By Adam Pagnucco.
District 39 Delegate Kirill Reznik has announced his retirement from the General Assembly to join the administration of Governor Wes Moore. He was appointed to office in 2007 and has won four elections since. The Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee will appoint his successor.
I am very sad to see Kirill leave. Over the years, he has become one of my favorite members of the General Assembly. He has not been a flashy politician, but he has been a serious policy maker who has been especially active on health care issues. Kirill was one of the foremost watchdogs in Annapolis on holding Governor Larry Hogan’s administration accountable for its Human Services department staffing shortage, its botched purchase of COVID test kits and its denial of COVID pay to many frontline health workers. Governor Moore is getting a great public servant but our county is losing one of its finest elected officials.
Delegate Reznik’s press release appears below.
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Contact: Sarian Holt
Email: Kirill.Reznik@house.state.md.us
For Immediate Release
PRESS RELEASE
Delegate Kirill Reznik (D, 39) has announced his retirement from the Maryland House of Delegates effective March 21, 2023, to join the Department of Human Services as the new Assistant Secretary for Inter-Departmental Data Integration.
Delegate Reznik was appointed to the House of Delegates in October of 2007, and was subsequently re-elected in 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022. He served on the Health and Government Operations Committee from 2007-2016, before moving to the Appropriations Committee, where he has served as the Chair of the Health and Social Services Subcommittee. He also served as the House Parliamentarian from 2017-2019.
Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, USSR, Delegate Reznik was the first Ukrainian-born State Legislator in the U.S. In his time in the House of Delegates, Delegate Reznik has focused on health care policy, election reform, and government transparency. Among his numerous accomplishments, Delegate Reznik banned the use of credit history in hiring process, reformed the State procurement system, allowed for the direct sale of electric vehicles, created a robotics education grant program, created a first in the nation energy storage tax credit, required schools across the State to stock menstrual products in school bathrooms, helped rape victims get access to HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, and amended the State Constitution to allow for Election Day Voter Registration.
As Chair of Health and Social Services Subcommittee on Appropriations, Delegate Reznik was instrumental in maintaining needed funding for support and health care programs, supported the work of our doctors, hospitals, and mental health providers across the State, and ensured the most vulnerable populations get the care and services they need.
“I am eternally grateful for the privilege of having served the residents of District 39 over the last 15 years. Their faith and trust has allowed me the unique experience of being their State Delegate. I want to impart my thanks to my District-mates for their friendship and collegiality. I am especially grateful to Speaker Adrienne Jones for her leadership and friendship, and the late Speaker Michael Busch. Both helped me to become an effective and caring legislator. I am also grateful to Chairman Ben Barnes for his support, as well as my former Chairs, Maggie McIntosh and Peter Hammen for their mentorship.”
Any questions may be directed to staff by phone or email.
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