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Delegate Sheila Ruth

District

44B

County

Baltimore

Committee Assignment(s)

Environment and Transportation Committee

Annapolis Info

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

Phone: 410-841-3802
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3802
Fax 410-841-3537

Interim Info

326 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen St.
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone 410-841-3802
Fax 410-841-3537

Contact

sheila.ruth@house.state.md.us
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Party

Democrat

Legislation	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0277 Title Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HJ0003 Title Ratifying the Federal Child Labor Amendment Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0001 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) HB0023 Title Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0039 Title Public Health - Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Repeal Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0051 Title Business Regulation - Sale of Local News Organizations - Required Notice Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0069 Title Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0076 Title Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death and Disability Benefits Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0153 Title Election Law - Voter Registration - Age and Notification to Minors Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0167 Title Vehicle Excise Tax - Rate Increase Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0190 Title Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0211 Title State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants and Postdoctoral Associates Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0215 Title Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting in Contests for Presidential Nomination and Certification of Election-Supporting Technology Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0232 Title Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0247 Title Motor Vehicles – Provisional Driver’s License Examinations – Unaccompanied Homeless Youths Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2

Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)	Title	Sponsorship Type	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort	Current Status	Org Committees & Hearings
HB0277	Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement	Primary	1	2	In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation	Environment and Transportation
HJ0003	Ratifying the Federal Child Labor Amendment	Primary	1	2	In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations	Rules and Executive Nominations
HB0001	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
HB0023	Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Ways and Means	Ways and Means
HB0039	Public Health - Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Repeal	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Judiciary	Judiciary
HB0051	Business Regulation - Sale of Local News Organizations - Required Notice	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Economic Matters	Economic Matters
HB0069	Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters	Environment and Transportation Economic Matters
HB0076	Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death and Disability Benefits	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Appropriations	Appropriations
HB0153	Election Law - Voter Registration - Age and Notification to Minors	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Ways and Means	Ways and Means
HB0167	Vehicle Excise Tax - Rate Increase	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Ways and Means	Ways and Means
HB0190	Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Judiciary	Judiciary
HB0211	State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants and Postdoctoral Associates	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Appropriations	Appropriations
HB0215	Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting in Contests for Presidential Nomination and Certification of Election-Supporting Technology	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Ways and Means	Ways and Means
HB0232	Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters	Environment and Transportation Economic Matters
HB0247	Motor Vehicles – Provisional Driver’s License Examinations – Unaccompanied Homeless Youths	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation	Environment and Transportation

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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 House of Delegates since January 31, 2020. First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in November 2022. Member of the House of Delegates since January 11, 2023.

Current Assignments

2024 Deputy Majority Whip

2020 Environment and Transportation Committee

2020 Environment Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee

2020 Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Open Space Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee

2020 Women Legislators of Maryland

2020 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus

Public Service: Chesapeake Bay Commission, 2024-.

Memberships: Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2020-; Baltimore County Democratic Central Committee, 2018-; President, Mid-Atlantic Book Publishers Association, 2004-2008; Founder, Baltimore County Progressive Democrats Club; Baltimore City/County Chapter, Our Revolution; Board of Directors, Get Money Out - Maryland; Vice-President, Cybils Book Awards (childrens' books).

Biographical Information: Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 22, 1963; Glenelg High School, Glenelg, Maryland, 1964; University of Maryland University College, 1982-87; Villa Julie College, B.S., Liberal Arts and Technology, 1995; Self-employed website developer, 1995 -; Publishing systems programmer, Attis Publishing Services, 1987-89; Computer specialist, U.S. Government Accountability Office, 1982-92; Computer analyst, Stevenson University, 1992-94 (website developer, 1995; website technologies instructor, 1999); President, Imaginator Press, 2003 -; Married; one son.