James E. Malone, Jr.

James E. Malone, Jr.
Maryland House of Delegates
Incumbent
Assumed office 1995
Constituency	District 12A, Baltimore County and Howard County
Personal details
Born	July 8, 1957 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Arbutus, Maryland
Occupation	Firefighter

James E. Malone, Jr. (born July 8, 1957) is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He is currently serving in his 4th term in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Maryland's District 12A in Baltimore and Howard Counties. Malone is currently serving as Vice-Chair of the Environmental Matters Committee.

Malone was born in Baltimore on July 8, 1957. He graduated with an A.A. degree from Catonsville Community College in 1986 and spent 28 years working as a firefighter for the Baltimore County Fire Department, retiring in 2007. In the House of Delegates, Malone has worked extensively on issues related to transportation.

He has a daughter named Danica, and a son, also named James.

Legislative Notes

• voted for the Maryland Gang Prosecution Act of 2007 (HB713), subjecting gang members to up to 20 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $100,000
• voted for Jessica’s Law (HB 930), eliminating parole for the most violent child sexual predators and creating a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in state prison, 2007
• voted for Public Safety – Statewide DNA Database System – Crimes of Violence and Burglary – Post conviction (HB 370), helping to give police officers and prosecutors greater resources to solve crimes and eliminating a backlog of 24,000 unanalyzed DNA samples, leading to 192 arrests, 2008
• voted for Vehicle Laws – Repeated Drunk and Drugged Driving Offenses – Suspension of License (HB 293), strengthening Maryland’s drunk driving laws by imposing a mandatory one year license suspension for a person convicted of drunk driving more than once in five years, 2009
• voted for HB 102, creating the House Emergency Medical Services System Workgroup, leading to Maryland’s budgeting of $52 million to fund three new Medevac helicopters to replace the State’s aging fleet, 2009

For the past four years, Delegate Malone has annually voted to support classroom teachers, public schools, police and hospitals in Baltimore and Howard Counties. Since 2002, funding to schools across the State has increased 82%, resulting in Maryland being ranked top in the nation for K-12 education.

References

• "Maryland Manual Online". Maryland State Archives. 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-07.