispute Resolution Section, Maryland State Bar Association, 2017; Mary Parker Follett Award, Association for Conflict Resolution, 2016; Montgomery Serve, 2014; The Daily Record Maryland Top 100 Women, 2014, 2001, 1999; Takoma Foundation Azalea Award, 2012.
- Biographical Information
- Born, Boston, Massachusetts, February 14, 1973; Newton North High School, 1991; Pomona College, B.A. Mathematical Economics, 1995; The Johns Hopkins University, M.A., Economics, 1997; The Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D. Economics, 2001; Maryland Association of Community Mediation Centers, Chair, 1999-2002; Community Mediation Program at the Safe and Smart Center, Executive Director and Trainer, 1995-2002; University of Baltimore, Adjunct Professor, Legal and Ethical Studies Department, 2000-2007; Maryland Association of Community Mediation Centers, Director of Training and Research, 2002-2004; Community Mediation Maryland, Executive Director, 2004-present; Two children.
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