Members - Senator Benjamin Brooks

Senator Benjamin Brooks

District

County

Baltimore

Committee Assignment(s)

Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee

Annapolis Info

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

Phone 410-841-3606
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3606

Interim Info

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

Phone 410-841-3606

Contact

benjamin.brooks@senate.state.md.us
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Party

Democrat

Legislation	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0034 Title Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Overhead Transmission Lines - Conservation Easements Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0068 (HB0197) Title Public Schools - Restorative Practices Schools - Comprehensive Plan Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0096 (HB0277) Title Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0189 Title Eminent Domain – Agricultural and Conservation Easements – Prohibited Taking Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0175 (HB0222) Title Public Safety - Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing for Fuel Gas Piping Systems - Requirements and Prohibitions Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2

Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)	Title	Sponsorship Type	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort	Current Status	Org Committees & Hearings
SB0034	Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Overhead Transmission Lines - Conservation Easements	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0068 (HB0197)	Public Schools - Restorative Practices Schools - Comprehensive Plan	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0096 (HB0277)	Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0189	Eminent Domain – Agricultural and Conservation Easements – Prohibited Taking	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Education, Energy, and the Environment	Judicial Proceedings Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0175 (HB0222)	Public Safety - Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing for Fuel Gas Piping Systems - Requirements and Prohibitions	Co-Sponsor	2	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: Elected to the Maryland Senate in November 2022. Member of the Senate since January 11, 2023. Member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2015-2023.

Current Assignments

2023 Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment

2023 Energy Subcommittee of the Committee on Education, Energy and the Environment

2023 Joint Committee on Program Open Space & Agricultural Land Preservation

2023 Senate Chair, Joint Electric Universal Service Program (EUSP) Workgroup

2015 Legislative Black Caucus (1st vice-chair, 2019-20; 2nd Vice-Chair, 2018-19; treasurer, 2016-22)

2023 Executive Board Member, Maryland Veteran's Caucus (House Member 2015-2022)

Past House Service 2015-2023: Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 2010-2023; Deputy Majority Whip, 2017-2019; Economic Matters Committee, 2015-2023; Chair, Public Utilities Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2019-2023; Property and Casualty Insurance Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2015-2019; Task Force to reduce the Rate of Uninsured Drivers, 2015; House Chair, Joint Electric Universal Service Program (EUSP) Workgroup, 2020-2021.

Public Service: Co-Chair, Financial Education and Capability Commission, 2024-; Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers, 2024-; Maryland 250 Commission, 2023-; Task Force to Study Solar Incentives, 2023-; Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Council, 2023-; Solar Photovoltaic Systems Recovery, Reuse, and Recycling Working Group, 2023-; Advisory Council on the Impact of Regulations on Small Business, 2017-2021; Task Force to Investigate the Challenges of and Opportunities for Minorities in Business, 2016-2018; Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Board, 2016-2022.

Memberships: Edrich Manor Homeowners Association; Northern Cove Property Owners Association, Inc.; South Carolina State University Alumni Association; Greater Baltimore Chapter; The Liberty Road Business Association, Inc.; American Legion Post 202; Board of Directors; Sojourner Douglass College, 2012-; St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church, Windsor Mill, Maryland.

Biographical Information: Born in Sumter, South Carolina, April 23, 1950; Attended Ebenezer High School, Sumter, South Carolina; South Carolina State University, B.S., Accounting, 1976; U.S. Army, 1969-1972 (Accommodations Medal; Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Medal; Vietnam Service Medal); Cost Accountant, Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. 1978-1987 (Junior Accountant, 1976-1978); Owner, B&R Brooks Professional Tax Service, 1987-; President, Brooks Family Investments, Inc. 2004 -; Member, Board of License Commissioners, Baltimore County, 2011-2013; Vice-President, S.A.W. Enterprises, Inc.; Married; three children.