Senator Shaneka Henson
- District
- 30
- County
- Anne Arundel
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Judicial Proceedings Committee
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Judicial Proceedings Committee
- Annapolis Info
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203 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3578
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3578
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203 James Senate Office Building
- Interim Info
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203 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 - Phone 410-841-3578
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203 James Senate Office Building
- Contact
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shaneka.henson@senate.state.md.us
- Party
- Democrat
Denotes enacted legislation
- Tenure
- Sworn into the Maryland Senate on January 8, 2025. Member of the Maryland House of Delegates May 16, 2019 to January 8, 2025.
- Current Assignments
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- 2025 Judicial Proceedings Committee
- 2025 Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families
- 2019 Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland
- 2019 Women Legislators of Marylad
- 2021 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus
- Past House Service
- Ways and Means Committee, 2023-2024; Local Revenues Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2023-2024; Early Childhood Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2023-2024; Appropriations Committee, 2019-2023; Health and Social Services Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, 2020-2023; Vice Chair, Oversight Committee on Pensions of the Appropriations Committee (Member, 2022), 2023; Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, 2023; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2021-2024.
- Public Service
- Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee, 2020-2023.
- Memberships
- Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA); Anne Arundel County Bar Association.
- Awards
- The Daily Record, Maryland's Top 100 Women, 2024; Sojourner Truth Award, Anne Arundel County, 2021.
- Biographical Information
- Born, July 29, 1983, Anne Arundel County, Maryland; Coppin State University, B.S.; University of BAltimore School of Law, J.D.; Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 2010; Attorney, YWCA, Anne Arundel County; Attorney, Office of the Maryland Attorney General, 2013-2019; Member, Annapolis, City Council, representing Ward 6, 2018-2019; Married, one-child.
Last Updated: 1/9/2025 2:27 PM