Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins
- District
- 20
- County
- Montgomery
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Ways and Means Committee (Chair)
Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
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Ways and Means Committee (Chair)
- Annapolis Info
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131 Taylor House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone: 410-841-3493
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3493
Fax 410-841-3445
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131 Taylor House Office Building
- Interim Info
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131 Taylor House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3493
Fax 410-841-3445
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131 Taylor House Office Building
- Contact
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jheanelle.wilkins@house.maryland.gov
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- 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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| HB0029 (SB0343) | Public High Schools - Post College and Career Readiness Pathways - Alterations | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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| HB0052 (SB0089) | Election Law - Incarcerated Individuals - Voter Hotline and Voting Eligibility (Voting Rights for All Act) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0115 (SB0241) | Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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| HB0542 (SB0377) | Earned Income Tax Credit - Individuals Without Qualifying Children - Eligibility | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0575 | Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused Absences for Civic Engagement | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0774 (SB0462) | Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction) | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0933 (SB0644) | Sales and Use Tax - Certificates Indicating Multiple Points of Use - Alterations | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1142 | Task Force to Modernize County and Municipal Revenue Structures | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m. |
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| HB1218 (SB0941) | Safe and Healthy Homes for All Act | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
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| HB0155 (SB0001) | Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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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 Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m. |
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| HB0414 (SB0322) | Courts - Jury Service - Disqualification | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0430 | Family Child Care Providers - Reserve Component Members - Substitute Provider | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0438 | Adult Prison School Board Model Development Committee | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) |
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| HB0444 /CH0002 (SB0245/CH0001) | Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Prohibition | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 2 |
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| HB0478 (SB0262) | Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Classroom Supplies Purchased by Teachers - Alteration | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0480 (SB0740) | Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - First Reading Finance |
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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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| HB0518 | Gaming - Problem Gambling and College Athlete Protections | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0551 (SB0327) | Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia and Controlled Paraphernalia Prohibitions - Repeal | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0552 | Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
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| HB0635 (SB0359) | Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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| HB0641 | Election Law - Curbside Voting - Pilot Program | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0687 (SB0475) | Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting Artists' Creative Expression (PACE Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0706 (SB0828) | State Finance - Delinquent Federal Funds (Federal Obligations Enforcement Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0738 (SB0651) | Real Property - Transfer-on-Death Deed - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
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| HB0770 (SB0627) | Korean American Day | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0776 | Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0849 | Child Care Scholarship Program - Freeze in Enrollment - Exceptions and Waitlist | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) |
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| HB0884 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore - Land-Grant Institution - Funding (Land-Grant Equity and Accountability Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/10 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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| HB0960 | Economic Development - Federal Employee-to-Entrepreneur Program - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor |
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| HB0980 (SB0996) | Family Law and Human Services - Guardianship Assistance Program and State Foster Youth Ombudsman - Establishment (Kanaiyah's Law) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0982 (SB0864) | Higher Education - Tuition Exemption for Foster Care Recipients - Eligibility | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1000 | Public Schools - School Mapping Data - Radius of School Grounds | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1056 | General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Purple Lights Night | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1118 (SB0891) | Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations - Perinatal Behavioral Health Conditions | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - First Reading Finance |
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| HB1131 | Public Health - Pregnancy Loss - Prohibited Actions (Pregnancy Outcome Protection Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) |
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| HB1143 | Public Health - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner - Perinatal Autopsies (Lung Float Test Ban) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1182 | Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student Elopement - Locative Devices | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1261 | Consumer Protection - Artificial Intelligence Toys (Artificial Intelligence Toy Safety Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1268 (SB0781) | Environmental Permits - Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:30 p.m. |
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| HB1274 | Education - Posthumous Diploma Awards - Established (Eric's Law) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1300 | Maryland Commission for Women - Alterations | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1309 (SB0752) | Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1310 | Public High Schools - Student Transcripts - Traumatic Loss Notation | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1321 | Child Care Scholarship Program - Application Process and Copays - Alterations | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) |
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| HB1389 (SB0907) | Public Health - Female Genital Mutilation | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Favorable Report by Finance |
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| HB1488 | Constitutional Language - Modernization | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB1575 (SB0791) | Correctional Services and Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Prohibitions (Community Trust Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HJ0008 (SJ0003) | Apology and Acknowledgement of the State's Responsibility in Racial Terror Lynchings | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/16 at 12:00 p.m. |
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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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| Emma's Torch - The Kitchen We Build Together | Introduced | Montgomery | $500,000 | $0 | |||||
| Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington - Silver Spring Office | Introduced | Montgomery | $100,000 | $0 | |||||
| Long Branch Main Street Neighborhood Retail Expansion | Introduced | Montgomery | $150,000 | $0 | |||||
| Martin Luther King Jr Recreational Park | Introduced | Montgomery | $350,000 | $0 | |||||
| Montgomery County Pride Center Headquarters Development and Community Resource Hub | Introduced | Montgomery | $500,000 | $0 | |||||
| Takoma Park Metropolitan Branch Trail | Introduced | Montgomery | $500,000 | $0 | |||||
| WeAchieve Roof Replacement | Introduced | Montgomery | $250,000 | $0 |
- Tenure
- Appointed to the Maryland House of Delegates December 29, 2016. Member of the House since January 25, 2017. First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in November 2018. Member of the House of Delegates since January 9, 2019
- Current Assignments
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- 2026 Assistant Parliamentarian
- 2026 Chair, Ways and Means Committee (Member, 2017; Vice Chair, 2023-2025)
- 2023 Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
- 2023 Spending Affordability Committee
- 2017 Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (Parliamentarian, 2020-2022; Chair, 2023-2026)
- 2017 Women Legislators of Maryland
- 2024 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus (2017-2021)
- Past House Service
- House Parliamentarian, 2020-2023; Chair, Election Law Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2025; Education Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2025, 2017-2020; Early Childhood Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2023; Finance Resources Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2017-2020; Revenues Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2020; Opioid Workgroup, 2018.
- Public Service
- Student Data Privacy Council, 2019-2020; Work Group to Study the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission, 2019; 2020 Maryland Complete Count Committee, 2019-; Task Force on Restraint and Seclusion, 2017; Board of Directors, New Leaders Council Maryland, 2015-; Renters Alliance of Montgomery County, Board of Directors, 2015-; Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, District 20, 2014-2017; Montgomery County Committee on Hate/Violence (second term in 2014), 2010.
- Memberships
- Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-; Associate Member, Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2017-2018; African American Democratic Club of Montgomery County, 2016-; Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, 2014-; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., 2006-; Montgomery County Young Democrats.
- Awards
- Legislative Champion Awarad, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2018; Legislative All Star, Maryland Retailers Association, 2018; Empowering Women Award, YWCA of National Capital Area, 2018; Dorothy Davidson Award, Montgomery County Young Democrats, 2015.
- Biographical Information
- Born in Kingston, Jamaica, May 29 1988; William Penn High School, New Castle, Delaware; University of Delaware, B.A. (sociology); American University, M.P.A. (social policy), 2011; Field Manager, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights 2011-2014; Fellow, New Leaders Council, 2015; Senior Field Manager, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, 2014 - Present.
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