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Senator Arthur Ellis

District

County

Charles

Committee Assignment(s)

Finance Committee

Annapolis Info

301 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone: 410-841-3616
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3616
Fax 410-841-3682

Interim Info

302 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone 410-841-3616
Fax 410-841-3682

Contact

arthur.ellis@senate.state.md.us
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Party

Democrat

Legislation	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0003 Title Procurement - Public Work Contracts - Data Dashboard (Maryland Public Works and Apprenticeship Transparency Act) Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0031 Title Commercial Law - Attachment of Wages - Exemptions (Exempt Income Protection Act) Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0035 Title Municipal Appointees and Employees - Financial Oversight - Required Education and Experience Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0051 Title Accountants - Reciprocal Licenses - Qualifications Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0066 Title Election Law - Polling Place Procedures - Voting by Elderly Voters and Voters With Disabilities (Accessible and Expedited Voting Act of Maryland) Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0094 Title Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0129 Title Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity - Advisory Committee and Hospital Reporting Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0139 Title State Government - Legal and Employee Holiday - Maryland Emancipation Day Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0148 Title State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0159 Title State Designations - State Fruit - American Persimmon Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2

Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)	Title	Sponsorship Type	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort	Current Status	Org Committees & Hearings
SB0003	Procurement - Public Work Contracts - Data Dashboard (Maryland Public Works and Apprenticeship Transparency Act)	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Finance	Finance
SB0031	Commercial Law - Attachment of Wages - Exemptions (Exempt Income Protection Act)	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Finance	Finance
SB0035	Municipal Appointees and Employees - Financial Oversight - Required Education and Experience	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0051	Accountants - Reciprocal Licenses - Qualifications	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0066	Election Law - Polling Place Procedures - Voting by Elderly Voters and Voters With Disabilities (Accessible and Expedited Voting Act of Maryland)	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0094	Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Finance	Finance
SB0129	Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity - Advisory Committee and Hospital Reporting	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Finance	Finance
SB0139	State Government - Legal and Employee Holiday - Maryland Emancipation Day	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation	Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation
SB0148	State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0159	State Designations - State Fruit - American Persimmon	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment

Denotes enacted legislation

Legislative Bond Initiatives

Project Name	Status	House Sponsors	Senate Sponsors	County	Amount Requested	Senate Initiative	House Initiative	Other Funding	Total Funding

Tenure: First elected to the Maryland Senate in 2018. Member of the Senate since January 9, 2019.

Current Assignments

2024 Deputy Majority Leader

2023 Finance Committee

2023 Senate Chair, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds

2019 Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness

2023 Apprenticeship 2030 Commission

2021 Chair, Senate Select Committee No. 8, Charles, St Marys and Calvert Counties' Delegation

2024 Financial Secretary, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (Member, 2019)

2019 Maryland Veterans Caucus

Past Senate Service: Assistant Deputy Majority Leader, 2020-2023; Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2019-2023; Education Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2019-2023; Health Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2019-2023; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 2019-2023.

Public Service: State Advisory Council on Serious Illness Care, 2024-; Task Force to Study School Bus Operator Contracts and Wages in Charles County, 2023-; Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Charles County Public Schools, 2022-; Historic St. Mary's City Fort to 400 Commission, 2021-; Tri-County Council of Southern Maryland, 2019-; President, UMBC, Meyerhoff Parents Association; Chair, Charles County NAACP Communications Committee; Chair, Charles County NAACP 75th Anniversary Planning Committee; Officer, The Historic Willing Helpers Society; Member, University of Maryland Extension Advisory Council; Stroke and Turn, Chief Judge, USA Swimming; University of Maryland Extension Certified Volunteer Leader; Coach, Charles County 4H Robotics Team; Advisor, Charles County Public School Office of Gifted Education; Western Charles County Community Association.

Memberships: The American Legion, 2005-; Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Life Member; American Association of CPAs; Maryland Association of CPAs, Life Member.

Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award, AmeriCorps and the Office of the President of the United States, 2023; The Willing Helpers Society Beacon Award, 2022; Legislator of the Year, Maryland Military Coalition, 2020; Hall of Fame, Charles County NAACP Hall of Fame, 2018; Inductee, University of Maryland Alumni Lifetime Member Wall, 2017; Outsanding 4H Volunteer Leader Award, UMD Extension, Charles County, 2016; Businessperson of the Year, FBLA National Leadership, 1994; United States Air Force Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service, 1989; Oklahoma Achiever Award for Community Service, 1985; Commanders' Trophy for Superior Cadet Leadership, USAF R.O.T.C, 1982.

Biographical Information: Born in Jamaica, West Indies in 1961; Emigrated to the United States in 1970; Uniondale High School, Uniondale, New York, 1979; University of Maryland, College Park, Scholar, United States Air Force, R.O.T.C., 1979-1983; University of Maryland, B.S., Chemistry 1983; U.S. Air Force, 1983-1989, Commissioned as Second Lieutenant; U.S.Air Force Reserves 1989-2001; City University of New York, Herbert Lehman College, M.S., Accountancy, 1989; Certified Public Accountant, 1990-; Associate, Mitchell Titus Accounting Firm, New York, New York, 1990; Instructor, Maryland Association of CPAs Continuing Education Program, 1990; Accounting Instructor, University of Maryland University College, 1991-1993; Adjunct Professor of Accounting, University of the District of Columbia, 1991-1992; Business Owner, CPA, Chartered Global Management Accountant, 2012-; Married; two children.