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Delegate Lorig Charkoudian

District

County

Montgomery

Committee Assignment(s)

Economic Matters Committee

Annapolis Info

220 Lowe 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

Interim Info

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

Phone 410-841-3423
Fax 410-841-3777

Contact

lorig.charkoudian@house.state.md.us

Party

Democrat

Legislation	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0009 Title Public Safety - Food System Resiliency Council - Definitions and Reports Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0032 Title Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board and Community Forensic Aftercare Program - Established Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0056 Title Procurement - State Department of Education - Control Authority - Local Food Purchasing Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0061 Title Public School Construction and Renovation - Solar Canopies for School Parking Lots - Underground Infrastructure Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0121 Title Electric Companies - Regional Transmission Organizations - Report (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act) Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0183 Title Income Tax - Resident Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0257 Title Natural Resources - Food Forests and Foraging Program - Establishment Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0268 Title Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0015 Title Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act) Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0023 Title Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0069 Title Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0113 Title Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0167 Title Vehicle Excise Tax - Rate Increase Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0190 Title Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0211 Title State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants and Postdoctoral Associates Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0277 Title Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2

Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)	Title	Sponsorship Type	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort	Current Status	Org Committees & Hearings
HB0009	Public Safety - Food System Resiliency Council - Definitions and Reports	Primary	1	2	In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation	Environment and Transportation
HB0032	Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board and Community Forensic Aftercare Program - Established	Primary	1	2	In the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations	Health and Government Operations
HB0056	Procurement - State Department of Education - Control Authority - Local Food Purchasing	Primary	1	2	In the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations	Health and Government Operations
HB0061	Public School Construction and Renovation - Solar Canopies for School Parking Lots - Underground Infrastructure	Primary	1	2	In the House - First Reading Appropriations	Appropriations
HB0121	Electric Companies - Regional Transmission Organizations - Report (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act)	Primary	1	2	In the House - First Reading Economic Matters	Economic Matters
HB0183	Income Tax - Resident	Primary	1	2	In the House - First Reading Ways and Means	Ways and Means
HB0257	Natural Resources - Food Forests and Foraging Program - Establishment	Primary	1	2	In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation	Environment and Transportation
HB0268	Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies	Primary	1	2	In the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations	Health and Government Operations
HB0015	Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act)	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Economic Matters	Economic Matters
HB0023	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 - First Reading Ways and Means	Ways and Means
HB0069	Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters	Environment and Transportation Economic Matters
HB0113	Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Judiciary	Judiciary
HB0167	Vehicle Excise Tax - Rate Increase	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Ways and Means	Ways and Means
HB0190	Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Judiciary	Judiciary
HB0211	State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants and Postdoctoral Associates	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Appropriations	Appropriations
HB0277	Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement	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: First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2018. Member of the House since January 9, 2019.

Current Assignments

2019 Economic Matters Committee

2021 Chair, Unemployment Insurance Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee

2019 Publilc Utilities Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Subcommittee

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: Workers' Compensation Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2019-2022.

Public Service: Southern States Energy Board, 2023-; Maryland Food System Resilience Council, 2021-; Low-Income Utility Assistance Workgroup, 2021-.

Memberships: Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-.

Awards: 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.