- Joseph F. Vallario, Jr.
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name = Joseph F. Vallario, Jr.
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birth_date = birth date and age|1937|3|4
birth_place =Washington, D.C. ,United States
residence =Suitland ,Maryland
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office =Maryland House of Delegates
term_start = January 7, 1975
term_end = Present
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constituency = Prince George's and Calvert Counties
party = Democrat
religion =Catholic
occupation = Attorney
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children = 6 children, 14 grandchildren
footnotes =Delegate Joe Vallario, is an American politician who represents district 27A in the
Maryland House of Delegates and is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. cite web|title = Delegate Joseph Vallario, Jr.
url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12315.html|publisher=Maryland State Archives|accessdate=2007-06-06] Vallario was first elected in 1975 and is the longest serving chairman in theMaryland General Assembly .Background
Delegate Vallario attended Washington, DC, parochial schools, the Benjamin Franklin University, B.C.S. (commercial science) and M.C.S. (commercial science), 1959; Eastern College, and the Mt. Vernon School of Law, LL.B., J.D., 1963 (Now the
University of Baltimore School of Law). Admitted to Maryland Bar in 1964, he is now an attorney and a member of the American and Maryland State Bar Associations. Vallario is a past president of the Prince George's County Criminal Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the Order of Sons of Italy.In the legislature
Delegate Vallario has been the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee since 1993 and a member of the Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, also since 1993. He currently serves on the Legislative Policy Committee, the Article 27 (crimes & punishments) Revision Committee and is a past member of the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, the Drunk and Drugged Driving Task Force (1988-90), the Joint Task Force on Maryland's Procurement Law(1993-94)and the Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer(1996 & 2002). He was the Co-Chair of the Task Force to Examine Crime Victims' Rights Laws in Maryland(1996-2003), a member of the Special Committee on Gaming(2001), a member of the
Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy and the past chair, Prince George's County Delegation. National Conference of State Legislatures (law & criminal justice committee). Vallario has been an active supporter of victims rights as well as a proponent for stregthening Maryland's laws against child predators. [cite web|url=http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/billfile/hb0930.htm|title= House Bill 930|accessdate=2007-07-11 |publisher= Maryland Department of Legislative Services] He also led the opposition to bills that attempted to change Maryland laws regarding same sex marriages. [cite news|last=Brody|first=Alan|title= Judiciary chairman runs tight ship in Annapolis|url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/021606/eldenew154400_31955.shtml|publisher=The Gazette|accessdate=2007-06-06]Legislative notes
*voted for the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007 (HB359) [ cite web|url=http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/HB0359.htm|title= House Bill 359|accessdate=2007-07-05 |publisher= Maryland Department of Legislative Services]
* voted for Healthy Air Act in 2006 (SB154) [cite web|url=http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/votes/house/0942.htm|title= Senate Bill 154|accessdate=2007-07-04 |publisher= Maryland Department of Legislative Services]
*voted for income tax reduction in 1998 (SB750) [cite web|url=http://mlis.state.md.us/1998rs/votes/house/1229.htm|title= Senate Bill 750|accessdate=2007-07-11 |publisher= Maryland Department of Legislative Services]
* 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]Election Results
2006 General election results, District 27A
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