Members - Delegate Haven Shoemaker

Legislation

Session:

District

County

Carroll

Committee Assignment(s)

Ways and Means Committee

Annapolis Info

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

Phone 410-841-3359 | 410-841-3359
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3359

Interim Info

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

Phone 410-841-3359 | 410-841-3359

Contact

Haven.Shoemaker@house.state.md.us
2025 Contact Information

Party

Republican

Legislation	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0476 Title Family Law - Grandparent Visitation Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0815 /CH0609 Title State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Application of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemption Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0816 Title Family Law - Support of Destitute Adult Children - Repeal Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0817 (SB0759) Title State Department of Education - Interscholastic Athletics Eligibility Waiver - Graduate Athletes Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0835 Title States of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergencies - Renewals - Authorization by General Assembly or Legislative Policy Committee Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2

Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)	Title	Sponsorship Type	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort	Current Status	Org Committees & Hearings	Opp Committees & Hearings
HB0476	Family Law - Grandparent Visitation	Primary	1	2	In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:30 p.m.	Judiciary 2/04/2021 - 1:30 PM
HB0815 /CH0609	State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Application of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemption	Primary	1	2	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 609	Ways and Means 2/23/2021 - 1:30 PM	Budget and Taxation 3/25/2021 - 1:00 PM
HB0816	Family Law - Support of Destitute Adult Children - Repeal	Primary	1	2	In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.	Judiciary 2/18/2021 - 1:30 PM
HB0817 (SB0759)	State Department of Education - Interscholastic Athletics Eligibility Waiver - Graduate Athletes	Primary	1	2	In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:30 p.m.	Ways and Means 2/12/2021 - 1:30 PM
HB0835	States of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergencies - Renewals - Authorization by General Assembly or Legislative Policy Committee	Primary	1	2	In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:30 p.m.	Health and Government Operations 3/10/2021 - 1:30 PM

Denotes enacted legislation

Legislative Bond Initiatives
Project Name Carroll County Youth Service Bureau Status Introduced House Sponsors Shoemaker Senate Sponsors Ready County Carroll Amount Requested $120,000 House Initiative $75,000 Senate Initiative $45,000 Other Funding Total Funding $120,000
Project Name Hampstead Volunteer Fire Company Security System Status Introduced House Sponsors Shoemaker Senate Sponsors Ready County Carroll Amount Requested $175,000 House Initiative Senate Initiative $175,000 Other Funding Total Funding $175,000

Project Name	Status	House Sponsors	Senate Sponsors	County	Amount Requested	House Initiative	Senate Initiative	Other Funding	Total Funding
Carroll County Youth Service Bureau	Introduced	Shoemaker	Ready	Carroll	$120,000	$75,000	$45,000		$120,000
Hampstead Volunteer Fire Company Security System	Introduced	Shoemaker	Ready	Carroll	$175,000		$175,000		$175,000

Tenure: First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2014. Member since 2015.

Current Assignments

2021 Chief Deputy Minority Whip

2015 Ways and Means Committee

2021 Early Childhood Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee

2017 Election Law Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee

2015 Maryland Veterans Caucus

2017 Chair, Carroll County Delegation

Past House Service: Minority Parliamentarian, 2017-2021; Education Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2015-2020; Finance Resources Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2015-2017.

Public Service: Governor's Family Violence Council, 2019-; Carroll County Commissioner, 2010-2014; Mayor of Hampstead, 2003-2010; Hampstead Town Councilman, 1997-2003; Hampstead Planning & Zoning Commission, ex officio, 1997-2003; Hampstead Ethics Commission, 1995-1997; Carroll County Economic Development Commission, 2006-2010; Carroll Chapter of the Maryland Municipal League, President, 2001-2007.

Memberships: Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2015-; Maryland Bar Association, 1992-; Carroll County Bar Association, Board of Directors; Carroll County Chamber of Commerce; Hampstead Business Association; Hampstead Lions Club; 29th Division Association; Westminster Baptist Church.

Awards: Haven Shoemaker Day in Hampstead, 2010-; Northern News Award, 2011-.

Biographical Information: Born, Baltimore, Maryland, January 26, 1965; Northeast High School, North East, Maryland 1983; University of Maryland Baltimore County, B.A. Political Science, 1987; Army National Guard 1987-89; Widener University School of Law, J.D. 1992; Law Office of Haven Shoemaker, Hampstead, MD, 1994 -; Married. One child.