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KUMAR P. BARVE
Democrat, District 17, Montgomery County
Member of House of Delegates, January 1991 to May 1, 2023. Resigned May 1, 2023. Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee, 2015-23. Member, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2015-23; Legislative Policy Committee, 2003-23 (management subcommittee, 2003-). Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1991-2003 (health insurance subcommittee, 1994; workers' compensation subcommittee, 1997-2003; chair, real property subcommittee, 1995-96; chair, science & technology subcommittee, 1997-2003); House Facilities Committee, 1993-2005; Joint Oversight Committee on State Employees Health Insurance, 1994; Joint Audit Committee (formerly Joint Budget and Audit Committee), 1995-2002; Special Joint Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996-97; Joint Technology Oversight Committee, 2000-09 (house chair, 2000-03); Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2003, 2011; Special Committee on Higher Education Affordability and Accessibility, 2003-04; Environmental Matters Committee, 2003-05 (agriculture, agriculture preservation & open space subcommittee, 2003-05; environment subcommittee, 2003-05; natural resources subcommittee, 2003-05). Majority Leader, 2003-15. Member, Spending Affordability Committee, 2003-15; Wetlands and Waterways Funding Work Group, 2004; Health and Government Operations Committee, 2005-06 (government operations subcommittee, 2005-06; insurance subcommittee, 2005-06); Ways and Means Committee, 2007-15 (revenues subcommittee, 2007-15, chair, 2007-10; vice-chair's subcommittee, 2007-10; election law subcommittee, 2011-15; finance resources subcommittee, 2011-15; transportation subcommittee, 2013-15). House Chair, Joint Advisory Committee on Legislative Data Systems, 2007-14. Member, Joint Legislative Work Group to Study State, County and Municipal Fiscal Relationships, 2009-10; Joint Information Technology and Biotechnology Committee, 2009-14. House Chair, Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government, 2011-14. Member, Business Climate Work Group, 2013-14; Tax Credit Evaluation Committee, 2013-15; Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology, 2014-15. Chair, Montgomery County Delegation, 1995-2002 (vice-chair, 1993-95; member, transportation committee, 2003-07; land use & transportation committee, 2007-14; metro washington area committee, 2015-). Member, Maryland Democratic Business Caucus, 2005-; Maryland Legislative Asian-American and Pacific-Islander Caucus, 2015-. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (communications, technology & interstate commerce committee, 2005-07; communications, financial services & interstate commerce committee, 2007-).
Member, Task Force to Examine the Applicability of Manufacturing Laws to High-Technology Businesses, 1997; Study Panel to Review Economic Development Financing Programs, 1999; Climate Change Commission, 2007-14; Maryland Business Tax Reform Commission, 2008-10. Presidential Elector, Maryland, 2012.
Member, Public Service Commission, 2023-.
Born in Schenectady, New York, September 8, 1958. Attended Paint Branch High School, Silver Spring, Maryland; McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, B.S. (accounting), 1980. Financial analyst. Treasurer and board member, Maryland National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), 4 years. Elected delegate, Greenbelt Cooperative, 3 years. Founding board member, Montgomery County Democratic Action Committee, 2 years. Treasurer, Montgomery County Young Democrats. Democratic Provisional Precinct Chair, Precinct 9-01, and member, District 17 Caucus. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2000. Member, Gaithersburg and Upper Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce; Washingtonian Towns Civic Association, 3 years; Maryland Citizen Action Coalition; Indian Cultural Coordinating Committee; Sierra Club. Legislator of the Year, Montgomery County Medical Society, 1995, 1996, and 2000. Maryland Super Star, Maryland Municipal League, 2008 (certificate of appreciation, 2007, 2010, 2011). Married.
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