Delegate Lesley J. Lopez
- District
- 39
- County
- Montgomery
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Health Committee
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Health Committee
- Annapolis Info
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210 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3021
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3021
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210 Lowe House Office Building
- Interim Info
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210 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 - Phone 410-841-3021
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210 Lowe House Office Building
- Contact
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lesley.lopez@house.maryland.gov
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- Party
- Democrat
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Title | Sponsorship Type | Sponsorship Type Sort | Chamber Sort | Current Status | Org Committees & Hearings | Opp Committees & Hearings |
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| HB0009 (SB0114) | 3-1-1 Systems - Expansion Program and Oversight Board - Establishment | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0061 | Financial Institutions – Definition of Student Financing Companies – Alteration | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing canceled |
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| HB0223 | Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention - Resources, Tools, and Educational Materials | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing canceled |
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| HB0372 (SB0169) | Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0691 | State Government - Procedures - Permitting Efficiency for Housing Development Projects | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0724 | Employment Discrimination - Caregiver Status | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0989 | State Assistance for the Elderly - Calculation of Income | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health and Ways and Means |
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| HB1002 (SB0493) | Nursing Facilities - Involuntary Discharge or Transfer | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1117 | Elopement Response Devices - Insurance and Maryland Medical Assistance Program Coverage and Provision Under State Programs | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HB1129 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider Agencies - Wages and Leave for Personal Care Aides | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HB1131 | Public Health - Pregnancy Loss - Prohibited Actions (Pregnancy Outcome Protection Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Judiciary and Health |
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| HB1135 (SB0773) | Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Vaccination Orders | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1143 | Public Health - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner - Perinatal Autopsies (Lung Float Test Ban) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1159 (SB0785) | Public Health and Health Insurance - Access to Abortion Care - Reporting Requirements | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HB1198 | Civil Actions - Coerced Debt - Debtor Protections | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1356 (SB0857) | Labor and Employment - Civic and Related Activities - Protection (Maryland Employee Civic Activity and Lawful Expression Protection Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB0350 (SB0255) | Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporations | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0386 (SB0281) | Metro Funding Modification Act of 2026 | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Reassigned to Appropriations and Environment and Transportation |
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| HB0439 (SB0665) | Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Maryland Advisory Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Renaming | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0440 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - Provider Reimbursement | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor |
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| HB0444 (SB0245) | Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Prohibition | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Second Reading 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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| HB0504 | State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech–Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists – Physician Members – Repeal | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing canceled |
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| HB0524 | General Provisions - Commemorative Months - African Heritage Month | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB0543 | Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Family Child Care Homes | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0556 | Property Tax Credit - Utility Service Expenses for Dwellings (Maryland Family Utility Tax Relief Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0560 | Sales and Use Tax and Property Tax - Exemptions for Data Centers - Repeal | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0577 (SB0334) | Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Machine Gun Convertible Pistols | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0634 (SB0745) | Police Training - Autism and Dementia (LEAD Act of 2026) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0671 (SB0340) | Nursing Facilities - Medicaid Quality Assessment - Funding of Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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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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| HB0723 (SB0598) | Electric Companies - Cost Containment Plans - Requirement (Securing Affordable, Valuable Investments in Next Generation Grid Solutions (SAVINGS) Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0770 (SB0627) | Korean American Day | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB0771 | Health Occupations - Human Trafficking Awareness Training | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0807 | Education - Teacher Preparation Programs - English Language Learner Teacher Competency Requirements | 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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| HB0886 | Certified Peer Recovery Specialists - Coverage Under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance and Workgroup on Certification | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/19 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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| HB1004 | Public Health - Prohibited Ingredients in Food | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HB1021 (SB0568) | Health Occupations - Licensed Psychologists - Prescriptive Authority | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1041 | Youth Camps - Structures in Flood Hazard Areas - Prohibition | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HB1055 (SB0495) | Health - Newborn Screening Program - Gaucher Disease | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1056 | General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Purple Lights Night | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB1205 (SB0764) | Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Ways and Means |
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| HB1263 | Public Health - Workgroup on Postoperative Cosmetic Care | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HB1264 (SB0798) | Public Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Tobacco Cessation | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HB1279 | Catalytic Revitalization Project Tax Credit - Alterations | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Ways and Means |
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| HB1291 | Public Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Continuity of Care | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HB1293 | Behavioral Health Programs - Residents at Inpatient Facilities - Sex Offender Registry Compliance | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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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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| HB1357 | Consumer Protection - Menstrual Hygiene Products - Labeling Requirements | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HJ0002 | United States of America - National Infrastructure Bank | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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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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| Theater Pond Renovation at South Valley Park | Introduced | Montgomery | $265,000 | $0 | |||||
| Washington Grove Playground | Introduced | Montgomery | $250,000 | $0 |
- Tenure
- First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2018. Member of the House since January 9, 2019.
- Current Assignments
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- 2026 Health Committee
- 2026 Chair, Elder and Long-Term Care Subcommittee of the Health Committee
- 2026 Health Occupations Subcommittee of the Health Committee
- 2023 Immediate Past President, Women Legislators of Maryland (Member, 2019; Secretary, 2019- 2020; 2nd Vice-president, 2020-2021, 1st Vice-President, 2021-2022; President, 2022-2023))
- 2019 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus
- Past House Service
- Deputy Majority Whip, 2023-2025; Health and Government Operations Committee, 2023-2025; Public Health and Minority Health Disparities Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, 2023-2025; Government Operations and Health Facilities Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, 2023-2025; Judiciary Committee, 2019-2023; Family and Juvenile Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2021-2023; Juvenile Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2019-2021; Public Safety Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2019-2022.
- Public Service
- Montgomery County Board of Social Services, 2016-2018; NARAL Pro-ChoiceMaryland, Board of Directors, 2016-2018; Board of Directors, YWCA, 2011-2013; National Volunteer Partner, Girl Scouts of the USA.
- Memberships
- Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-; Local no. 500, Service Employees International Union (SEIU 500).
- Biographical Information
- Born November 28, 1983; University of California, San Diego, B.A., Comparative Politics and Spanish Literature; George Washington University, M.P.A., Management; News Desk Producer, Eurovision Americas, Inc., 2006-2010; Producer-News Gathering, BBC News, 2009-2010; Press Secretary, U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar, 2010-2011; Adjunct Professor (Advanced Writing), George Washington University, 2013; Communications Director, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, 2011-2013; Director of Communications, National Immigration Forum, 2013-2014; Director of Communications, Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, 2014-2015; Communications and Publications Director, U.S.-China Business Council 2015-2017; Chief Communications Officer, Run for Something 2017-present; One child.
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