The Latest News from Senator Rosapepe's Office May 2025

Senator Rosapepe at last year’s Beltsville Day

Join us once again at the Beltsville Community Festival 

I hope you will join me at the family-friendly Beltsville Day Community Festival on Sunday, May 18, 2025, from noon until 4 p.m. at the Beltsville Community Center at 3900 Sellman Road. The Beltsville Lions Club will offer free vision, hearing, and eye pressure screenings in the Lions Mobile Health Unit. There will be a variety of free games, numerous food options, activities and entertainment for children and adults of all ages. 

Update from the 2025 legislative session 

The 2025 Maryland General Assembly Legislative session ended in early April. Delegates Joseline Peña-Melnyk, Ben Barnes, and Mary Lehman and I worked to: 

Protect working families from Musk/Trump war on Maryland by: - Giving the State Attorney General the power to sue to protect earned Social Security, Medicare, and Veterans benefits. 

- Creating a loan fund for laid-off Federal workers and contractors. - Strengthening protection of personal data and safety in churches, schools, hospitals, and public places for law-abiding immigrant families. 

Curb utility rate hikes by: 

- Providing residential electric customers with a rebate. 

- Cracking down on cost overruns, private jets, and other profit-padding. - Making big tech data centers pay their fair share. 

- Boosting lower-cost solar and battery storage.

Make Beltsville neighborhoods safer by passing laws that: 

- Crackdown on organized crime stealing from neighborhood stores. - Boost penalties for gun theft and gun trafficking 

Add $114 million more for Prince George’s schools. 

Boost state funds by more than $29 million to fix potholes and improve local roads 

Community Utilities and Resource Fair on May 12 

The District 21 Delegation and County Councilmember Tom Dernoga will host a Community Utilities and Resource Fair on May 12 from 6 - 8 pm at the Laurel-Beltsville Senior Activity Center at 7120 Contee Road. BG&E, PEPCO, WSSC Water, Maryland Energy Administration, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, Maryland Department of Human Services, Office of the People's Council, and Prince George's County Federal Credit Union will be in attendance and available to discuss with you one-on-one your concerns. 

Senate and House college scholarships for Beltsville students 

Delegates Joseline Peña-Melnyk, Ben Barnes, Mary Lehman, and I award college scholarships to Beltsville students each summer. Applications for the scholarships for the school year 2025-26 are posted on the 21st District Delegation website. The Delegates’ application will automatically go to Delegates Peña-Melnyk, Barnes, and Lehman. You will need to fill out a separate application for the Senatorial Scholarship. 

In the meantime, please ensure you have a Maryland College Aid Processing System (MDCAPS) account at https://mhec.maryland.gov/ and fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at https://studentaid.gov/. 

21st District Delegation Website: https://www.21stdistrictdelegation.com/college-scholarships

If you have questions, email my office at jim.rosapepe@senate.state.md.us or call at 410-841-3141. 

Contact me 

Please let me know if there are other issues you have questions or thoughts about. And, of course, feel free to be in touch if I can be of help to you. Just email 21stDistrictDelegation@gmail.com or call 410-841-3141.