Senator Stephen S. Hershey, Jr.
- District
- 36
- County
- Kent, Queen Anne's, Cecil, and Caroline
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Executive Nominations Committee
Finance Committee
Rules Committee
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Executive Nominations Committee
- Annapolis Info
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423 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone: 410-841-3639
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3639
Fax 410-841-3762
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423 James Senate Office Building
- Interim Info
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423 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3639
Fax 410-841-3762
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423 James Senate Office Building
- Contact
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steve.hershey@senate.maryland.gov
- Party
- Republican
Denotes enacted legislation
- Tenure
- Appointed to the Maryland Senate September 18, 2013. Sworn in October 1, 2013. First elected to the Maryland Senate in 2014. First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, 2010. Member of the House 2011-2013.
- Current Assignments
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- 2023 Minority Leader
- 2015 Finance Committee
- 2023 Rules Committee
- 2023 Executive Nominations Committee
- 2023 Spending Affordability Committee
- 2023 Legislative Policy Committee
- 2015 Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics
- 2014 Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Biotechnology
- 2014 Maryland Veterans Caucus (House Member 2012-2013)
- Past Senate Service
- Minority Whip, 2015-2020; Legislative Policy Committee, 2015-2020; Executive Nominations Committee, 2015-2020; Health Subcommittee of the Finance Committee, 2015-2019; Energy and Public Utilities Subcommittee of the Finance Committee, 2019-2023; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR), 2019-2023; Judicial Proceedings Committee, 2013-2014; Rules Committee, 2016-2021; Special Joint Legislative Committee to Select the State Treasurer, 2023; Commission on Transportation and Infrastructure Needs, 2023-2024; Joint Committee on Unemployment Insurance Oversight, 2014-2023; Joint Information Technology and Biotechnology Committee, 2014; Joint Committee on Access To Mental Health Services, 2014; Joint Covid-19 Response Workgroup, 2020; Maryland Clean Energy Center Task Force, 2016-2017; Marijuana Legalization Work Group, 2019.
- Past House Service 2011-2014
- Deputy Minority Whip, 2013; Economic Matters Committee, 2011-2014; Banking, Economic Development, Science, and Technology Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2011-2014; Unemployment Insurance Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2011-2014; Chair, Queen Anne’s County House Delegation, 2011-2014.
- Public Service
- Alternate Member, Southern States Energy Board, 2019-; Strategic Energy Investment Advisory Board, 2016-; Oyster Advisory Commission, 2016-; Workgroup on Rural Health Care Delivery, 2016-2017; Maryland Clean Energy Center Task Force, 2016-2017; Maryland Economic Development and Business Climate Commission, 2015-2016; Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc., Board of Directors, 2015-2018; Board of Directors, Upper Shore Regional Council (member, 2011), 2014-; Maryland Offshore Wind Business Development Advisory Committee, 2013-; Bainbridge Development Advisory Board, 2011-; Mid-Shore Regional Council, 2011-; Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, 2011-; Economic Development Commission, Queen Anne's County, 2002-2006; Chair, Queen Anne's County Tricentennial Celebration Committee, 2004; All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development Model (AHEAD), 2025-.
- Memberships
- President, Queen Anne's County Republican Club, 2002-2004.
- Biographical Information
- Born, Washington, DC, May 2, 1964; Bowie High School; James Madison University (2 years); Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C., B.C.E., Civil Engineering, 1987; George Washington University, M.B.A., 2002; Vice President, Trammell Crow Company, 1999-2003; Vice President, JLL, Jones Lang LaSalle, Staubach Company, 2006-2023; Vice-President TECfusions, 2023-; Youth Football Coach, 2006-09; Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 2012, 2016; Single.
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