1. Kathryn L Afzali was born on May 27,1957 and is an American politician who represented district 4 in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2011 to 2019.
19 Facts About Kathy Afzali
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Kathy Afzali is a graduate of Mount St Mary's University.
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Kathy Afzali was a columnist for the Frederick News-Post from 2003 to 2006.
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Kathy Afzali was sworn in as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates on January 12,2011.
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Kathy Afzali was assigned to the House Ways and Means Committee and to its Election Law and Education subcommittees.
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Kathy Afzali served as the Ranking Republican on Ways and Means.
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Kathy Afzali is a member of the Women Legislators of Maryland.
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On January 11,2012, believing that Bartlett would be retiring, Kathy Afzali announced her intention to run for the GOP nomination to represent Maryland's 6th congressional district.
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Kathy Afzali won the Republican primary on June 26,2018 with 42.7 percent of the vote.
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Kathy Afzali is a member of the Grace Community Church of Frederick.
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Kathy Afzali is a Life Member of the National Rifle Association of America.
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Kathy Afzali's first successful piece of legislation was a honey standard which passed unanimously through both chambers and has been used as a model in other states.
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Kathy Afzali introduced a Farm Estate Tax bill that eliminated state inheritance taxes for family farms.
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Kathy Afzali has sponsored legislation to increase sanctions on drunk drivers with multiple offenses, and was responsible for "Anayah's Law", which allows Child Protective Services to be relieved of its obligation to reunite children with their parent if the parent has committed "severe physical abuse" against the child.
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Kathy Afzali endorsed Mitt Romney for president on September 8,2011.
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Kathy Afzali endorsed Ted Cruz for president on April 21,2016.
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In 2018, Kathy Afzali voted to sustain Governor Larry Hogan's veto on a bill to required employers with 15 or more employees to provide earned sick leave.
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In 2018, Kathy Afzali testified in support of legislation to extend tax credits to police officers in high-crime neighborhoods to transit police.
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Kathy Afzali said that she supported "slower growth" with less high-density development to keep the county from having to raise taxes.