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Delegate Jazz Lewis

Lewis, Jazz
District
24
County
Prince George's
Committee Assignment(s)
Appropriations Committee
Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
Annapolis Info
151 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone 410-841-3691 | 301-858-3691
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3691
Interim Info
1801 McCormick Dr.
Suite 400
Largo, MD 20774
Phone 410-841-3691 | 301-858-3691
Contact
jazz.lewis@house.state.md.us
Party
Democrat
District 24
Legislation Sponsorship Type Sort Chamber Sort
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0002 /CH0513
Title
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Union Dues
Sponsorship Type
Primary
1 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0012 /CH0512 (SB0151)
Title
Equitable and Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development Enhancement Act
Sponsorship Type
Primary
1 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0016 /CH0678
Title
Primary and Secondary Education – Title IX – Notice (Hear Our Voices Act)
Sponsorship Type
Primary
1 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0075
Title
Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Digital Bay Business Diversity Program - Establishment
Sponsorship Type
Primary
1 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0085 (SB0206)
Title
Education - Collective Bargaining - Certificated Employees - Class Size
Sponsorship Type
Primary
1 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0332 (SB0330/CH0743)
Title
Public Safety – Law Enforcement – Body–Worn Cameras (Body–Worn Camera Appropriation and Financing Act of 2023)
Sponsorship Type
Primary
1 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0341
Title
Transportation - Statewide Transportation Improvement Programs and Transportation Improvement Programs - Equity Impacts
Sponsorship Type
Primary
1 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0450 (SB0116)
Title
Property Tax – Municipal Corporation Business Personal Property Tax Rate – Alterations
Sponsorship Type
Primary
1 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0458 /CH0679 (SB0360)
Title
Public School Construction - Programs, Approvals, and Administration - Alterations
Sponsorship Type
Primary
1 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0464 (SB0156/CH0791)
Title
Prince George’s County – Prince George’s County Reentry Employment Incentive Program – Funding
Sponsorship Type
Primary
1 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0661 (SB0499)
Title
Workgroup to Study Reentry
Sponsorship Type
Primary
1 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0984 /CH0114 (SB0367)
Title
Public Employee Relations Act
Sponsorship Type
Primary
1 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0275 (SB0247)
Title
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Faculty, Part-Time Faculty, and Graduate Assistants
Sponsorship Type
Co-Sponsor
2 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0339 /CH0011 (SB0478/CH0012)
Title
Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Reporting and Sunset Extension
Sponsorship Type
Co-Sponsor
2 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0380 (SB0218)
Title
Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2023
Sponsorship Type
Co-Sponsor
2 2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)
HB0705 /CH0245 (SB0798/CH0244)
Title
Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom
Sponsorship Type
Co-Sponsor
2 2
Bill/Chapter
(Cross/Chapter)		 Title Sponsorship Type Sponsorship Type Sort Chamber Sort Current Status Org Committees & Hearings Opp Committees & Hearings
HB0002 /CH0513 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Union Dues Primary 1 2 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 513
Ways and Means
1/24/2023 - 1:00 PM
Budget and Taxation
3/29/2023 - 1:00 PM
HB0012 /CH0512 (SB0151) Equitable and Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development Enhancement Act Primary 1 2 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 512
Environment and Transportation
2/02/2023 - 1:00 PM
Ways and Means
Budget and Taxation
3/28/2023 - 1:15 PM
HB0016 /CH0678 Primary and Secondary Education – Title IX – Notice (Hear Our Voices Act) Primary 1 2 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 678
Ways and Means
1/24/2023 - 1:00 PM
Education, Energy, and the Environment
3/22/2023 - 1:00 PM
HB0075 Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Digital Bay Business Diversity Program - Establishment Primary 1 2 In the House - Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
Ways and Means
2/02/2023 - 1:00 PM
HB0085 (SB0206) Education - Collective Bargaining - Certificated Employees - Class Size Primary 1 2 In the House - Hearing 2/01 at 2:00 p.m.
Ways and Means
2/01/2023 - 2:00 PM
HB0332 (SB0330/CH0743) Public Safety – Law Enforcement – Body–Worn Cameras (Body–Worn Camera Appropriation and Financing Act of 2023) Primary 1 2 In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Judiciary
2/07/2023 - 1:00 PM
Rules
HB0341 Transportation - Statewide Transportation Improvement Programs and Transportation Improvement Programs - Equity Impacts Primary 1 2 In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
Appropriations
2/21/2023 - 1:00 PM
HB0450 (SB0116) Property Tax – Municipal Corporation Business Personal Property Tax Rate – Alterations Primary 1 2 In the House - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
Ways and Means
2/14/2023 - 1:00 PM
HB0458 /CH0679 (SB0360) Public School Construction - Programs, Approvals, and Administration - Alterations Primary 1 2 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 679
Appropriations
2/14/2023 - 1:00 PM
Budget and Taxation
3/28/2023 - 1:15 PM
HB0464 (SB0156/CH0791) Prince George’s County – Prince George’s County Reentry Employment Incentive Program – Funding Primary 1 2 In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Appropriations
2/14/2023 - 1:00 PM
Rules
HB0661 (SB0499) Workgroup to Study Reentry Primary 1 2 In the House - Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
Judiciary
2/23/2023 - 1:00 PM
HB0984 /CH0114 (SB0367) Public Employee Relations Act Primary 1 2 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 114
Appropriations
3/07/2023 - 1:00 PM
Finance
Education, Energy, and the Environment
HB0275 (SB0247) State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Faculty, Part-Time Faculty, and Graduate Assistants Co-Sponsor 2 2 In the House - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
Appropriations
2/14/2023 - 1:00 PM
HB0339 /CH0011 (SB0478/CH0012) Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Reporting and Sunset Extension Co-Sponsor 2 2 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 11
Health and Government Operations
2/22/2023 - 1:00 PM
Judicial Proceedings
HB0380 (SB0218) Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2023 Co-Sponsor 2 2 In the House - Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
Appropriations
2/07/2023 - 1:00 PM
HB0705 /CH0245 (SB0798/CH0244) Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Freedom Co-Sponsor 2 2 Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 245
Health and Government Operations
2/21/2023 - 1:00 PM
Finance
Denotes enacted legislation
Legislative Bond Initiatives
Project Name
American Legion Post 196
Status
Introduced in House
House Sponsors
Alston
Harrison
Lewis, J.
Senate Sponsors
County
Prince George's
Amount Requested
$235,000
Senate Initiative
$235,000
House Initiative
Other Funding
Total Funding
$235,000
Project Name
American Legion Post 275
Status
Introduced in House
House Sponsors
Alston
Harrison
Lewis, J.
Senate Sponsors
County
Prince George's
Amount Requested
$105,000
Senate Initiative
$105,000
House Initiative
Other Funding
Total Funding
$105,000
Project Name
Glenarden Police Facility
Status
Introduced
House Sponsors
Alston
Harrison
Lewis, J.
Senate Sponsors
Benson
County
Prince George's
Amount Requested
$6,000,000
Senate Initiative
House Initiative
$250,000
Other Funding
$150,000
Total Funding
$400,000
Project Name Status House Sponsors Senate Sponsors County Amount Requested Senate Initiative House Initiative Other Funding Total Funding
American Legion Post 196 Introduced in House
Alston
Harrison
Lewis, J.
Prince George's $235,000 $235,000 $235,000
American Legion Post 275 Introduced in House
Alston
Harrison
Lewis, J.
Prince George's $105,000 $105,000 $105,000
Glenarden Police Facility Introduced
Alston
Harrison
Lewis, J.
Benson
Prince George's $6,000,000 $250,000 $150,000 $400,000
Lewis, Jazz
Tenure
Appointed to the Maryland House of Delegates, February 10, 2017. Member of the House since February 10, 2017.
Current Assignments
2023 Majority Whip
2021 Appropriations Committee
2023 Oversight Committee on Personnel of the Appropriations Committee
2023 Chair, Public Safety & Administration Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee
2023 Vice Chair, Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee
2023 Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
2023 Legislative Policy Committee
2023 Spending Affordability Committee
2023 Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight
2021 Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space/Agricultural Land Preservation
2017 Joint Committee on Legislative Information Technology and Open Government
2017 Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (Secretary, 2018)
2017 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, Associate Member
Past House Service
Chair, Oversight Committee on Personnel of the Appropriations Committee, 2023; Transportation and Environment Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, 2021-2023; Oversight Committee on Pensions of the Appropriations Committee, 2021-2022; Judiciary Committee, 2017-2021; Family Law Subcommittee on the Judiciary Committee (Chair, 2019), 2017-2021; Public Safety Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2019-2021; Workgroup to Study Child Custody Proceedings Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence Allegations, 2019-2020.
Public Service
Chair, Law Enforcement Body Camera Task Force, 2020-2023; Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, 2019-; Chair, Ways & Means Subcommittee, Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee, 2015; Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Committee, University Senate, University of Maryland - College Park, 2013; Member, Route 202 Coalition, Prince George's County, 2012; Executive Vice President, Prince George's County Young Democrats, 2011.
Memberships
Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-; Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee, 2015-.
Biographical Information
Born, Silver Spring, Maryland, February 26, 1989; Charles H. Flowers High School, 2007; University of Maryland, Government & Politics, B.A., 2011; University of Maryland School of Public Policy, M.P.P., 2014; Community organizer, Good Jobs, Better Baltimore Campaign, 2014; Wellstone Action, Advanced Campaigner Manager School, 2016; Executive Director, Hoyer for Congress, 2014-2019; Senior Policy Advisor to Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, U.S. House of Representatives, 2019-2021; Married; one child.
Last Updated: 9/20/2023 1:13 PM
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