Tenure

First elected to the Maryland Senate in 2018. Member of the Senate since January 9, 2019. Member of the Maryland House of Delegates 2007-2019.

Current Assignments

2024 Deputy Majority Whip

2019 Finance Committee

2024 Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Unemployment Insurance Oversight

2019 Joint Committee on Protocol

2021 Chair, Senate Select Committee No. 6 - Montgomery County Delegation

2023 Maryland Veterans Caucus

2023 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus

2024 Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus

Past Senate Service

Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, 2019-2023; Energy and Public Utilities Subcommittee of the Finance Committee, 2019-2023.

Past House Service 2007-2019

Economic Matters Committee, 2011-2019; Chair, Banking, Economic Development, Science, and Technology Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2015-2019; Property and Casualty Insurance of the Economic Matters Committee, 2015-2019; Consumer Protection and Commercial Law Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2011-2014; Business Regulation Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2011-2014; Judiciary Committee, 2007-2010; Family Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2007-2010; Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology, 2015-2019; Joint Committee on Access to Mental Health Services, 2011-2014; Task Force to Study State Alcohol Regulations, Enforcement, Safety, and Public Health, 2018-2019; Task Force to Study Economic Development and Apprenticeships, 2012-2014.

Public Service

Building Energy Transition Implementation Task Force, 2023-; Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council, 2023-; Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities and Sourcing Standards, 2021; Commission on Aging, 2019-; State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life, 2019-; Comptroller's Task Force on Electronic Smoking Devices (E-Facts), 2019-2020; Maryland Economic Development Commission, 2015-2019.

Awards

Visionary Award, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, 2010; Legislator of the Year, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, 2016.

Biographical Information

Born, Wheaton, Maryland, March 5, 1957; Montgomery County Public Schools; John F. Kennedy High School; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., Law Enforcement, 1979; Small Business Owner and Operator; Married.