Members - Delegate Catherine M. Forbes

Delegate Catherine M. Forbes

District

43B

County

Baltimore

Committee Assignment(s)

Appropriations Committee

Annapolis Info

304 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone 410-841-3487
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3487

Interim Info

304 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone 410-841-3487

Contact

catherine.forbes@house.state.md.us
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Party

Democrat

Legislation	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0261 (SB0110) Title Estates and Trusts - Priority of Claims on an Estate - Unpaid Child Support Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0001 (SB0007) Title Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2

Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)	Title	Sponsorship Type	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort	Current Status	Org Committees & Hearings	Opp Committees & Hearings
HB0261 (SB0110)	Estates and Trusts - Priority of Claims on an Estate - Unpaid Child Support	Primary	1	2	In the House - First Reading Judiciary	Judiciary
HB0001 (SB0007)	Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act)	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation	Environment and Transportation

Denotes enacted legislation

Legislative Bond Initiatives

Project Name	Status	House Sponsors	Senate Sponsors	County	Amount Requested	Senate Initiative	House Initiative	Other Funding	Total Funding

Tenure: Member of the House of Delegates since October 29, 2019, representing District 42A. First elected to the House in 2022, representing District 43B.

Current Assignments

2020 Appropriations Committee

2023 Chair, Pensions Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee

2023 Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee

2020 Education and Economic Development Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee

2023 House Chair, Joint Committee on Pensions

2019 Women Legislators of Maryland

2021 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus

Past House Service: Oversight Committee on Personnel of the Appropriations Committee, 2021-2022.

Public Service: State Senator Jim Brochin's Scholarship Committee, 2003-2010; Volunteer, Baltimore County Public Schools, 2000-2016; Board of Directors, Children's Playhouse of Maryland, 2015-; Founding Member, Towson Families United, 2008-.

Memberships: Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-; League of Women Voters; Sierra Club; Central Baltimore County Democratic Club.

Awards: Lifetime Membership Award, Maryland PTA, 2012; Outstanding Volunteer Award, Rodgers Forge Elementary School, 2009.

Biographical Information: Born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 15, 1965; Charles F. Brush High School, Lyndhurst, Ohio; Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, B.A., English, Art History, 1987; Director, Information Services, Henry J. Kaufman & Associates, 1987-1988; Marketing Associate, TCOM Systems, Inc., 1989-1990; Senior Line Designer/Researcher, Barton Cotton, 1990-1994; Volunteer, Baltimore Public Schools, 2000-20016; Campaign Manager, Mike Ertel for Baltimore County Council, 2009-2010; Mediation Coordinator, Orphans Court, Baltimore County, 2014-2019; Married; two children.