Tenure

First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, 2010. Member of the House since 2011.

Current Assignments

2019 Chair, Judiciary Committee

2019 Legislative Policy Committee

2019 Rules and Executive Nominations Committee

2015 House Chair, Joint Committee on Legislative Information Technology and Open Government

Past House Service

Economic Matters Committee, 2015-2019; Public Utilities Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2015-2019; Workers' Compensation Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2015-2019; Judiciary Committee, 2011-2015; Criminal Justice Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2011-2015; Public Safety and Policing Workgroup, 2015-2016; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR), 2015-2019; Juvenile Justice Reform Council, 2019-2021; Special Joint Commission on Public Safety and Security in State and Local Correctional Facilities, 2013; House Chair, Joint Committee on the Port of Baltimore, 2015; Chair, House Cannabis Referendum and Legalization Workgroup, 2021-2023; Chair, House Judicial Transparency Workgroup, 2021-2023.

Public Service

Maryland Supreme Court Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 2021-; Workgroup on Home Detention Monitoring, 2021; COVID-19 Access to Justice Task Force, 2020-2021; State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 2019-2021; Maryland Adult Learning Advisory Council, 2016-; Local (Video Lottery) Development Council, Baltimore City, 2016-; Maryland Task Force to Study an Adult High School Concept, 2016-2017; Maryland Clean Energy Center Task Force, 2016-2017; Maryland Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council, 2015-2016; Governor's Commission to Reform Maryland's Pretrial System, 2014; Platform Committee, Democratic Party National Convention, 2008.

Memberships

Maryland Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus, 2023-; Maryland State Bar Association.

Awards

Casper R. Taylor Jr. Founders Award, 2024; Michaeline R. Fedder Legislator of the Year Award, Maryland Public Health Association, 2016; Maryland State's Attorney's Association's Legislator of the Year, 2012.

Biographical Information

Born, Baltimore, Maryland, September 24, 1972; Baltimore City Schools; Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 1990; Earlham College, Indiana, B.A., Politics, 1994; Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, J.D., 2005; District Director for U.S. Representative Baron Hill of Indiana, 1998-2005; Campaign Manager, Tom Perez for Attorney General, 2006; Assistant State's Attorney, Anne Arundel County, 2007-; Marshall Memorial Fellow, 2012; Elder, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Member, 1986-.