{{Short description|American politician (born 1966)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Peter A. Hammen | image =Peter_A._Hammen_(2007).jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|7|1}} | birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | state_delegate = Maryland | district = 46th | term_start = January 11, 1995 | term_end = December 2016 | predecessor = Anthony M. DiPietro Jr. | successor = Robbyn Lewis | constituency = Baltimore City | party = Democrat | occupation = | majority = | relations = | spouse = Michelle | children = | footnotes = }} '''Peter A. Hammen''' (born July 1, 1966) is an American politician who represented the 46th legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates. Delegate Hammen was also the Chairman of the House Health and Government Operations Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12235.html|title=Peter A. Hammen, Maryland State Delegate|access-date=2007-06-24|archive-date=2009-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091110140526/http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12235.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Background== {{Expand section|date=June 2008}} Born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 1, 1966, Hammen attended the University of Baltimore and earned his B.S. in criminal justice in 1989 and his M.P.A. in public administration in 1993.
==In the legislature== Delegate Hammen was a member of House of Delegates from January 11, 1995 to December 2016. He initially served on the House Environmental Matters Committee and then moved to the House Health and Government Operations Committee in 2003. He served as that committee's chairman from 2005 to 2016. He was the House Co-Chair of the Joint Legislative Task Force on Small-Group Market Health Insurance. Hammen resigned his seat in December 2016 to take a job in the administration of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robbyn Lewis Selected by 46th District Delegation|url=http://baltimorecitydems.com/p/salsa/web/news/public/?news_item_KEY=150|website=BaltimoreCityDems|publisher=Baltimore City Democratic State Central Committee|accessdate=15 January 2017|archive-date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118043215/http://baltimorecitydems.com/p/salsa/web/news/public/?news_item_KEY=150|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Legislative notes=== thumb|left|Delegate Hammen leaving the State House in 2011*Co-sponsored HB 860 (Baltimore City Public Schools Construction and Revitalization Act of 2013). Signed by the Governor on May 16, 2013, the new law approved 1.1 billion dollars to construct new schools in Baltimore City.<ref>{{cite web|title=House Bill 860|url=http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=billpage&stab=03&id=hb0860&tab=subject3&ys=2013RS|publisher=Maryland Legislative Services|accessdate=March 16, 2014|archive-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230130456/http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=billpage&stab=03&id=hb0860&tab=subject3&ys=2013RS|url-status=live}}</ref> *voted for HB6, requiring custodial interrogations in capital cases be recorded(2008) <ref>{{cite web|title=HB6|publisher=Maryland Department of Legislative Services|url=http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/billfile/hb0006.htm|accessdate=2008-03-21|archive-date=2008-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315230555/http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/billfile/hb0006.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> *voted for Higher Education-Tuition Charges-Maryland High School Students(2007) (HB6)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0690.htm|title=House Bill 6|accessdate=2007-06-30|publisher=Maryland Department of Legislative Services|archive-date=2016-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408222017/http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0690.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> *co-sponsored House Bill 30 in 2007-Maryland Education Fund - Establishment and Funding <ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlis.state.md.us/2007s1/billfile/HB0030.htm|title=House Bill 30|accessdate=2007-06-30|publisher=Maryland Department of Legislative Services|archive-date=2007-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112213246/http://mlis.state.md.us/2007s1/billfile/HB0030.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> * voted for the Tax Reform Act of 2007(HB2)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mdchamber.org/docs/ss_hb2.pdf |title=Tax Reform Act of 2007 - Third reading |website=www.mdchamber.org |access-date=1 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209113112/http://www.mdchamber.org/docs/ss_hb2.pdf |archive-date=9 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * voted in favor of prohibiting ground rents in 2007(SB106)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0250.htm |title=SB 106 Third Reading (SB) Calendar No. 3 |access-date=2007-11-16 |archive-date=2009-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510080334/http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0250.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> *voted for the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007 (HB359) <ref>{{cite web|url= http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/HB0359.htm|title= House Bill 359|accessdate= 2007-07-11|publisher= Maryland Department of Legislative Services|archive-date= 2016-04-08|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160408222931/http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/HB0359.htm|url-status= live}}</ref> * voted for Healthy Air Act in 2006 (SB154) <ref>{{cite web|url= http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/votes/house/0942.htm|title= Senate Bill 154|accessdate= 2007-06-30|publisher= Maryland Department of Legislative Services|archive-date= 2016-04-08|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160408222931/http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/votes/house/0942.htm|url-status= live}}</ref> * voted against slots in 2005 (HB1361)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/votes/house/0152.htm|title= House Bill 1361|accessdate= 2007-06-29|publisher= Maryland Department of Legislative Services|archive-date= 2017-12-23|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102806/http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/votes/house/0152.htm|url-status= live}}</ref> * voted for income tax reduction in 1998 (SB750)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://mlis.state.md.us/1998rs/votes/house/1229.htm|title= Senate Bill 750|accessdate= 2007-07-11|publisher= Maryland Department of Legislative Services|archive-date= 2008-01-24|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080124123847/http://mlis.state.md.us/1998rs/votes/house/1229.htm|url-status= live}}</ref>
===General election results, 2006=== *'''2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 46th District'''<ref name="2006 results">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2006/results/general/county_Baltimore_City.html|title=House of Delegates Results|publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections|accessdate=2007-06-27|archive-date=2016-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408222855/http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2006/results/general/county_Baltimore_City.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ::'''Voters to choose three:''' :{| class="wikitable" |- !Name !Votes !Percent !Outcome |- |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Peter A. Hammen, Dem. |15,883 | 29.6% | Won |- |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Carolyn J. Krysiak, Dem. |15,856 | 29.6% | Won |- |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Brian K. McHale, Dem. |13,921 | 29.0% | Won |- |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |Peter Kimos, Rep. |6,219 | 11.6% | Lost |- |Other Write-Ins |154 | 0.3% | |- |}
==Awards== *2010 Most Influential Maryland Legislators (Top 20)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazette.net/thelist/|title=Where Does Your Legislator Rank? See the list.|last=Poll|date=2 April 2010|publisher=Maryland Gazette of Politics and Business|accessdate=10 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018045440/http://www.gazette.net/thelist/|archive-date=18 October 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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