Career
She has been the senior lobbyist for the Laborers International Union of North America and the deputy director of legislation for the AFL-CIO. [3] In 2010,Levi gave up her seat in the House of Delegates to run for county executive of Prince George's County,her campaign was unsuccessful,losing to Rushern Baker. [4]
In 2007,Levi took her seat in the Maryland House of Delegates. She was assigned to the House Judiciary committee and its juvenile law subcommittee. Gerron Levi was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2007-2011 representing Bowie,Mitchellville,Glenn Dale,Lanham-Seabrook and South Laurel in Prince George’s County. During her time in the General Assembly,Gerron served as a member of the Judiciary Committee,House Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse. She also served as a member of the Maryland Capital Park and Planning Commission Committee in the Prince George’s County Delegation. She was a member of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland and the Women Legislators of Maryland.
During her first session in Annapolis as a legislator,she sponsored and saw passed a bill that would limit the ability of minors to get a driving learners permit if they had habitually missed school. [5] Levi was also instrumental in crafting legislation dealing with gangs and gang violence in Maryland. She is also a member of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.
Gerron also spent 15 years in the labor movement,serving as assistant director of the Legislative Department at the AFL-CIO and as Legislative Representative for the Laborers’International Union of North America (LIUNA).
Currently,Gerron is the policy and government affairs lead at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC).
Legislative notes
- voted for the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007 (HB359) [6]
- voted in favor of the Tax Reform Act of 2007(HB2) [7]
- primary sponsor- Truancy - Prohibition Against Issuance of Learner's Instructional Permit (HB571 Became Law - Chapter 563) [8]
- sponsored House Bill 30 in 2007-Maryland Education Fund - Establishment and Funding [9]
- Primary Sponsor of Maryland Gang Prosecution Act of 2010 [10]
- Primary Sponsor of Ex-Offender Reentry Laws (2009) [11] [12]
- 2007- (in committee) voted for Maryland's Marriage Protection Act. [13] [14]
- 2008- voted against Senate Bills 597 and 566;bills expanding the rights of same sex domestic partners to include shared property recognition,rights pertaining to hospital visitation,shared rooms in nursing homes,and funeral planning. [15]
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