Philip C. Jimeno

Philip C. Jimeno (born February 28, 1947, in Fairmont, West Virginia) is an American politician and was a long-serving member of the Maryland State Legislature as a Democrat.

Early life and education

He grew up in West Virginia and attended Fairmont State College.^[1] He was married in 1969, and he and his wife Ramona moved to Brooklyn Park, Maryland in 1970.^[1] He worked as a probation and parole officer in Baltimore and was involved in the local improvement association, the Roland Terrace Democratic Club and became president of the Greater Brooklyn Park Council.^[1]

Political career

In 1978, he decided to run for a seat in the Maryland House. He won that election, and went on to represent District 31 in the Maryland State Legislature from 1985 until his retirement in 2007.^[1][2]

Mr. Jimeno claims lead sponsorship on more than 65 legislative bills and claims co-sponsorship of more than 200. One of his pieces of legislation was Maryland Senate Bill 305, known as Annie's Bill, which was passed in the early 1990s. It set a new standard for timely and compulsory blood-alcohol testing and toughened drunken driving laws, allowing for drivers' in accidents where a person was seriously injured or killed to be tested for alcohol at the time of the incident, rather than a day or so later.

In his election challenge in 2002, Mr. Jimeno won re-election with 62% of the vote against his Republican challenger, David K. Kyle, who received 38%.^[3][4]