| Tenure
First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, 2006. Member of the House, 2007 - 2015. First elected to the Maryland Senate in 2014. Member of the Senate since 2015.
Current Assignments
2020 Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee (Member, 2015)
2019 Rules Committee
2021 Joint Committee on Pensions
2020 Executive Nominations Committee
2019 Legislative Policy Committee
2023 Commission on Transportation Revenue and Infrastructure Needs
2023 Maryland Veterans Caucus
2021 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus
2024 Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus, Associate Member
Past Senate Service
Majority Leader, 2019; Majority Whip, 2016-2019; Health and Human Services Subcommittee, Budget and Taxation Committee (Chair, 2019), 2015-2019; Pensions Subcommittee, Budget and Taxation Committee (Chair 2016-2019), 2015-2019; Joint Committee on Pensions (Chair 2017-2019), 2015-2019; Special Joint Legislative Committee to Select the State Treasurer, 2023, 2021; Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, 2022; Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, 2019; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2019; Co-chair, Workgroup on the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act, 2017-2019; Joint Audit Committee (Senate Chair 2016), 2015-2019; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2015-2019; Marijuana Legalization Workgroup, 2019; Public Safety and Policing Workgroup, 2015-2016; Joint Covid Response Workgroup, 2020; Senate Chair, Howard County Delegation, 2015-2019; Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Budget and Taxation Committee, 2019.
Biographical Information
Born, Baltimore, Maryland, March 27, 1964; Parkville High School; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A, Economics, B.A., Government and Politics, 1986; University of Maryland, College Park, M.P.M., Public Management, MacArthur Graduate Fellow, 1988; Georgetown University Public Policy Institute, Executive Certificate, Juvenile Justice- Multi-System Integration, 2008; Legislative Assistant to U.S. Representative Bill Nelson of Florida, 1988-91; Special Assistant to Howard County Council Member, Shane E. Pendergrass, 1991-95; Legislative Assistant to Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, Howard County, 1995; State Director, Maryland Chapter, Sierra Club, 1996-98; Howard County Council (District 3) (chair 2001, 2003-05) 1998-2006; Eagle Scout. |