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With the 2025 legislative session complete, my email newsletter is back to its monthly format, but there is still a lot to share. ANNUAL EVENT As a reminder, my annual District 16 political event is on Saturday, May 31st at 2pm. You can RSVP and contribute here. Thank you for your support!  TOWN HALL The annual District 16 legislators town hall will be virtual this year. It will be a chance for us to report back to you, respond to your questions, and hear your feedback. The town hall will be on Tuesday, May 20th at 6:30pm. RSVP by clicking here.  LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Governor Moore is still working through the output of the legislative session and considering what bills to sign, veto, or allow to become law without his signature. The bill signing page of his website shows what bills he has signed so far: Bill Signings - News - Office of Governor Wes Moore. I am proud that nine bills for which I was the primary sponsor have been or will be signed by the Governor.  ----- Among the bills I authored that have already been signed is an update to our state conflict of interest laws for Governors. You can read the bill here. Governor Moore made some comments about the bill when signing it, which you can watch here. You can read about the bill in a recent Time Magazine article as well. ----- The 90 Day Report—prepared annually by the non-partisan Department of Legislative Services staff—is now available online and summarizes the legislative and budgetary output of the General Assembly session. ----- The Joint Chairs’ Report of the state budget summarizes all of the budget actions taken by the Maryland General Assembly. But it is also an important oversight tool, as it contains all of the budget restrictions and reporting requirements the General Assembly put in place during the budget process. A few that I worked with my colleagues to include are: -Language restricting $150,000 for implementation of HB 517, my legislation to review the structure of the Maryland Transit Administration and eventually improve the service of the MARC commuter rail and other transit. -An updated study of the Old Georgetown Road bike lanes requested by community members. -A study suggested by a constituent to expand adopt-a-road programs to help with the removal of invasive vines and weeds. -The continuation of bimonthly reports on the Purple Line’s progress. -A report on backyard poultry flock registration improvements, extremely important in an era of bird flu. -Quarterly reports of the State Board of Elections regarding major information technology projects. There is a lot more in the full document, which you can read here. COMMITTEE UPDATE The Environment and Transportation Committee, on which I serve as chair, had the heaviest workload of any House committee this year when it comes to the volume of legislation we considered. Here are some highlights of the bills we passed.  COMMUNITY NEWS Metro’s “Better Bus Network” is coming on June 29th. A lot of the changes impacting District 16 are really just line name changes and frequency improvements, but see the images below for more details or visit this site. A few bus stops in District 16 are also being eliminated/consolidated. See the full list of stop changes here.   ----- Congratulations to Glen Echo municipal officials on their re-election including Mayor Dia Costello and Councilmembers Dan Spealman and Matt Stiglitz. ----- Congratulations to former Congressman David Trone and his wife June on being awarded the Jewish Community Relations Council Breslau-Goldman Award. ----- Several District 16 residents have recently been appointed or re-appointed to county boards and commissions, including: -Montgomery County Commission on Aging: Chiquita Battle -Commission on Landlord-Tenant Affairs: Alan Rosenberg -Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board: Robert Kelley, Mark Rittenberg, Tazeen Ahmad, Cynthia Bell, Michael Chiswick Patterson, Lee Keiser, Susan Klees, Janet Shatz, and Sean Xie. ----- Guilia McPherson has been named chair of the Nourishing Bethesda board. Congratulations Giulia! ----- Congratulations to new C&O Canal Trust board member, Judy Harrison. ----- Congratulations to Anne W. Coventry on being included on The Daily Record Living Trust & Estate Planning Power List. LEGISLATIVE SCHOLARSHIP As a reminder, state legislators award higher education scholarships for those attending Maryland institutions or non-Maryland institutions with unique majors (not available in Maryland). Learn more about my office's program at https://www.marckorman.com/scholarship.html.  Comments are closed.
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