Delegate Edith J. Patterson
- District
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- County
- Charles
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Ways and Means Committee
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Ways and Means Committee
- Annapolis Info
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429 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3247
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3247
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429 Lowe House Office Building
- Interim Info
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429 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 - Phone 410-841-3247
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429 Lowe House Office Building
- Contact
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Edith.Patterson@house.maryland.gov
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Title | Sponsorship Type | Sponsorship Type Sort | Chamber Sort | Current Status | Org Committees & Hearings | Opp Committees & Hearings |
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| HB0060 (SB0421) | Sickle Cell Disease - Institutions of Higher Education - Policies, Procedures, and Educational Campaigns | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Favorable Report by Appropriations |
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| HB0102 (SB0263) | Education - Dependent Children of Active Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0178 | Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease - Specialized Clinics and Scholarship Program for Medical Residents | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0458 | General Provisions - Commemorative Months - Water Safety Month | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB0474 (SB0698) | Vehicle Laws - Dangerous Accumulations of Snow and Ice - Removal From Exposed Vehicle Surfaces (Clear Before You Drive Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0478 (SB0262) | Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Classroom Supplies Purchased by Teachers - Alteration | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0479 (SB0529) | Southern Maryland Early College Teacher Pathway Program and Program Workgroup - Establishment | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) |
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| HB0623 (SB0709) | Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0720 (SB0007) | Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB0721 (SB0243) | Uniformed Services Spouses Act | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB0005 (SB0372) | Community Development - Maryland New Markets Development Program - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) and Hearing canceled (Ways and Means) |
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| HB0028 (SB0383) | Higher Education - Private Career Schools - Advertising | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Favorable Report by Appropriations |
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| HB0064 (SB0170) | Task Force on Education Funding and Student Population Growth | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0163 (SB0079) | County Boards of Education - Student Technology Use Policy - Requirements | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0200 | Sale of Residential Real Property - Required Flood Risk Disclosure | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0382 (SB0571) | Commercial Law - Broadband Access - Low-Income Consumer Programs (Maryland Broadband Opportunity and Fairness Act) | 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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| HB0393 (SB0272) | Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/05 at 1:45 p.m. |
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| HB0396 (SB0402) | Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. |
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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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| HB0439 (SB0665) | Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Maryland Advisory Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Renaming | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0442 (SB0293) | Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, and Nurse Midwives - Disclosure | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0444 (SB0245) | Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Prohibition | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
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| HB0461 (SB0300) | Economic Development - Rural Readiness Program and Rural Maryland Capacity Building Fund - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0480 | Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 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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| HB0530 | Task Force on Proactive Review of Audio and Video Recordings on Special Education Buses | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0531 | Public Schools STEM and Robotics Program Task Force - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0552 | Independent Investigation of the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0587 | Procurement - Department of Transportation and Maryland Transportation Authority Contracts - Board of Public Works Contract Authority | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0614 (SB0381) | Education - School Building Energy Usage - Monthly Report | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Reassigned to Appropriations |
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| HB0699 | Maryland Use of Force Statute - Failure to Prevent Excessive Force or Render First Aid - Misdemeanor | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0722 | Child Sexual Abuse Claims - Doctrine of Charitable Immunity - Abrogation | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0825 | Brain Health - Guidelines, Grant Fund, and Commemorative Month (Tahjai's Law) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections and Appropriations |
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| HB0829 (SB0473) | Public Utilities - For-Hire Drivers and Transportation Network Operators - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Training and Liability | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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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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| HB0835 | Criminal Procedure - No-Knock Search Warrants | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0853 | Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0884 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore - Land-Grant Institution - Funding (Land-Grant Equity and Accountability Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB0901 | Education - Public School Students - Recognition of External Diagnosis of Autism | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Ways and Means |
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| HB0902 (SB0382) | Retire in Maryland Tax Relief Act | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0905 (SB0547) | Recipients of State and Local Government Funding - Reporting (Buy Maryland Reporting Requirements) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0916 (SB0674) | Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Reassigned to Environment and Transportation and Appropriations |
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| HB0924 | Child Exploitation Material - Civil and Criminal Actions (Safe Kids Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/04 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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| HB0960 | Economic Development - Federal Employee-to-Entrepreneur Program - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) |
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| HB0971 | Maryland Medical Advisory Committee - Duties and Workgroup to Study the Adoption of a Fee-for-Service Model for All Medicaid Services | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HB0980 | Family Law and State Government - Child Protection and the Office of the Child Welfare Ombudsman (Kanaiyah's Law) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0995 | Health Occupations - Behavioral Health Care Providers - Use of Artificial Intelligence | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1014 (SB0707) | Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HJ0003 | Elementary and Secondary Education - Curriculum - Importance of Diversity | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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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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| HB0637 (SB0385) | Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0894 (SB0389) | Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) |
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| HB0895 (SB0387) | Food Retailers - Dynamic Pricing, Surveillance Data, and Collective Bargaining Agreements (Protection From Predatory Pricing Act) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0897 (SB0386) | Electricity Transmission and Distribution, Energy Storage, and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund (Lower Bills and Local Power Act of 2026) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation |
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| HB0898 (SB0388) | Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) |
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- Tenure
- First elected to the House of Delegates in 2014. Member of the House since 2015.
- Current Assignments
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- 2015 Ways and Means Committee
- 2026 Chair, Gaming Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee
- 2016 Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness
- 2016 Charles County House Delegation(Chair, 2021-2022)
- 2015 Women Legislators of Maryland (Executive Board Member, 2019-2020; Treasurer 2020-2021, 2nd Vice-President 2021-2022; President-elect, 2022-2023; President 2023-2024)
- 2015 Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (1st Vice-Chair, 2018-20)
- 2015 Maryland Veterans Caucus
- 2022 Chair, Southern Maryland House Delegation
- Past House Service
- Education Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2023-2025, 2015-2020; Chair, Racing and Gaming Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2020-2025; Local Revenues Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2023, 2017-2020; Early Childhood Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2020; Revenues Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2019-2020; Finance Resources Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2015-2017; Election Law Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2017-2019; House Chair, Joint Committee on Protocol, 2019-2020.
- Public Service
- Task Force on Reconciliation and Equity, Morgan State University, 2018-; Juvenile Services Education Programs Work Group, 2018-2020; Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland (3rd Vice-Chair, 2017, 2nd Vice-Chair, 1st Vice Chair, 2018), 2015-; Task Force to Investigate the Challenges of and Opportunities for Minorities in Business, 2016-2018; Task Force to Combat Habitual Student Truancy, 2016-2018; Rural Maryland Council - representing Southern Maryland, 2015-; Congressional Black Caucus Education Braintrust - (Congressman Major R. Owens); Maryland Higher Education Commission, 2012-2016; Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding, 2010; Charles County Commission for Women; Charles County United Negro College Fund Drive, Chair; University of Maryland College Park Talent Search Advisory Board; Charles County Housing Commission; Children's Aid Society.
- Memberships
- Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (2nd Vice-Chair, 2016-18), 2015-; American Association of University Women; American Association for Counseling & Development; Maryland Association of Boards of Education; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc; Charles County Children's Aid Society; Charles County NAACP Branch #7016; Links Inc. - Southern Maryland Chain Chapter (President 2004-2008); National Association of School Board Members; Waldorf Kiwanis Club.
- Awards
- Maryland's Top 100 Women, The Daily Record, 2021, 2019, 2017; Public Service Excellence Award, American Legion, 2018; Education Leadership Award, Maryland Chapter, NAACP, 2013; John Thomas Parran Leadership Award, Charles County Democratic Central Committee, 2012; Service Award, Charles County NAACP, 2011; Service Award, Southern MD Tri-County Council, 2011; Charles County Commission for Women Pioneer Award, 2010; "Outstanding Citizen Award", Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 2009; "Women Opening the Pipeline", Congressional Award, 2007; Congressional Award for "Technology Advocacy", 2004.
- Biographical Information
- Born, Doswell, Virginia, November 18, 1945; John M. Gandy High School, 1964; Virginia Union University, B.S., Biology/Chemistry 1968; Bowie State College, M.Ed., Guidance & Counseling 1973; George Washington University; Ed.D, Higher Education Administration 1991; Charles County Board of Commissioners 2005-2010; College of Southern Maryland, Director, Educational Talent Search 1991-2012; Charles County Community College, Counselor 1974-1991; Widow; three children, two grandchildren.
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