Members - Senator Shelly Hettleman

Senator Shelly Hettleman

District

County

Baltimore

Committee Assignment(s)

Rules Committee (Chair)
Budget and Taxation Committee

Annapolis Info

203 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone 410-841-3131
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3131

Interim Info

203 James Senate Office Bldg.
11 Bladen St.
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone 410-841-3131

Contact

shelly.hettleman@senate.state.md.us
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Party

Democrat

Legislation	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0083 Title Public Health - Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0154 (HB0103) Title Access to Counsel in Evictions – Task Force Termination and Special Fund Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0167 Title Courts - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0181 (HB0190) Title Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0001 Title Legally Protected Health Care - Reproductive, Fertility Preservation, and Contraceptive Treatment and Services (IVF and Contraception Shield Act of 2025) Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0034 Title Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Overhead Transmission Lines - Conservation Easements Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0189 Title Eminent Domain – Agricultural and Conservation Easements – Prohibited Taking Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2

Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)	Title	Sponsorship Type	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort	Current Status	Org Committees & Hearings
SB0083	Public Health - Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Finance	Finance
SB0154 (HB0103)	Access to Counsel in Evictions – Task Force Termination and Special Fund	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings	Budget and Taxation Judicial Proceedings
SB0167	Courts - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings	Judicial Proceedings
SB0181 (HB0190)	Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings	Judicial Proceedings
SB0001	Legally Protected Health Care - Reproductive, Fertility Preservation, and Contraceptive Treatment and Services (IVF and Contraception Shield Act of 2025)	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the Senate - First Reading Finance	Finance
SB0034	Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Overhead Transmission Lines - Conservation Easements	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0189	Eminent Domain – Agricultural and Conservation Easements – Prohibited Taking	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Education, Energy, and the Environment	Judicial Proceedings Education, Energy, and the Environment

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 Maryland Senate since February 3, 2020. Member of the Maryland House of Delegates 2015-2020.

Current Assignments

2023 Chair, Rules Committee (Vice Chair 2021-2023)

2023 Budget and Taxation Committee

2023 Health and Human Services Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee

2023 Pensions Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee

2023 Joint Committee on Pensions

2023 Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee

2020 Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families

2020 Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area

2015 Women Legislators of Maryland (Legislative Chair, 2018-19; Executive Board, 2019-20)

2015 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus

2024 Chair, Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus

Past House Service 2015-2020: Appropriations Committee, 2015-2020; Vice Chair, Education and Economic Development Committee of the Appropriations Committee, 2019-2020; Oversight Committee on Personnel of the Appropriations Committee, 2000-2020; Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, 2020; Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee (House Chair, 2019-2020), 2015-2020; Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness, 2015-2020; House Study Group on Economic Stability, 2019-2020.

Public Service: Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Workgroup, 2024-; Task Force on Preventing and Countering Elder Abuse, 2023-; Task Force to Study Nonpublic Student Bus Transportation, 2023-; Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee, 2020-; Board of Directors, Maryland Corps Program, 2016-2020; Commission on the Future of the Pikesville Armory, 2017-2019; Commission to Review Maryland's Use of Assessments and Testing in Public Schools, 2015-2016; Board of Directors, Baltimore Jewish Council, 2012-2015; Board of Directors, (2010-2016, Executive Committee), Chizuk Amuno Congregation, 2006-2016; 2006-2012 (2008-2010, President) Parents' Association Board, The Park School; Board of Trustees, The Park School, 2008-2010.

Awards: Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, Annual Legislative Award, 2017; Maryland Association of Youth Service Bureaus, Cornerstone Award, 2017.

Biographical Information: Born in Houston, Texas, August 26, 1964; Pikesville Senior High School, 1982; Northwestern University, B.A., Political Science, 1986; Legislative Assistant, U.S. congressman Ben Cardin, 1987-1990; Director of Government Relations, Baltimore Jewish Council, 1990-1992; Director of Public Policy, Parent Action, 1992-1995; Program Director, CHANA, Counseling, Helpline & Aid Network for Abused Women, 1995-2000; Baltimore Community Coordinator, Jewish Women's Archives, 2003-2005; Senior Planner, The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, 2005-2007; Campaign Manager, Cardin for Senate, 2007-2013; Married; two children.