Senator Catherine Pugh

This was a very busy session for me.  I was able to pass 18 bills with the support of my colleagues including three bond bills. I have listed them on the back for your review.  Four of the bills were legislation we had introduced in previous sessions and were finally able to get them passed this session.

I am especially proud of Senate Bill 186 which is an answer to a problem I discovered when talking with individuals leaving the prison system and found it difficult to integrate back into society because of not having any identification.  This bill provides that they receive identification as they exit the institution.  We have over 10,000 prisoners coming back to our city every year and so many end up on our streets, because they have no identification. For some, there is no way of accessing the medication they might need.

It really is difficult to single out legislation when you sponsor and work on as many as I did. I enjoyed the cooperation of my Delegates Conaway, Robinson and Tarrant who co-sponsored the three bond bills passed for the 40^th District this year. Those bills were Healthy Start, Parks and People and the Center for Urban Families.

This session was particularly difficult because the state had many budget issues needing to be addressed.  I was able to work with members of both parties to produce a productive year. Thank you again for allowing me to represent you.

Welcome to the new home of Senator Catherine Pugh on the web! We are happy to have launched this new website to give you updates on projects I am working on, district news, issues and policies, etc.