May Update: Outside the Legislative Session

With the 2022 legislative session now in the rear view mirror, I have been spending a lot of time talking to people about the work we did and what constituents want us to continue to make progress on in the future. If you missed the recent District 16 town hall, you can watch it online by clicking here.

The most comprehensive summary of the legislative session is prepared by the Department of Legislative Services in the 90 Day Report.  You can review that document here.
As always, you can keep up with what I am doing by following me at @mkorman on Twitter or by clicking "Like" on Delegate Marc Korman on Facebook.
CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Since my last email update, I am proud to say that my campaign for re-election has been endorsed by the Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters, SEIU Local 500, and the Montgomery County Career Firefighters. I was also named a Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate.
As a reminder, State and Congressional legislative lines have now been finalized.  You can search your address here: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Search/Redistricting
If you would like to support my campaign, you can contribute here: https://www.marckorman.com/contribute.html
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
The Governor is making his final decisions on legislation. You can see what bills he has already signed by visiting his website (https://governor.maryland.gov/2022-bill-signings/). There is currently one more bill signing scheduled for May 26, 2022.
Of the bills I sponsored, the Governor has signed either the House or Senate version of the following legislation:

• Zero-Emission Bus Transition Act Revisions: Legislation that ensures our state bus workers are treated fairly as the state enacts a prior bill I sponsored to transition the state bus fleet to zero emissions.
• Maryland State Agency Transparency Act: A bill to apply the Open Meetings Act and other transparency measures to various independent state agencies.
• Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Installment Payment Plans: Legislation to allow our state auto insurer of last resort to use installment payment plans.
• Independent Agency Health Insurance Act: A bill to allow certain independent state agencies to buy-in to the state health insurance plan.
• Young Readers Program Expansion Act: A bill to expand programs that send a book a month to young children from Baltimore to the rest of the state.

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For the real wonks out there, the Joint Chairs Report (JCR) accompanies the state budget and summarizes all of the legislative actions on the budget.  The JCR is one of our major executive branch oversight tools, as it contains various requested reports from the executive branch. These requested reports help provide the legislative branch information on exec branch operations and ensure the laws are being executed as intended. 
METRO UPDATE
Metro has made a few major announcements recently. On the potentially positive side, the Metro board announced that the head of Austin's transit system (CapMetro), Randy Clarke, will be taking over as the new General Manager.  You can watch that press conference here.
But that news is over shadowed by Metro's other recent announcement that it has failed to recertify its rail operators, a total failure they announced in a weekend press release.
COMMUNITY NEWS

• Congratulations to District 16's Arvin Kim, a Whitman student who won the election to serve as the Student Member of the Montgomery County Board of Education.
• The State Highway Administration has released a corridor study of Old Georgetown Road (MD-187) between McKinley Street and Nicholson Lane.
• The Potomac Overlook neighborhood is now a designated historic district. You can watch a video about it here.
• The Potomac Library will close on May 22nd for 8-10 months as it goes through a refresh.
• Congratulations to former State Treasurer Nancy Kopp and County Councilman Andrew Friedson for being honored by the Glen Echo Park Partnership.
• Congratulations to State Senator Susan Lee on her Trailblazer award from the Maryland Democratic Party's AAPI Diversity Leadership Council.
• Congratulations to District 16's Amy Maron, who has been appointed to the County's Solid Waste Advisory Committee.
• Two District 16 residents have recently released books:
  • ​Natalie Eve Garrett is the editor of The Lonely Stories.
  • Jeffrey Nussbaum is the author of Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History.
• My deepest condolences to the family of Eric Grosse, who was killed jogging across Tuckerman Lane. Eric was very active in the county and was an informal advisor to me on higher education issues.

If you know of an upcoming District 16 event or a District 16 resident who merits recognition or condolences, please email marc@marckorman.com.