Members - Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur

Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur

District

11A

County

Baltimore

Committee Assignment(s)

Judiciary Committee

Annapolis Info

305 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone 410-841-3448
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3448

Interim Info

305 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone 410-841-3448

Contact

cheryl.pasteur@house.state.md.us
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Party

Democrat

Legislation	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0197 (SB0068) Title Public Schools - Restorative Practices Schools - Comprehensive Plan Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0207 Title Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0001 (SB0007) Title Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0055 Title Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Good Cause Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0077 (SB0013) Title Commission to Study African American Civil War Sailors in Maryland Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0147 Title County Boards of Education - Elementary and Middle Schools - Student Technology Use Policy Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0187 (SB0170) Title Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0233 Title Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act) Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2

Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)	Title	Sponsorship Type	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort	Current Status	Org Committees & Hearings
HB0197 (SB0068)	Public Schools - Restorative Practices Schools - Comprehensive Plan	Primary	1	2	In the House - First Reading Ways and Means	Ways and Means
HB0207	Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility	Primary	1	2	In the House - First Reading Appropriations	Appropriations
HB0001 (SB0007)	Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act)	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation	Environment and Transportation
HB0055	Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Good Cause	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Judiciary	Judiciary
HB0077 (SB0013)	Commission to Study African American Civil War Sailors in Maryland	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations	Health and Government Operations
HB0147	County Boards of Education - Elementary and Middle Schools - Student Technology Use Policy	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Ways and Means	Ways and Means
HB0187 (SB0170)	Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Judiciary	Judiciary
HB0233	Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act)	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Economic Matters	Economic Matters

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: Elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in November 2022. Member of the House of Delegates since January 11, 2023.

Current Assignments

2023 Judiciary Committee

2023 Family and Juvenile Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee

2023 Public Safety Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee

2024 Historian, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (Member, 2023)

2023 Women Legislators of Maryland

2024 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus

Public Service: Maryland State Arts Council, 2023-; Task Force on Preventing and Countering Elder Abuse, 2023-; Maryland Blueprint for Maryland's Future Funding Ad Hoc Committee; Maryland Association of Boards of Education, Legislative Committee; Maryland Association of Boards of Education Ad Hoc Committee for Blueprint for Maryland's Future; Baltimore County Public Schools, Planning Committee for Northwest Career Technology Center.

Memberships: The Highlanders; Professional Black Women; Baltimore County Arts Guild; Pikesville Armory Foundation Board; Baltimore County Alliance for Black School Educators; Continental Societies, Inc.; Phi Delta Kappa, Educators Fraternity; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; NAACP, Randallstown Branch, 2012-2016; National Epicureans, Inc., 2002-2018; Baltimore County Commission for Arts & Sciences, 2010-2018.

Awards: Outstanding Teachers of America, 1975; Walbrook Community Association Service Award, 1978, 1980; Outstanding Black Woman, Urban Services Agency, 1981; Outstanding Service Award (Arts), Philomathians, 1982; Community Service Award, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, 1982; Community Service Award, Internal Revenue, Florida, 1985; Directors Award, F.B.I., 1985; Outstanding Teacher, Baltimore County Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 1992; Outstanding Teacher, Association for the Study of African American Life and History, 1992, 2001, 2011; Outstanding Teacher, Baltimore County Schools, Maryland National Bank, Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce, 1992; Jack Epstein Award, Maryland Chapter of the National Association of Multicultural Education, 2002; Woodlawn Rotary Club Award for Service in Education, 2007; Harlow Fullwood, Jr. Service Above Self Award for Community Service, 2008; Emmett Burn Leadership Award, 2008; NAACP, The Excellence in Education Award, 2008; Pioneer Award, Baltimore County Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 2010; Baltimore County Public Schools Academy of Finance Award for Leadership, 2012; Baltimore County NAACP, Education Award, 2020; Baltimore County Democratic Central Committee Community Service Award, 2020.

Biographical Information: University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., English Education, 1971; Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD., M.S., Urban Education, 1975; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA., Theater Fellowship, 1976; Loyola College, Baltimore, MD., Supervision and Administration Certification, 1989; Sewanee, University of the South, Education Ministry; Educational Certification: Teacher 6-12; Administrator I and II; Principal's Certification, 2021; Baltimore City Schools (BCS), English Teacher, 1971-1975; United Way of Central Maryland, Director of Community Programs, 1975-1977; Baltimore City Schools, Drama and Speech Teacher, 1977-1988; Federal Bureau of Investigation, Agent, 1983-1988; Baltimore County Public Schools, Teacher, Chair, Equity Specialist Assistant Principal, Principal, 1988-2012; Morgan State University, Instructor, Graduate Cohort, 2010-2013; Baltimore County Board of Education (elected) 2018-2022.