Members - Delegate Shaneka Henson

Delegate Shaneka Henson

District

30A

County

Anne Arundel

Committee Assignment(s)

Ways and Means Committee

Annapolis Info

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

Phone 410-841-3045
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3045

Interim Info

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

Phone 410-841-3045

Contact

shaneka.henson@house.state.md.us
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Party

Democrat

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Tenure: Member of the Maryland House of Delegates since May 16, 2019. First elected to the House in November 2022.

Current Assignments

2023 Ways and Means Committee

2023 Local Revenues Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee

2023 Early Childhood Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee

2021 Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families

2019 Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland

2019 Women Legislators of Maryland

2021 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus

Past House Service: Appropriations Committee, 2019-2023; Health and Social Services Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, 2020-2023; Vice Chair, Oversight Committee on Pensions of the Appropriations Committee (Member, 2022), 2023; Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, 2023.

Public Service: Maryland Sexual Assaul Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee, 2020-.

Memberships: Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA); Anne Arundel County Bar Association.

Awards: The Daily Record, Maryland's Top 100 Women, 2024; Sojourner Truth Award, Anne Arundel County, 2021.

Biographical Information: Born, July 29, 1983, Anne Arundel County, Maryland; Coppin State University, B.S.; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D.; Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 2010; Attorney, YWCA, Anne Arundel County; Attorney, Office of the Maryland Attorney General, 2013-2019; Member, Annapolis, City Council, representing Ward 6, 2018-2019; Married; one child.