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Senator Bryan W. Simonaire

District

County

Anne Arundel

Committee Assignment(s)

Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee

Annapolis Info

320 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone: 410-841-3658
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3658
Fax 410-841-3586

Interim Info

320 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone 410-841-3658
Fax 410-841-3586

Contact

bryan.simonaire@senate.state.md.us
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Party

Republican

Legislation	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0017 Title Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Veterans' Organizations Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0048 Title Department of General Services - Identification Cards - Veteran Status Notation Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0050 Title Local Government - Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau Designation Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0057 Title Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Disposition of Unclaimed Remains - Veterans Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0067 Title Health Occupations Boards - Notation of Veteran Status and Eligibility for Benefits Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0073 Title Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program - Renaming Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0085 Title Braille Flag Memorial Act of 2025 Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0089 Title Department of the Environment - Notation of Veteran Status and Eligibility for Benefits Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0103 Title Boating Accidents - Reporting Requirement - Property Damage Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0114 Title Maryland Department of Labor - Licenses - Notation of Veteran Status and Eligibility for Benefits Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0123 Title Boating Accidents - Duty to Remain at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0131 Title Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Supermarkets Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0137 Title Education - High School Diploma - Veterans of Armed Conflicts Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0147 Title State Board of Stationary Engineers - Member Appointments - Advice and Consent of the Senate Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0153 Title Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee and House Environment and Transportation Committee - Code References - Revisions Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0157 Title Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0162 Title Agriculture - Departmental Authority Over Identification, Inspection, and Sale of Cantaloupes - Repeal Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0168 Title Environmental Justice in Confined Aquatic Disposal Act Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0172 Title Maryland Veterans Trust - Board of Trustees - Membership Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0178 Title Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake, Incorporated Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0182 Title Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Eligibility - Family Members of Veterans Sponsorship Type Primary	1	2
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0010 (HB0220) Title Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2025) Sponsorship Type Co-Sponsor	2	2

Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)	Title	Sponsorship Type	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort	Current Status	Org Committees & Hearings
SB0017	Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Veterans' Organizations	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Finance	Finance
SB0048	Department of General Services - Identification Cards - Veteran Status Notation	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0050	Local Government - Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau Designation	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0057	Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Disposition of Unclaimed Remains - Veterans	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Finance	Education, Energy, and the Environment Finance
SB0067	Health Occupations Boards - Notation of Veteran Status and Eligibility for Benefits	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Finance	Finance
SB0073	Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program - Renaming	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0085	Braille Flag Memorial Act of 2025	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0089	Department of the Environment - Notation of Veteran Status and Eligibility for Benefits	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0103	Boating Accidents - Reporting Requirement - Property Damage	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0114	Maryland Department of Labor - Licenses - Notation of Veteran Status and Eligibility for Benefits	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Finance	Finance
SB0123	Boating Accidents - Duty to Remain at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings	Judicial Proceedings
SB0131	Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Supermarkets	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation	Budget and Taxation
SB0137	Education - High School Diploma - Veterans of Armed Conflicts	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0147	State Board of Stationary Engineers - Member Appointments - Advice and Consent of the Senate	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0153	Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee and House Environment and Transportation Committee - Code References - Revisions	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0157	Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Finance	Finance
SB0162	Agriculture - Departmental Authority Over Identification, Inspection, and Sale of Cantaloupes - Repeal	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0168	Environmental Justice in Confined Aquatic Disposal Act	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0172	Maryland Veterans Trust - Board of Trustees - Membership	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0178	Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake, Incorporated	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation	Budget and Taxation
SB0182	Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Eligibility - Family Members of Veterans	Primary	1	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment
SB0010 (HB0220)	Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2025)	Co-Sponsor	2	2	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment

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 Senate in 2006. Member of the Senate since 2007.

Current Assignments

2023 Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment

2024 Environment Subcommittee of the Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment

2023 Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee

2011- Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Bays Critical Area

2007 Maryland Veterans Caucus

Past Senate Service: Minority Leader, 2020-2022; Rules Committee, 2021-2022; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2020-2023; Executive Nominations Committee, 2021-2022; Legislative Policy Committee, 2020-2022; Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, 2022; Education Subcommittee of the Committee on Education, Energy and the Environment, 2023-2024; Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2011-2023; Chair, Alcohol Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2019-2023; Health Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2019; Environment Subcommittee of the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2015-2019; Health Occupations Subcommittee of the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2011-2015; Spending Affordability Committee, 2020-2022; Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission, 2021-2022; Senate Special Committee on Ethics Reform, 2012-2014; Judicial Proceedings Committee, 2007-2010; Labor, Licensing, and Regulation Subcommittee of the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2011-2015; Special Joint Legislative Committee to Select the State Treasurer, 2021.

Public Service: Maryland Cybersecurity Council, 2017-; Maryland Health and Human Services Referral Board, 2017-2018; Governor's Family Violence Council, 2008-2017.

Memberships: Legislative Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, Maryland Wing, 2009; Taxpayers Protection Caucus, 2008-; Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2007-; Pasadena Kiwanis, 2007-; Board of Directors, North County Republican Club, 2005-2006; Upsilon Pi Epsilon (computer science honor society), 1993-; Chesapeake Bay Foundation; National Rifle Association.

Awards: Legislator of the Year, American Legion Department of Maryland, 2019; Legislator of the Year, Maryland Military Coalition, 2021.

Biographical Information: Born, Baltimore, Maryland, September 6, 1963; Bob Jones University, B.S., Computer Science, 1985; Loyola College, M.S., Engineering Science (Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Computer Science Honor Society), 2005; Computer Systems Engineer, Westinghouse, 1985-94; Senior Engineer, Northrop Grumman Corp., 1995- present; Founder, Heroes-at-Home, 2002-; Creator, Simonaire Santas for Abused Children; Married; seven children.