Delegate Melissa Wells
- District
- 40
- County
- Baltimore City
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Ways and Means Committee
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Ways and Means Committee
- Annapolis Info
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151 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone: 410-841-3545
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3545
Fax 410-841-3279
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151 Lowe House Office Building
- Interim Info
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151 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3545
Fax 410-841-3279
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151 Lowe House Office Building
- Contact
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melissa.wells@house.state.md.us
- Party
- Democrat
Denotes enacted legislation
- 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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- 2023 Chief Deputy Majority Whip
- 2023 Ways and Means Committee
- 2023 Racing and Gaming Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee
- 2023 Revenues Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee
- 2023 First Vice-Chair, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (Member, 2019)
- 2021 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus
- 2019 Women Legislators of Maryland
- Past House Service
- Assistant Majority Leader, 2023; Deputy Majority Whip, 2020-2023; Environment and Transportation Committee, 2019-2023; Housing and Real Property Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee, 2019-2023; Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Open Space of the Environment and Transportation Committee, 2020-2023; Land Use and Ethics Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee, 2019.
- Public Service
- Maryland Tourism Development Board, 2023-; Task Force to Study Solar Tax Incentives, 2023-; Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission, 2020; Local/Video Lottery/Development Council, Baltimore City, 2019-; Equal Pay Commission, 2017-.
- Memberships
- Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-.
- Biographical Information
- University of California at Riverside, B.A. ,Political Science, Law, and Sociology, 2006; American University, M.A., Public Policy, 2010; Financial Security Specialist; Affordable housing assistant, Local Initiative Support Corporation, 2009-2010; Policy Assistant, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, 2010-2014; Field Advisor, Triple Point Interactions, 2010-2015; Program Associate, PolicyLink, 2014-2015; Regional Director, Baltimore-DC Building Trades Unions, 2015-.
Last Updated: 12/16/2024 1:50 PM