Regina T. Boyce | |
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Member of the MarylandHouseofDelegates from the 43rd district | |
Assumed office January 9, 2019 Servingwith Curt Anderson Maggie McIntosh | |
Preceded by | Mary L. Washington |
Constituency | Baltimore City |
Personal details | |
Born | Washington,D.C.,U.S. | August 7,1976
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Baltimore,Maryland |
Regina T. Boyce (born August 7,1976) is an American politician who currently serves in the Maryland House of Delegates. Delegate Boyce is a Democrat who represents the 43rd Legislative District of the state of Maryland. [1]
Boyce was born on August 7,1976,in Washington,DC. She graduated from the Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County,Maryland and later attended Catonsville Community College and Towson University,where she earned a B.S. degree in kinesiology and psychology in 1998,and the University of Baltimore,where she earned a M.P.A. degree in 2014. [1] After graduating,she became the director of the Adult Learning Center for Strong City Baltimore. [2]
Boyce ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in 2018,her first run for elective office. During the primary election,she formed a slate with state Senator Joan Carter Conway and state Delegate Maggie McIntosh. [2]
Boyce was sworn in as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates on January 9,2019. [1]
In April 2019,Boyce resigned from the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland ahead of the vote to protest comments made by Delegate Darryl Barnes,the caucus chair,that she found "unacceptable and infuriating". [3] Barnes had cast doubt about whether African-American members of the House of Delegates would want to vote for "a white lesbian" –referring to Maggie McIntosh,who is openly gay –in the election to nominate a new Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates. [4]
In August 2021,Boyce was appointed to a commission to study Maryland state parks and make recommendations on new parks in "recreational deserts" and upgrades to existing parks. [5]
In 2023,Speaker Adrienne Jones announced Boyce as one of two Chief Deputy Whips. [6]
During the 2021 legislative session,Boyce introduced legislation that would ban people from holding an elected public office and a political party office simultaneously. [7]
During the 2020 legislative session,Boyce introduced legislation to ban the intentional release of balloons. [8] [9]
During the 2022 legislative session,Boyce introduced legislation that would require government agencies to evaluate the environmental impacts of their actions. [10]
In 2019,Boyce voted against a bill that would allow Johns Hopkins University to form its own private police force. The bill passed through the Baltimore City Delegation by a vote of 9-4. [11] [12] She later voted against it in the House of Delegates,where it passed 94-42. [13] In the same legislative session,she voted against legislation that would allow school resource officers to carry guns inside schools. The bill was rejected in a 10-5 vote. [14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Maggie McIntosh | 11,273 | 25.0 | |
Democratic | Regina T. Boyce | 7,924 | 17.6 | |
Democratic | Curt Anderson | 7,886 | 17.5 | |
Democratic | Nilesh Kalyanaraman | 7,455 | 16.5 | |
Democratic | Kelly Fox | 5,149 | 11.4 | |
Democratic | Dong Shen | 2,323 | 5.2 | |
Democratic | Destinee Parker | 1,953 | 4.3 | |
Democratic | Urcille Goddard | 1,122 | 2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Regina T. Boyce | 28,500 | 32.0 | |
Democratic | Maggie McIntosh | 28,348 | 31.8 | |
Democratic | Curt Anderson | 24,229 | 27.2 | |
Green | Bonnie "Raven" Lane | 7,490 | 8.4 | |
Write-In | 545 | 0.6 |
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