Hattie N. Harrison is an American politician who has served in the Maryland General Assembly

Maryland General Assembly

The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. It is a bicameral body. The upper chamber, the Maryland State Senate, has 47 representatives and the lower chamber, the Maryland House of Delegates, has 141 representatives...

 since 1973. Harrison is the chairperson of 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...

 Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, and is the first African-American woman to chair a legislative committee in Maryland.http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12237.html

She has been a member of the Economic Matters Committee since 1973 and currently serves on its science & technology subcommittee. She is a member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (formerly Maryland Legislative Black Caucus) and the Women's Legislators of Maryland.

Background

Born in Lancaster, South Carolina, Harrison attended the Charlotte, North Carolina and Baltimore City public schools. She is a graduate of the Antioch College after which she became a teacher. She was a member of the Democratic State Central Committee, Baltimore City from 1970 to 1974. and a member of the Eastside Democratic Organization. In 2005, she received the Casper R. Taylor, Jr. Founder's Award from the Speaker's Society of the Maryland House of Delegates.

Legislative notes

• voted for electric deregulation
  Maryland Electric Deregulation
  Maryland Electric Deregulation is the result of a bill passed in 1999 by the Maryland General Assembly. This bill changed the entire face of the Maryland utility industry.The past several years have seen a flurry of changes in the energy industry in Maryland...
  
   in 1999 (HB703)http://mlis.state.md.us/1999rs/votes/house/0870.htm
• voted for income tax reduction in 1998 (SB750)http://mlis.state.md.us/1998rs/votes/house/1229.htm
• voted for the Healthy Air Act in 2006 (SB154)http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/votes/house/0942.htm
• voted in favor the Tax Reform Act of 2007 (HB2)http://www.mdchamber.org/docs/ss_hb2.pdf

General election results, 2006

• 2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 45th District

Voters to choose three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Cheryl Glenn Cheryl Glenn Cheryl D. Glenn, is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing Maryland's 45rd legislative district which is situated in northeast Baltimore.- Background :... , Democratic	16,911	32.6%	Won
Hattie N. Harrison, Democratic	16,804	31.0%	Won
Talmadge Branch Talmadge Branch Talmadge Branch is an American politician who represents the 45th legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates. Branch has been in office since 1995 and is currently the House majority whip... , Democratic	16,014	30.9%	Won
Ronald M. Owens-Bey, Populist	2,727	5.3%	Lost
Other write-ins	111	.2%	Lost