Delegate Catherine M. Forbes
- District
- 43B
- County
- Baltimore
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Appropriations Committee
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Appropriations Committee
- Annapolis Info
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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
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304 Lowe House Office Building
- Interim Info
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304 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 - Phone 410-841-3487
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304 Lowe House Office Building
- Contact
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catherine.forbes@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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| HB0388 (SB0253) | Baltimore County Public Library - Collective Bargaining - Supervisory Employees | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB0789 (SB0491) | Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Military Service Credit Eligibility | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB0851 (SB0731) | Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council - Legal Status | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0930 | Income Tax – Decoupling From Federal Changes – Education Expenses | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0943 (SB0592) | State Board of Education - Financial Literacy - Graduation Requirement | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1005 | Child Abuse and Neglect - Reporting (Survivor Reporting Reform Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1138 (SB0724) | State Retirement and Pension System – Cost–of–Living Adjustments – Clarification | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB1140 | Baltimore County Board of Education - Membership - Alterations | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Ways and Means |
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| HB0001 (SB0002) | Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Cost Recovery - Limitations | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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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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| HB0217 (SB0229) | General Provisions - Commemorative Month - Maryland Native Plant Month | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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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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| HB0340 (SB0238) | School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 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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| HB0387 (SB0041) | Commissioned Public Art - Artist Rights and Registration of Art | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 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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| HB0444 (SB0245) | Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Prohibition | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Returned Passed |
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| HB0450 (SB0294) | Criminal Procedure - Protection of Identity of Victim of Sexual Assault or Stalking | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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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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| HB0488 | Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules |
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| HB0507 (SB0305) | Qualifying Nonprofit Organizations - Incarcerated Individual Training and Reentry Grant Fund - Extension | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/10 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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| HB0564 | Business Regulation - Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m. |
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| HB0586 (SB0535) | County Boards of Library Trustees - Membership - Student Member | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/25 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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| HB0628 | Human Services - Universal Basic Income for Transition-Age Youth Program - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB0659 | State Board of Education - Membership - Early Childhood Development Professional | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
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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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| HB0738 (SB0651) | Real Property - Transfer-on-Death Deed - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0772 | Workgroup on Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0877 (SB0628) | Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Institutional Debt - Report | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0926 | Income Tax – Individual Itemized Deductions – Alterations | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/26 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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| HB1257 | Baltimore County Board of Education - Financial Reporting Requirements | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Ways and Means |
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| HB1295 (SB0909) | Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/05 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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| HB1309 (SB0752) | Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Judiciary |
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| HB1341 (SB0810) | Public Schools - School Security Personnel - Immigration Investigation and Enforcement | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Judiciary and Ways and Means |
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| HB1389 (SB0907) | Public Health - Female Genital Mutilation | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Judiciary |
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| HB1445 (SB0742) | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Developmental Disabilities Administration - Home- and Community-Based Services Eligibility Determinations (Maryland Protecting People With Disabilities Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HB1574 | Child Care Providers - Licensing and Registration Alterations and Workgroup to Study Illegally Provided Child Care | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Ways and Means |
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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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| 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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| 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 - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0399 (SB0338) | State Retirement and Pension System - Transfers Between Systems - Workgroup - Extension | By Request - Other | 6 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0678 (SB0337) | Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications | By Request - Other | 6 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB1139 (SB0734) | State Retirement and Pension System - Eligible Governmental Units | By Request - Other | 6 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| Legislative Bond Initiatives |
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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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| Loch Raven High School Electronic Sign | Introduced | Baltimore | $165,000 | $0 | |||||
| Prospect Hill Cemetery of Towson | Introduced | Baltimore | $300,000 | $0 |
- 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
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- 2020 Appropriations Committee
- 2023 Chair, Oversight Committee on Pensions 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, 2000-2016; Campaign Manager, Mike Ertel for Baltimore County Council, 2009-2010; Mediation Coordinator, Orphans Court, Baltimore County, 2014-2019; Married; two children.
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