The following is a list of committees for both the Senate and the House of Delegates.  It includes the chair as well as the members and their districts and each member is linked back to their profile on the Maryland General Assembly profile.

Senate Committees –

Budget and Taxation – 

      Issue Areas:

  • State operating and capital budgets, including revenues and expenditures
  • Supplementary appropriations bills
  • State and county bond authorizations
  • Legislative budgetary procedures
  • Taxation and property assessment matters
  • Education financing
  • Public pension and retirement matters

       Members

Guy Guzzone Howard District 13 Chair
Jim Rosapepe Anne Arundel, Prince George’s District 21 Vice Chair
Ronald Young Frederick District 3  
Melony Griffith Prince George’s District 25  
Nancy King Montgomery District 39  
Sarah K Elfreth Anne Arundel District 30  
Michael Jackson Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s District 27  
Cory V. McCray Baltimore City District 45  
Craig Zucker Montgomery District 14  

Education, Health and Environmental Affairs –

    Issue Areas:

  • Licensing and regulation of businesses in general, including business, health, and related occupations and professions
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Natural resources
  • Environment
  • Energy
  • Ethics and election laws
  • Veterans affairs
  • Fire prevention

      Members

Paul Pinsky Prince George’s District 22 Chair
Cheryl Kagan Montgomery District 17 Vice Chair
Clarence K. Lam Baltimore County, Howard District 12  
Obie Patterson Prince George’s District 26  
Arthur Ellis Charles District 28  
Kate Fry Hester Carroll, Howard District 9  
Mary Washington Baltimore City District 43  

 

Finance – 

      Issue Areas:

  • Banks and other financial institutions
  • Behavioral health, including mental health and substance abuse matters
  • Business regulation and occupations
  • Credit regulation and consumer financing
  • Commercial law, including consumer protection
  • Developmental disabilities
  • Economic development
  • Health care facilities
  • Insurance, including property and casualty, life, and health
  • Horse racing
  • Public health, Medicaid, and long term care
  • Social programs, including welfare
  • State personnel
  • Transportation
  • Labor and industry, including prevailing wage
  • Unemployment insurance
  • Utility regulation, including energy and telecommunications
  • Workers’ compensation

      Members

Delores Kelley Baltimore County District 10 Chair
Brian Feldman Montgomery District 15 Vice Chair
Pamela Beidle Anne Arundel District 32  
Antonio Hayes Baltimore City District 40  
Malcolm Augustine Prince George’s District 47  
Joanne Benson Prince George’s District 24  
Katherine Klausmeier Baltimore County District 8  
Benjamin F. Kramer Montgomery District 19  

Judicial Proceedings – 

  • Criminal and civil laws, penalties, and procedures
  • Correctional facilities and services
  • Family law
  • Judicial administration and court structure
  • Juvenile justice
  • Law enforcement organizations
  • Legal profession
  • Legal rights and immunities
  • Public safety
  • Real property, including landlord-tenant laws
  • Trusts and estates
  • Corporations and associations
  • Constitutional amendments
  • Human relations
  • Vehicle laws, including drunk driving

      Members

Will Smith Montgomery District 20 Chair
Jeff Waldstreicher Montgomery District 18 Vice Chair
Susan Lee Montgomery District 16  
Jill P Carter Baltimore City District 41  
Shelly Hettleman Baltimore County District 11  
Charles Sydnor Baltimore City, Baltimore County District 44  
Ron Watson Prince George’s District 23  

Rules – 

      Issue Areas:

  • Considers proposals concerning the rules, organization, and procedures of the Senate or the legislature
  • Reviews legislation introduced after the bill introduction deadline and decides whether to re-refer those bills to the appropriate principal standing committees

      Members

Joanne Benson Prince George’s District 24 Chair
Shelly Hettleman Baltimore County District 11 Vice Chair
Will Smith Montgomery District 20  
Delores Kelley Baltimore County District 10  
Katherine Klausmeier Baltimore County District 8  
Paul Pinsky Prince George’s District 22  
Guy Guzzone Howard District 13  
Nancy King Montgomery District 39  
Bill Fergusion Baltimore City District 46  

 

House Committees –

Appropriations – 

      Issue Areas:

    • State operating and capital budgets
    • Supplementary appropriations bills
    • State and county bond authorizations
    • Higher education institutions
    • State and local agency procedures and programs
    • Collective bargaining
    • Social services
    • State personnel and pension matters

      Members 

Maggie Mcintosh Baltimore City  District 43 Chair
Mark Chang Anne Arundel  District 32 Vice Chair
Gabriel Acevero Montgomery  District 39  
Ben Barnes Anne Arundel, Prince George’s  District 21  
Tony Bridges Baltimore City  District 41  
Catherine M. Forbes Baltimore County  District 42A  
Shaneka Henson Anne Arundel  District 30A  
Marc Korman Montgomery  District 16  
Carol Krimm Frederick  District 3A  
Jazz Lewis Prince George’s  District 24  
Susie Proctor Charles, Prince George’s  District 27A  
Kirill Reznik Montgomery  District 39  
Stephanie Smith Baltimore City  District 45  
Jared Solomon Montgomery  District 18  
Geraldine Valentino-Smith Prince George’s  District 23A  
Pat Young Baltimore County  District 44B  

 

Economic Matters – 

      Issue Areas:

  • Banks and other financial institutions
  • Commercial law, including consumer protection
  • Corporations and associations
  • Business regulation
  • Business occupations and professions
  • Economic development
  • Electronic commerce
  • Insurance regulation, except health insurance
  • Labor and employment
  • Unemployment insurance
  • Utility regulation
  • Workers’ compensation
  • Alcoholic beverages

       Members

CT Wilson Charles  District 28 Chair
Brian Crosby St. Mary’s  District 29B Vice Chair
Chanel Branch Baltimore City  District 45  
Benjamin Brooks Baltimore County  District 10  
Ned Carey Anne Arundel  District 31A  
Lorig Charkoudian Montgomery  District 20  
Diana Fennell Prince George’s  District 47A  
Andrea Fletcher Harrison Prince George’s  District 24  
Carl Jackson Baltimore County  District 8  
Lilly Qi Montgomery  District 15  
Pam Queen Montgomery  District 14  
Mike Rogers Anne Arundel  District 32  
Veronica Turner Prince George’s  District 26  
Kriselda Valderrama Prince George’s  District 26  
Jay Walker Prince George’s  District 26  
Courtney Watson Howard  District 9B  

 

Environment and Transportation – 

      Issue Areas:

  • Agriculture, natural resources, and environmental issues, including agricultural land preservation, program open space, and vehicle emissions
  • Ethics
  • Housing, landlord and tenant, and real property, including lead paint
  • Local government, including land use
  • Transportation, including highways, bridges, mass transit, and vehicle laws

      Members

Kumar Barve Montgomery  District 17 Chair
Dana Stein Baltimore County  District 11 Vice Chair
Marlon Amprey Baltimore City  District 40  
Regina Boyce Baltimore City  District 43  
Linda Foley Montgomery  District 15  
David Fraser Hidalgo Montgomery  District 15  
James Gilchrist Montgomery  District 17  
Anne Healey Prince George’s  District 22  
Marvin Holmes Prince George’s  District 23B  
Jay Jalisi Baltimore County  District 10  
Mary Lehman Anne Arundel, Prince George’s  District 21  
Brooke Lierman Baltimore City  District 46  
Sara Love Montgomery  District 16  
Roxane Prettyman Baltimore City  District 44A  
Sheila Ruth Baltimore County  District 44B  
Vaughn Stewart Montgomery  District 19  
Jen Terrasa Howard  District 13  
Melissa Wells Baltimore City  District 40  

 

Health and Government Operations – 

      Issue Areas:

  • Health facilities, equipment, and products
  • Long-term care
  • Public health, including Medicaid
  • Health insurance
  • Health occupations and professions
  • State government organization, procedures, and operations
  • Administrative law
  • Procurement
  • Human relations
  • Trusts and estates

       Members

Shane Pendergrass Howard  District 13 Chair
Joseline Pena Melnyk Anne Arundel, Prince George’s  District 21 Vice Chair
Heather Bagnall Anne Arundel  District 33  
Lisa Belcastro Baltimore County  District 11  
Harry Bhandari Baltimore County  District 8  
Alfred Carr Montgomery  District 18  
Bonnie Cullison Montgomery  District 19  
Terri Hill Baltimore County, Howard  District 12  
Steven Johnson Harford  District 34A  
Anne Kaiser Montgomery  District 14  
Ariana Kelly Montgomery  District 16  
Ken Kerr Frederick  District 3B  
Chery Landis Prince George’s  District 23B  
Robbyn Lewis Baltimore City  District 46  
Samuel Rosenberg Baltimore City  District 41  
Sheree Sample-Hughes Dorchester, Wicomico  District 37A  
Karen Lewis Young Frederick  District 3A  

 

Rules and Executive Nominations – 

      Issue Areas:

  • Reviews legislation introduced after the bill introduction deadline and decides whether to re-refer those bills to the appropriate principal standing committees for their consideration
  • Examines all nominations for appointments made by the Governor that require House confirmation

      Members

Anne Healey Prince George’s  District 22 Chair
Marvin Holmes Prince George’s  District 23B Vice Chair
Shane Pendergrass Howard  District 13  
Joseline Pena Melnyk Anne Arundel, Prince George’s  District 21  
Anne Kaiser Montgomery  District 14  
Sheree Sample-Hughes Dorchester, Wicomico  District 37A  
Kumar Barve Montgomery  District 17  
Dana Stein Baltimore County  District 11  
CT Wilson Charles  District 28  
Brian Crosby St. Mary’s  District 29B  
Chanel Branch Baltimore City  District 45  
Kriselda Valderrama Prince George’s  District 26  
Maggie Mcintosh Baltimore City  District 43  
Mark Chang Anne Arundel  District 32  
Ben Barnes Anne Arundel, Prince George’s  District 21  
Vanessa Atterbeary Howard  District 13  
Luke Clippinger Baltimore City  District 46  
Eric Luedtke Montgomery  District 14  
David Moon Montgomery  District 20  
Alonzo Washington Prince George’s  District 22  

 

Judiciary – 

      Issue Areas:

  • Judicial administration and court structure
  • Legal profession
  • Correctional facilities and services
  • Criminal and civil laws, penalties, immunities, and procedures
  • Juvenile justice
  • Public safety
  • Family law
  • Drunk and drugged driving and incarcerable motor vehicle offenses

      Members

Luke Clippinger Baltimore City  District 46 Chair
David Moon Montgomery  District 20 Vice Chair
Curt Anderson Baltimore City  District 43  
Sandy Barlett Anne Arundel  District 32  
Jon Cardin Baltimore County  District 11  
Frank Conaway Baltimore City  District 40  
Charlotte Crutchfield Montgomery  District 19  
Debra Davis Charles  District 28  
Wanika Fisher Prince George’s  District 47B  
Faye Howell Prince George’s  District 24  
Rachel Jones Calvert, Prince George’s  District 27B  
Lesley Lopez Montgomery  District 39  
Emily Shetty Montgomery  District 18  
Nicole Williams Prince George’s  District 22  

Ways and Means – 

      Issue Areas:

  • State and local taxation matters, including assessments and tax credit programs
  • Education financing
  • Primary and secondary education programs
  • Elections
  • Funding of transportation programs
  • Lottery and horse racing
  • Issues relating to children, youth, and families

      Members

Vanessa Atterbeary Howard  District 13 Chair
Alonzo Washington Prince George’s  District 22 Vice Chair
Chanel Branch Baltimore City  District 45  
Eric Luedtke Montgomery  District 14  
Dalya Attar Baltimore City  District 41  
Darryl Barnes Prince George’s  District 25  
Julie Palakovich Carr Montgomery  District 17  
Nick Charles Prince George’s  District 25  
Eric Ebersole Baltimore County, Howard  District 12  
Jessica Feldmark Baltimore County, Howard  District 12  
Michele Guyton Baltimore County  District 42B  
Julian Ivey Prince George’s  District 47A  
Dana Jones Anne Arundel  District 30A  
Maryann Lisanti Harford  District 34A  
Edith Patterson Charles  District 28  
Jheanelle Wilkins Montgomery  District 20