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Kuppa, Padma (D)

Office: N890 HOB Term: First Phone: (517) 373-1783 Email: PadmaKuppa@house.mi.gov Home Address: Troy, MI 48099 Website: https://housedems.com/kuppa Seat Number: 109 Standing Committees: Local Government & Municipal Finance, Energy (C) = Chair, (VC) = Vice Chair

POLITICAL CAREER

Rep. Kuppa was first elected to the House on Nov. 6, 2018 when she defeated Republican Doug TIETZ by securing 51.32 percent of the general election vote.

Kuppa ran unopposed in the August primary.

Kuppa, who came to the U.S. from India at age 4, is the first Indian immigrant and the first Hindu in the state Legislature.

WORK EXPERIENCE

She worked as an engineer and project manager with a career that spans the automotive, financial, and IT industries.

She is president of the Troy Historic Society and a board member of the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion.

To read MIRS biography of Rep. Kuppa, click here.

EDUCATION

After receiving her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology Warangal, India, Kuppa moved home to the U.S. for graduate school.

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 HB 4076  - CRIMES, Internet, Provides for penalties for coercing vulnerable adult into providing sexually explicit visual material.
(Status: 06/19/2019 - HOUSE - COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE H-2 - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY )

 HB 4197  - HOLIDAYS, Other, Designates January 30 of each year as "Fred Korematsu Day".
(Status: 02/14/2019 - HOUSE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS )

 HB 4455  - STATE, Symbol, Designates shelter pets as the official state pet.
(Status: 04/16/2019 - HOUSE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS )

 HB 4632  - LABOR, Hours and Wages, Prohibit employers from engaging in certain discriminatory practices and allow remedies under Elliott-Larsen civil rights act.
(Status: 05/21/2019 - HOUSE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND TOURISM )

 HB 4807  - AGRICULTURE, Weights and Measures, Standardizes price displays for pricing for charging of electric vehicles. TIE BAR WITH HB 4806
(Status: 07/02/2019 - HOUSE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION )

 HB 4944  - STATE FINANCING AND MANAGEMENT, Funds, Creates police recruit scholarship match fund.
(Status: 09/11/2019 - HOUSE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS )

 HB 4945  - STATE FINANCING AND MANAGEMENT, Funds, Creates law enforcement awareness grant program.
(Status: 09/11/2019 - HOUSE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS )

 HB 5261  - GAMING, Lottery, Allows multistate lottery games winner to remain anonymous.
(Status: 11/20/2019 - HOUSE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY REFORM )

 HB 5262  - HOLIDAYS, Other, NEW, Designate February 1 as Blue Star Mothers Day.
(Status: 12/03/2019 - HOUSE - REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS)

 HR 0052  - Michigan Water Day and World Water Day, A resolution to declare March 22, 2019, as Michigan Water Day and World Water Day in the state of Michigan.
(Status: 03/21/2019 - HOUSE - ADOPTED)

 HR 0190  - Festival of Diwali, A resolution to recognize the historic, cultural, and religious significance of the Festival of Diwali.
(Status: 10/24/2019 - HOUSE - ADOPTED)

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