Senator Clarence K. Lam
- District
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- County
- Anne Arundel and Howard
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Finance Committee
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Finance Committee
- Annapolis Info
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420 Miller Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3653
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3653
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420 Miller Senate Office Building
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420 Miller Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 - Phone 410-841-3653
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420 Miller Senate Office Building
- Contact
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clarence.lam@senate.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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| SB0031 (HB0337) | School Construction and Housing – School Zones and Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0039 | Behavioral Health - Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics and Outpatient Mental Health Centers - Reimbursement Rates | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0054 (HB0452) | State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Grounds for Disciplinary Action - Restrictions | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0169 (HB0372) | Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| SB0326 (HB0377) | Physician Assistants - Parity With Other Health Care Practitioners (Physician Assistant Parity Act of 2026) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0416 (HB0737) | Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0417 (HB0045) | Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0489 | Health Occupations - Physicians Trained in International Medical Schools | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0490 (HB0808) | Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Step Therapy, Fail-First Protocols, and Prior Authorization - Prescription Drugs to Treat Serious Mental Illness | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0504 (HB0711) | Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0505 (HB0639) | Transportation - Aviation - Passenger Health and Safety (Aviation Health and Safety Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0626 (HB1589) | Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) |
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| SB0627 (HB0770) | Korean American Day | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0791 (HB1575) | Correctional Services and Public Safety – Immigration Enforcement – Prohibitions (Community Trust Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0792 | Hospitals - Immigration Enforcement Action - Policy Requirement | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0793 (HB1410) | Income Tax - Credit for Paid Organ Donation Leave | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0794 | Health Insurance - Special Enrollment Period for Pregnancy - Coverage Effective Date | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0795 (HB1603) | Health Insurance - Vision Benefits - Regulation of Insurers and Vision Benefit Managers | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0796 (HB1124) | Commercial Law - Consumer Protections - Health Care Financing | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0797 (HB1153) | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Claims for Reimbursement - Downcoding | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0798 (HB1264) | Public Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Tobacco Cessation | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) |
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| SB0887 (HB1108) | Labor and Employment - Greenhouse Workers - Collective Bargaining and Heat Protection | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0888 | Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Reassigned to Senate Rules |
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| SB0889 | Consumer Protection and Labor and Employment - Electronic Shelving Labels and Surveillance-Based Price and Wage Setting - Prohibitions | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0001 (HB0155) | Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Judiciary |
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| SB0006 (HB0106) | State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Nontenure Track Faculty | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0076 (HB0727) | Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class C (Veterans' Organization) Licenses - Membership | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
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| SB0084 (HB0141) | State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m. |
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| SB0106 (HB0183) | Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Repeal | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m. |
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| SB0109 (HB0606) | Anne Arundel County - Residential Property Tax Payment Deferrals - Eligibility | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Ways and Means |
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| SB0233 (HB0892) | Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Requirements for Sale or Transfer or Government Acquisition | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters and Health |
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| SB0335 (HB0315) | Human Relations – Discrimination in Housing – Income–Based Housing Subsidies | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0341 (HB0345) | Public Utilities – Solar Energy Generating Systems and Solar Renewable Energy Credits (Affordable Solar Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0563 (HB0615) | Health Facilities - Confidentiality of Medical Records - Crisis Pregnancy Clinics | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0616 (HB1220) | Business Regulation - Data Broker Registry | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0663 (HB1414) | Nursing Homes - Direct Care Wages and Benefits and Cost Reports | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0764 (HB1205) | Education – Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m. |
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| SB0837 (HB1440) | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage and Utilization Review - Drugs Reviewed by the Prescription Drug Affordability Board | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0901 (HB1027) | Election Law - Telephone Voting System - Requirements | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0962 | January 6th Insurrectionists - Prohibition on Service in Certain Government Roles | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules |
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| SB0988 (HB0309) | Judicial Facilities - Stops, Detentions, and Arrests - Limitations | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules |
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| SJ0004 (HJ0007) | Anti-Nuclear Proliferation Resolution | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0385 (HB0637) | 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 Senate - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0386 (HB0897) | 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 Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0387 (HB0895) | Food Retailers - Dynamic Pricing, Surveillance Data, and Collective Bargaining Agreements (Protection From Predatory Pricing Act) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| SB0388 (HB0898) | Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) |
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| SB0389 (HB0894) | Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) |
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| SB0790 (HB1109) | Public Health Reform Act | By Request - Committee | 4 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) |
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- Tenure
- First elected to the Maryland Senate in 2018. Member of the Senate since January 9, 2019. Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2015-2019.
- Current Assignments
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- 2023 Finance Committee
- 2020 Senate Chair, Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee
- 2019 Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight (Senate Chair, 2024)
- 2019 Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness
- 2019 Chair, Senate Select Committee No. 5, Howard County Delegation
- 2023 Secretary, Maryland Legislative Asian-American and Pacific Islander Caucus (member, 2019; 2nd Vice-Chair, 2019; 1st Vice-Chair, 2019-2021; Chair, 2021-2022)
- Past Senate Service
- Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2019-2023; Chair, Environment Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2020-2023; Alcohol Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2019-2020; Health Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (Co-Chair, 2019), 2019-2023; Executive Nominations Committee (Chair, 2025; Vice Chair-2023-2024), 2019-2026; Joint Covid-19 Response Workgroup, 2020; Senate Vaccine Oversight Workgroup, 2021-2022.
- Past House Service 2015-2019
- Appropriations Committee, 2017-2019; Health and Social Services Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, 2017-2019; Oversight Committee on Pensions of the Appropriations Committee, 2017-2019; Environment and Transportation Committee, 2015-2017; Environment Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee, 2015-2017; Motor Vehicles and Transportation Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee, 2015-2017; Land Use and Ethics Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee, 2016-2017.
- Public Service
- Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission, 2026-; Workgroup to Study Issuance of Alcoholic Beverage Licenses to Tobacconists, 2024-; Rare Disease Advisory Council, 2023-; Maryland State Council on Cancer Control, 2020-; Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers, 2019-; Commission to Study the Health Care Workforce Crisis in Maryland, 2022-2023; Comptroller's Task Force on Electronic Smoking Devices (E-Facts), 2019-2020; Standing Advisory Committee on Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Programs, 2016-2019; Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council, 2015-2019; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2015-2019.
- Biographical Information
- Born, Allentown, Pennsylvania; Emmaus High School, Emmaus, Pennsylvania; Case Western Reserve University, B.A., Political Science-Honors, Biology (Phi Beta Kappa), 2003; University of Maryland, School of Medicine, M.D. 2008; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, M.P.H., 2011; Legislative Assistant to Delegate Dan Morhaim, M.D. , Baltimore County, 2009-2013; Preventive Medicine Physician, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2009-present; Program Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2014-present.
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