Emily Shetty

Emily Khoury Shetty (born January 11, 1984) is an American politician and attorney who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 18 since 2019.

[1] In 2014, she unsuccessfully ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 18,[3] receiving 11 percent of the vote behind incumbents Ana Sol Gutierrez, Jeff Waldstreicher, and Al Carr.

[6] Shetty ran again in 2018 after Waldstreicher announced he would run for the Maryland Senate,[7] winning the Democratic primary with 19.7 percent of the vote[8] and defeating Republican challenger Linda Willard in the general election with 30 percent of the vote.

[13] During her 2014 House of Delegates campaign, Shetty said she supported increasing state investments in mental health care.

[16] During the 2019 legislative session, Shetty introduced the Law Enforcement Trust and Transparency Act, which would establish statewide standards for officer-involved death investigations.

[17][18] In 2021, Shetty introduced a bill to limit how police could use genealogy websites and their databases.

[20] In 2022, Shetty supported legislation to raise the state's minimum marriage age to 17 years old.

Shetty in the House Appropriations Committee, 2023