Some freshmen senators sponsor flurry of bills

Sen. Catherine Pugh, a Baltimore City Democrat, was surprised Friday when a reporter told her she had won the prize as the freshman senator who was the lead sponsor of the most bills ? 22 this session. She thought it would have been more likely one of the two Montgomery County lawyers who sit behind her, although they were in the running as well.

But it was no surprise to her seatmate, Sen. James Robey, the former Howard County executive, that he had the least of any new senator. The one bill he plans to sponsor, related to a fatal traffic accident last year, has not come out of bill drafting yet.