Members - Senator Benjamin F. Kramer

Senator Benjamin F. Kramer

District

County

Montgomery

Committee Assignment(s)

Finance Committee

Annapolis Info

401 Miller Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone: 410-841-3151
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3151
Fax 410-841-3740

Interim Info

401 Miller Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone 410-841-3151
Fax 410-841-3740

Contact

Ben.Kramer@senate.state.md.us

Party

Democrat

Legislation	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0026 (HB0176) Title Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Revisions (Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act) Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0080 Title Criminal Law - Animal Abuse or Neglect - Penalties Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0093 (HB0201) Title Election Law - Absentee Ballot Application - Sending to Eligible Voters Before Primary Elections Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0113 (HB0129) Title State Board of Education - Membership - School Principal Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0124 (HB0205) Title Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0166 (HB0211) Title State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants and Postdoctoral Associates Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2

Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)	Title	Sponsorship Type	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort	Current Status	Org Committees & Hearings
SB0026 (HB0176)	Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Revisions (Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act)	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Finance	Finance
SB0080	Criminal Law - Animal Abuse or Neglect - Penalties	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings	Judicial Proceedings
SB0093 (HB0201)	Election Law - Absentee Ballot Application - Sending to Eligible Voters Before Primary Elections	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0113 (HB0129)	State Board of Education - Membership - School Principal	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0124 (HB0205)	Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Finance	Finance
SB0166 (HB0211)	State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants and Postdoctoral Associates	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Finance	Finance

Denotes enacted legislation

Legislative Bond Initiatives

Project Name	Status	House Sponsors	Senate Sponsors	County	Amount Requested	Senate Initiative	House Initiative	Other Funding	Total Funding

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.