James W. Hubbard is an American politician who represents district 23A in the Maryland House of Delegates

Maryland House of Delegates

The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...

. http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12244.html

Background

Delegate Hubbard was born in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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, on March 20, 1948; he graduated from the University of Maryland

University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...

 with a B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

in 1986.

In the legislature

Member of House of Delegates since November 1992. Member, Health and Government Operations Committee, 2003- (government operations subcommittee, 2003-04; health occupations subcommittee, 2003-05; minority health disparities subcommittee, 2005; chair, public health subcommittee, 2004-05, member, 2003-05; chair, public health & long-term care subcommittee, 2005-); Investigation Committee, 1994-; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2003-; Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 2003-. House Chair, Joint Legislative Task Force on Universal Access to Quality and Affordable Health Care, 2005-.

Legislative Notes

• 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