Pamela Graboski Beidle (born July 21, 1951) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate from District 32 since 2019.
[11] During debate on the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in 2019, Beidle expressed concern with the education reform bill's Concentration of Poverty Grants, which provided extra funds to schools with high populations of students that receive free or reduced-price lunches, saying that she wanted the percentage floor required to receive the grants to be lowered.
[12] During the 2021 legislative session, Beidle introduced a bill that would require the state to switch to safer alternatives in firefighting foam and ban PFAS chemicals in food packaging.
[20] She also introduced a bill requiring Maryland to stay in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact for an additional eight years,[21] which passed and was signed into law by Governor Larry Hogan.
[22] In April 2022, Beidle spoke in support of legislation to provide paid sick leave, recalling when her business continued to pay a worker who took off after she and her mother were diagnosed with cancer.
[24] During the 2021 legislative session, Beidle expressed concerns with the Maryland Police Accountability Act, also known as Anton's Law, especially with provisions to repeal the state's Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights, and introduced an amendment to the bill to remove "unfounded and unsubstantiated complaints" from records that could be obtained under the Maryland Public Information Act.
[27] During the 2013 legislative session, Beidle voted against a bill to index the state's gas tax to inflation to pay for transportation projects.
[30] In June 2002, Beidle said she opposed a proposal to build a maglev line between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.[31] In April 2022, she introduced legislation that would make it more expensive for the Baltimore-Washington Rapid Rail company to build the maglev line by requiring it to pay 25 percent of costs associated with acquiring land through condemnation to the jurisdiction where the land is located.