Members - Delegate Steven J. Arentz

Delegate Steven J. Arentz

District

County

Kent, Queen Anne's, Cecil, and Caroline

Committee Assignment(s)

Economic Matters Committee

Annapolis Info

308 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone: 410-841-3543
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3543
Fax 410-841-3098

Interim Info

308 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone 410-841-3543
Fax 410-841-3098

Contact

steven.arentz@house.state.md.us

Party

Republican

Legislation	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0067 Title Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Signature Requirements and Verification Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0081 Title Real Property - Condemnation - Compensation for Farm and Agricultural Property (Protect Maryland Farm Lands Act) Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0091 Title Elections - In-Person Voting - Proof of Identity Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0137 Title Public Schools - Children Charged With a Crime of Violence - Prohibition on In-Person Attendance (School Safety Act of 2025) Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0156 Title Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams - Designation Based on Sex (Fairness in Girls' Sports Act) Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2

Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)	Title	Sponsorship Type	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort	Current Status	Org Committees & Hearings
HB0067	Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Signature Requirements and Verification	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Ways and Means	Ways and Means
HB0081	Real Property - Condemnation - Compensation for Farm and Agricultural Property (Protect Maryland Farm Lands Act)	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Economic Matters	Economic Matters
HB0091	Elections - In-Person Voting - Proof of Identity	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Ways and Means	Ways and Means
HB0137	Public Schools - Children Charged With a Crime of Violence - Prohibition on In-Person Attendance (School Safety Act of 2025)	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Ways and Means	Ways and Means
HB0156	Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams - Designation Based on Sex (Fairness in Girls' Sports Act)	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the House - First Reading Ways and Means	Ways and Means

Denotes enacted legislation

Legislative Bond Initiatives

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

Current Assignments

2015 Economic Matters Committee

2015 Alcoholic Beverages Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee

2015 Workers' Compensation Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee

2019 Unemployment Insurance Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee

2019 Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee

2014 Chair, Queen Anne's County Delegation

2014 Eastern Shore Delegation (Chair, 2019-2022)

Past House Service: Deputy Minority Whip, 2017-2021; Appropriations Committee, 2014; Consumer Protection and Commercial Law Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2015-2019; Property and Casualty Insurance Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2019-2023; Joint Audit Committee, 2015-2019.

Public Service: Workgroup to Study Issuance of Alcoholic Beverage Licenses to Tobacconists, 2024-; Bainbridge Development Advisory Board, 2013-; Board of Directors, Maryland Association of Counties, 2013; County Commissioner, Queen Anne's County, 2010-2013; Upper Shore Regional Council, 2010-2013; Fort George G. Meade Regional Growth Management Committee, 2010-2013; Queen Anne's County Economic Development Commission (former Chair), 2007-2010; Queen Anne's County Chamber of Commerce (former Chair), 2005-2006; Board of Directors, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, 2005-2006.

Biographical Information: Born in Hollywood, California, April 17, 1951; Allegheny Community College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Control Data Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Newbury Junior College, Brookline, Massachusetts; Owner and operator of Hemingway's Restaurant and Lola's Sunset Grill, Stevensville, MD, 1996-2010; Realtor, Long & Foster, 2003 -; Married; two children.