Susan C. Lee

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name = Susan C. Lee



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birth_place = San Antonio, Texas
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office = Maryland House of Delegates
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term_end = Present
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constituency = 16th district
Montgomery County
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Susan Lee is a member of the Maryland General Assembly. She represents District 16, which is located in Montgomery County, and includes parts of Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac, Kensington, Cabin John, Glen Echo, and Rockville. She has served on the House Judiciary Committee since she joined the House of Delegates in 2002. Delegate Lee is the first Asian American woman and first Chinese American to be elected to the Maryland legislature. She is currently a Deputy Majority Whip, the Vice Chair of the Montgomery County House Delegation, and a member of the executive board of the Women Legislators of Maryland.

Background

Delegate Lee was born in San Antonio, Texas. She grew up in Montgomery County and attended Winston Churchill High School. She earned a BA from the University of Maryland before graduating from the University of San Francisco School of Law. Delegate Lee is an attorney in private practice, and previously worked as an attorney for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

In the Legislature

Delegate Lee is a member of the House Judiciary committee and has been on the forefront of identity theft issues. Lee has sponsored and seen passed legislation to reduce identity theft, prevent the sale of false identity cards, improve healthcare and fund education. She is the Co-chair of Maryland's Task Force to Study Identity Theft. Her work as a legislator has been recognized by numerous awards, including the Maryland Progressive Leader Award, the Mothers Against Drunk Driving Merit Award, the Out for Justice Award of Equality Maryland, the Community Service Award of the League of Korean Americans, and inclusion in Maryland's Top 100 Women.

Legislative notes

* voted for the Healthy Air Act in 2006 (SB154) [http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/votes/house/0942.htm]
* voted against slots in 2005 (HB1361) [http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/votes/house/0152.htm]
* voted in favor of increasing the sales tax by 20% - Tax Reform Act of 2007(HB2) [http://www.mdchamber.org/docs/ss_hb2.pdf]
* voted in favor of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6) [http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0690.htm]
* sponsored House Bill 30 in 2007, allowing the state to confiscate unused portions of gift certificates after 4 years. [http://mlis.state.md.us/2007s1/billfile/HB0030.htm House Bill 30]