Senator Bill Ferguson
- District
- 46
- County
- Baltimore City
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Executive Nominations Committee
Rules Committee
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Executive Nominations Committee
- Annapolis Info
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H-107 State House
100 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3600 | 301-858-3600
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3600
Fax 410-841-3161 | 301-858-3161
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H-107 State House
- Interim Info
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H-107 State House
100 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3600 | 301-858-3600
Fax 410-841-3161 | 301-858-3161
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H-107 State House
- Contact
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bill.ferguson@senate.state.md.us
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- Party
- Democrat
Denotes enacted legislation
- Tenure
- First elected to the Senate in 2010. Member of the Senate since 2011. Elected President of the Maryland Senate, January 8, 2020.
- Current Assignments
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- 2020 Senate President
- 2020 Chair, Legislative Policy Committee (Member, 2019)
- 2019 Spending Affordability
- 2020 Rules Committee
- 2017 Executive Nominations Committee
- Past Senate Service
- Budget and Taxation Committee (Vice Chair, 2019), 2015-2020; Education, Business, and Administration Subcommittee, Budget & Taxation Committee, 2015-2020; Chair, Senate Executive Nominations Committee, 2017-2018; Pensions Subcommittee, Budget & Taxation Committee, 2015-2019; Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Biotechnology, 2015-2020; Joint Committee on Pensions, 2015-2020; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2011-2020; Chair, Senate Vaccine Oversight Workgroup, 2021-2022; Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission, 2021-2022; Senate Chair, Joint Covid-19 Response Workgroup, 2020; Marijuana Legalization Work Group (Chair, ), 2019; Assessment and Funding of School Facilities Workgroup, 2019-2021; Senate Special Committee on Ethics Reform, 2012-2014; Labor, Licensing, and Regulation Subcommittee of the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2011-2014; Environment Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2011-2014; Education Subcommittee of the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2011-2014; Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2011-2014; Commission to Study Campaign Finance Law, 2011-2012; Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 2011-2014; Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government, 2011-2014.
- Public Service
- Hall of Records Commission, 2021-; Education of the States Steering Committee, 2021-; State House Trust, 2020-; Maryland Tourism Development Board, 2019-; Educational Development Specifications Workgroup, 2018-2019; Task Force to Study Tax Sales in Maryland, 2017-2018; Workgroup to Study the Implementation of Universal Access to Prekindergarten for 4-year olds, 2017-2018; Maryland Task Force to Study an Adult High School Concept, 2016-2017; Council on Open Data, 2014-2021; Chair, Local (Video Lottery) Development Council, 2014-; Task Force to Study the Impact of Ocean Acidification on State Waters, 2014-2015; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2011-2015; Early Childhood Development Advisory Council, 2011-.
- Memberships
- Patterson Park Neighborhood Association, 2015-; Downtown Baltimnore Family Alliance, Board of Directors, 2013-2016; Baltimore EdTech Advisory Board, 2013; Education Equality Project, 2010-; Envision Baltimore, Ambassador, 2010; Canton Community Association, 2006-2015.
- Awards
- Power 100 List, The Maryland Daily Record, 2023, 2022, 2021; Maryland League of Conservation Voters Legislator of the Year, 2022; Cunningham Award for Public Service and Academic Achievement, University of Maryland School of Law, 2010; Distinguished Presidential Citation, Baltimore City Council President, 2006.
- Biographical Information
- Born in Silver Spring, Maryland, April 15, 1983; Davidson College, B. A., political science and economics, 2005; The Johns Hopkins University, School of Education, M. A. T, 2007; University of Maryland School of Law, J. D., (magna cum laude), 2010; Teach for America, Baltimore City Schools, 2005–2007; Attorney; Director, Reform Initiatives, School of Education, The Johns Hopkins University, 2012-2020; Program Director, America Achieves, 2020-2024; General Counsel and Senior Vice President, CI Renewables, 2024-; Member, St. Casimir Catholic Church, Baltimore; Married; two children.
Last Updated: 6/17/2024 11:02 AM