427th Maryland General Assembly

The 427th Maryland General Assembly convened in a regular session on January 13, 2010, and adjourned sine die on April 12, 2010.^[1]

Senate

Party composition

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party	33
	Republican Party	14
Total		47

Leadership

Position	Name	Party	District
President of the Senate	Thomas V. "Mike" Miller Jr.	Democratic	27
President pro tem	Nathaniel J. McFadden	Democratic	45
Majority Leader	Edward J. Kasemeyer	Democratic	12
Majority Whip	Lisa Gladden	Democratic	41
Minority Leader	Allan H. Kittleman	Republican	9
Minority Whip	Nancy Jacobs	Republican	34

Members

District	Jurisdiction(s) represented	Image	Senator	Party	First elected	Primary committee	Executive nominations
1	Allegany, Garrett, and Washington		George C. Edwards	Republican	2006	Finance	—
2	Washington		Donald F. Munson	Republican	1990	Budget and Taxation	Member
3	Frederick and Washington		Alex X. Mooney	Republican	1998	Judicial Proceedings	—
4	Carroll and Frederick		David R. Brinkley	Republican	2002	Budget and Taxation	Member
5	Baltimore County and Carroll		Larry E. Haines	Republican	1990	Judicial Proceedings	Member
6	Baltimore County		Norman R. Stone Jr.	Democratic	1966	Judicial Proceedings	Member
7	Baltimore County and Harford	—	Andrew P. Harris	Republican	1998	Education, Health, and Environment	Member
8	Baltimore County		Katherine A. Klausmeier	Democratic	2002	Finance	Member
9	Carroll and Howard		Allan H. Kittleman	Republican	2004[a]	Finance	Member
10	Baltimore County		Delores G. Kelley	Democratic	1994	Finance	Chair
11	Baltimore County		Robert Zirkin	Democratic	2006	Budget and Taxation	—
12	Baltimore County and Howard		Edward J. Kasemeyer	Democratic	1986	Budget and Taxation (Vice-Chair)	Member
13	Howard	—	James N. Robey	Democratic	2006	Budget and Taxation	—
14	Montgomery		Rona E. Kramer	Democratic	2002	Budget and Taxation	Member
15	Montgomery		Robert J. Garagiola	Democratic	2002	Finance	—
16	Montgomery		Brian E. Frosh	Democratic	1994	Judicial Proceedings (Chair)	Member
17	Montgomery		Jennie M. Forehand	Democratic	1994	Judicial Proceedings	Member
18	Montgomery		Richard Madaleno	Democratic	2006	Budget and Taxation	—
19	Montgomery	—	Michael G. Lenett	Democratic	2006	Education, Health, and Environment	—
20	Montgomery		Jamie Raskin	Democratic	2006	Judicial Proceedings	—
21	Anne Arundel and Prince George's		James Rosapepe	Democratic	2006	Education, Health, and Environment	—
22	Prince George's		Paul G. Pinsky	Democratic	1994	Education, Health, and Environment	—
23	Prince George's		Douglas J. J. Peters	Democratic	2006	Budget and Taxation	—
24	Prince George's		Nathaniel Exum	Democratic	1998	Finance	—
25	Prince George's		Ulysses Currie	Democratic	1994	Budget and Taxation (Chair)	Member
26	Prince George's		C. Anthony Muse	Democratic	2006	Judicial Proceedings	—
27	Calvert and Prince George's		Thomas V. "Mike" Miller Jr.	Democratic	1974	n/a[b]	Member
28	Charles		Thomas M. "Mac" Middleton	Democratic	1994	Finance (Chair)	Member
29	Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's		Roy Dyson	Democratic	1994	Education, Health, and Environment (Vice-Chair)	—
30	Anne Arundel		John Astle	Democratic	1994	Finance (Vice-Chair)	—
31	Anne Arundel		Bryan Simonaire	Republican	2006	Judicial Proceedings	—
32	Anne Arundel		James E. DeGrange Sr.	Democratic	1998	Budget and Taxation	Vice-Chair
33	Anne Arundel	—	Edward R. Reilly	Republican	2009[a]	Education, Health and Environmental Affairs	—
34	Cecil and Harford		Nancy Jacobs	Republican	1998	Judicial Proceedings	—
35	Harford		Barry Glassman	Republican	1998	Finance	—
36	Caroline, Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne's		E. J. Pipkin	Republican	2002	Finance	—
37	Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, and Wicomico		Richard F. Colburn	Republican	1994	Education, Health, and Environment	—
38	Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester		J. Lowell Stoltzfus	Republican	1992[a]	Budget and Taxation	—
39	Montgomery		Nancy J. King	Democratic	2007	Budget and Taxation	—
40	Baltimore City		Catherine E. Pugh	Democratic	2006	Finance	—
41	Baltimore City		Lisa Gladden	Democratic	2002	Judicial Proceedings (Vice-Chair)	—
42	Baltimore County		James Brochin	Democratic	2002	Judicial Proceedings	—
43	Baltimore City		Joan Carter Conway	Democratic	1997[a]	Education, Health, and Environment (Chair)	—
44	Baltimore City		Verna L. Jones	Democratic	2002	Budget and Taxation	—
45	Baltimore City		Nathaniel J. McFadden	Democratic	1994	Budget and Taxation	Member
46	Baltimore City		George W. Della Jr.	Democratic	1982	Finance	—
47	Prince George's		David C. Harrington	Democratic	2008[a]	Education, Health, and Environment	—

Notes

^a This Senator was originally appointed to office by the Governor to fill an open seat.

^b The President of the Senate does not serve on any of the four standing legislative committees. He does, however, serve on both the Executive Nominations and the Rules Committees.

House of Delegates

Party composition

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party	104
	Republican Party	37
	Unaffiliated	0
Total		141
Government Majority		67

Leadership

Michael E. Busch, House Speaker

Position	Name	Party	District
Speaker of the House	Michael E. Busch	Democratic	30
Speaker Pro Tempore	Adrienne A. Jones	Democratic	10
Majority Leader	Kumar P. Barve	Democratic	17
Majority Whip	Talmadge Branch	Democratic	45
Minority Leader	Tony O'Donnell	Republican	29C
Minority Whip	Christopher B. Shank	Republican	2B

Members

Democrat/Republican

Democratic Party

Republican Party

District	Counties represented		Delegate	Party	First elected	Committee
1A	Allegany, Garrett		Wendell R. Beitzel	Republican	2006	Health and Government Operations
1B	Allegany		Kevin Kelly	Democratic	1986	Judiciary
1C	Allegany, Washington		LeRoy E. Myers Jr.	Republican	2002	Appropriations
2A	Washington		Andrew A. Serafini	Republican	2008	Ways and Means
2B	Washington		Christopher B. Shank	Republican	1998	Judiciary
2C	Washington		John P. Donoghue	Democratic	1990	Health and Government Operations
3A	Frederick		Galen R. Clagett	Democratic	2002	Appropriations
3A	Frederick		Sue Hecht	Democratic	1994	Economic Matters
3B	Frederick, Washington		Charles A. Jenkins	Republican	2010	Health and Government Operations
4A	Frederick		Joseph R. Bartlett	Republican	1998	Ways and Means
4A	Frederick		Paul S. Stull	Republican	1994	Environmental Matters
4B	Carroll, Frederick		Donald B. Elliott	Republican	1986	Health and Government Operations
5A	Carroll		Tanya Thornton Shewell	Republican	2004[2]	Environmental Matters
5A	Carroll		Nancy R. Stocksdale	Republican	1994	Appropriations
5B	Carroll, Baltimore County		Wade Kach	Republican	1974	Health and Government Operations
6	Baltimore County		Joseph J. Minnick	Democratic	1988[2]	Economic Matters
6	Baltimore County		John A. Olszewski Jr.	Democratic	2006[2]	Ways and Means
6	Baltimore County		Michael H. Weir Jr.	Democratic	2002	Environmental Matters
7	Baltimore County, Harford		Richard Impallaria	Republican	2002	Economic Matters
7	Baltimore County, Harford		J. B. Jennings	Republican	2002	Ways and Means
7	Baltimore County, Harford		Pat McDonough	Republican	1978	Health and Government Operations
8	Baltimore County		Todd Schuler	Democratic	2006	Judiciary
8	Baltimore County		Eric M. Bromwell	Democratic	2002	Health and Government Operations
8	Baltimore County		Joseph C. Boteler III	Republican	2002	Environmental Matters
9A	Howard		Gail H. Bates	Republican	2002[2]	Appropriations
9A	Howard		Warren E. Miller	Republican	2003[2]	Economic Matters
9B	Carroll		Susan W. Krebs	Republican	2002	Ways and Means
10	Baltimore County		Emmett C. Burns Jr.	Democratic	1994	Economic Matters
10	Baltimore County		Adrienne A. Jones	Democratic	1997[2]	Appropriations
10	Baltimore County		Shirley Nathan-Pulliam	Democratic	1994	Health and Government Operations
11	Baltimore County		Jon S. Cardin	Democratic	2002	Ways and Means
11	Baltimore County		Dan K. Morhaim	Democratic	1994	Health and Government Operations
11	Baltimore County		Dana Stein	Democratic	2002[2]	Environmental Matters
12A	Baltimore County, Howard		Steven J. DeBoy Sr.	Democratic	2002	Appropriations
12A	Baltimore County, Howard		James E. Malone Jr.	Democratic	1994	Environmental Matters (Vice-Chair)
12B	Howard		Elizabeth Bobo	Democratic	1994	Environmental Matters
13	Howard		Shane Pendergrass	Democratic	1994	Health and Government Operations
13	Howard		Guy Guzzone	Democratic	2006	Appropriations
13	Howard		Frank S. Turner	Democratic	1994	Ways and Means
14	Montgomery		Anne R. Kaiser	Democratic	2002	Ways and Means
14	Montgomery		Karen S. Montgomery	Democratic	2002	Health and Government Operations
14	Montgomery		Herman L. Taylor Jr.	Democratic	2002	Economic Matters
15	Montgomery		Craig L. Rice	Democratic	2006	Ways and Means
15	Montgomery		Kathleen M. Dumais	Democratic	2002	Judiciary
15	Montgomery		Brian J. Feldman	Democratic	2002	Economic Matters
16	Montgomery		William A. Bronrott	Democratic	1998	Appropriations
16	Montgomery		William Frick	Democratic	2007[3]	Ways and Means
16	Montgomery		Susan C. Lee	Democratic	2002[2]	Judiciary
17	Montgomery		Kumar P. Barve	Democratic	1990	Ways and Means
17	Montgomery		James W. Gilchrist	Democratic	2006	Ways and Means
17	Montgomery		Luiz R. S. Simmons	Democratic	1978	Judiciary
18	Montgomery		Ana Sol Gutierrez	Democratic	2002	Appropriations
18	Montgomery		Alfred C. Carr Jr.	Democratic	2007[3]	Environmental Matters
18	Montgomery		Jeff Waldstreicher	Democratic	2006	Judiciary
19	Montgomery		Henry B. Heller	Democratic	1986	Appropriations
19	Montgomery		Benjamin F. Kramer	Democratic	2006	Judiciary
19	Montgomery		Roger Manno	Democratic	2006	Economic Matters
20	Montgomery		Tom Hucker	Democratic	2006	Environmental Matters
20	Montgomery		Sheila E. Hixson	Democratic	1976[2]	Ways and Means (Chair)
20	Montgomery		Heather R. Mizeur	Democratic	2006	Health and Government Operations
21	Anne Arundel, Prince George's		Barbara A. Frush	Democratic	1994	Environmental Matters
21	Anne Arundel, Prince George's		Ben Barnes	Democratic	2006	Judiciary
21	Anne Arundel, Prince George's		Joseline Pena-Melnyk	Democratic	2006	Health and Government Operations
22	Prince George's		Tawanna P. Gaines	Democratic	2001[2]	Appropriations
22	Prince George's		Anne Healey	Democratic	1990	Environmental Matters
22	Prince George's		Justin Ross	Democratic	2002	Ways and Means
23A	Prince George's		Gerron Levi	Democratic	2006	Judiciary
23A	Prince George's		James W. Hubbard	Democratic	1992[2]	Health and Government Operations
23B	Prince George's		Marvin E. Holmes Jr.	Democratic	2002	Environmental Matters
24	Prince George's		Joanne C. Benson	Democratic	1990	Health and Government Operations
24	Prince George's		Carolyn J. B. Howard	Democratic	1988[2]	Ways and Means
24	Prince George's		Michael L. Vaughn	Democratic	2002	Economic Matters
25	Prince George's		Aisha N. Braveboy	Democratic	2006	Economic Matters
25	Prince George's		Dereck E. Davis	Democratic	1994	Economic Matters (Chair)
25	Prince George's		Melony G. Griffith	Democratic	1998	Appropriations
26	Prince George's		Kris Valderrama	Democratic	2006	Judiciary
26	Prince George's		Jay Walker	Democratic	2006	Ways and Means
26	Prince George's		Veronica L. Turner	Democratic	2002	Health and Government Operations
27A	Calvert, Prince George's		James E. Proctor Jr.	Democratic	1990[2]	Appropriations (Vice-Chair)
27A	Calvert, Prince George's		Joseph F. Vallario Jr.	Democratic	1974	Judiciary (Chair)
27B	Calvert		Sue Kullen	Democratic	2004[2]	Health and Government Operations
28	Charles		Peter Murphy	Democratic	2006	Ways and Means
28	Charles		Sally Y. Jameson	Democratic	2002	Economic Matters
28	Charles		Murray D. Levy	Democratic	2004[2]	Appropriations
29A	Charles, St. Mary's		John F. Wood Jr.	Democratic	1986	Appropriations
29B	St. Mary's		John L. Bohanan Jr.	Democratic	1999[2]	Appropriations
29C	Calvert, St. Mary's		Tony O'Donnell	Republican	1994	Environmental Matters
30	Anne Arundel		Michael E. Busch	Democratic	1986	Speaker of the House of Delegates
30	Anne Arundel		Virginia P. Clagett	Democratic	1994	Environmental Matters
30	Anne Arundel		Ron George	Republican	2006	Ways and Means
31	Anne Arundel		Nic Kipke	Republican	2002	Health and Government Operations
31	Anne Arundel		Don H. Dwyer Jr.	Republican	2006	Judiciary
31	Anne Arundel		Steve Schuh	Republican	2006	Appropriations
32	Anne Arundel		Pamela Beidle	Democratic	2006	Environmental Matters
32	Anne Arundel		Mary Ann Love	Democratic	1993	Economic Matters
32	Anne Arundel		Theodore J. Sophocleus	Democratic	1992	Appropriations
33A	Anne Arundel		James King	Republican	2006	Economic Matters
33A	Anne Arundel		Tony McConkey	Republican	2002	Judiciary
33B	Anne Arundel		Robert A. Costa	Republican	2002	Health and Government Operations
34A	Cecil, Harford		B. Daniel Riley	Democratic	1998	Health and Government Operations
34A	Cecil, Harford		Mary-Dulany James	Democratic	1998	Appropriations
34B	Cecil		David D. Rudolph	Democratic	1994	Economic Matters (Vice-Chair)
35A	Harford		H. Wayne Norman Jr.	Republican	2007[3]	Environmental Matters
35A	Harford		Donna Stifler	Republican	2006	Economic Matters
35B	Harford		Susan K. McComas	Republican	2002	Judiciary
36	Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's		Michael D. Smigiel Sr.	Republican	2002	Judiciary
36	Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's		Richard A. Sossi	Republican	2002	Environmental Matters
36	Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's		Mary Roe Walkup	Republican	1994	Economic Matters
37A	Dorchester, Wicomico		Rudolph C. Cane	Democratic	1998	Environmental Matters
37B	Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, Wicomico		Adelaide C. Eckardt	Republican	1994	Appropriations
37B	Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, Wicomico		Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio	Republican	2002	Economic Matters
38A	Somerset, Wicomico		D. Page Elmore	Republican	2002	Ways and Means
38B	Wicomico, Worcester		Norman Conway	Democratic	1986	Appropriations (Chair)
38B	Wicomico, Worcester		James N. Mathias Jr.	Democratic	2006[2]	Economic Matters
39	Montgomery		Charles E. Barkley	Democratic	1998	Appropriations
39	Montgomery		Kirill Reznik	Democratic	2007[3]	Health and Government Operations
39	Montgomery		Saqib Ali	Democratic	2006	Environmental Matters
40	Baltimore City		Frank M. Conaway Jr.	Democratic	2006	Judiciary
40	Baltimore City		Barbara A. Robinson	Democratic	2006	Appropriations
40	Baltimore City		Shawn Z. Tarrant	Democratic	2006	Health and Government Operations
41	Baltimore City		Jill P. Carter	Democratic	2002	Judiciary
41	Baltimore City		Nathaniel T. Oaks	Democratic	1982	Health and Government Operations
41	Baltimore City		Samuel I. Rosenberg	Democratic	1982	Judiciary (Vice-Chair)
42	Baltimore County		Stephen W. Lafferty	Democratic	2006	Environmental Matters
42	Baltimore County		Susan L. M. Aumann	Republican	2002	Appropriations
42	Baltimore County		William J. Frank	Republican	2002	Judiciary
43	Baltimore City		Curt Anderson	Democratic	1982	Judiciary
43	Baltimore City		Ann Marie Doory	Democratic	1986	Ways and Means (Vice-Chair)
43	Baltimore City		Maggie McIntosh	Democratic	1992[2]	Environmental Matters (Chair)
44	Baltimore City		Keith E. Haynes	Democratic	2002	Appropriations
44	Baltimore City		Ruth M. Kirk	Democratic	1982	Economic Matters
44	Baltimore City		Melvin L. Stukes	Democratic	2006	Ways and Means
45	Baltimore City		Talmadge Branch	Democratic	1994	Appropriations
45	Baltimore City		Cheryl Glenn	Democratic	2006	Environmental Matters
45	Baltimore City		Hattie N. Harrison	Democratic	1973[2]	Economic Matters
46	Baltimore City		Peter A. Hammen	Democratic	1994	Health and Government Operations (Chair)
46	Baltimore City		Carolyn J. Krysiak	Democratic	1990	Economic Matters
46	Baltimore City		Brian K. McHale	Democratic	1990	Economic Matters
47	Prince George's		Jolene Ivey	Democratic	2006	Ways and Means
47	Prince George's		Doyle L. Niemann	Democratic	2002	Environmental Matters
47	Prince George's		Victor R. Ramirez	Democratic	2002	Judiciary

Notable legislation enacted

• Primary and Secondary Education Funding The budget bill, Senate Bill 140, enacted by the 427th Maryland General Assembly increased Maryland State aid for primary and secondary education by $210.5 million in fiscal 2011 to a total of $5.7 billion. State aid provided directly to the local boards of education was increased by $119.7 million or 2.5%, while teachers’ retirement costs, which are paid by the State on behalf of the local school systems, will increase from $759.1 million to $849.8 million.^[4]
• Senate Bill 517 - Maryland Gang Prosecution Act of 2010 The increasing number of gangs had created a significant problem in most areas of the country, including Maryland. More than 600 active gangs are reported to be in the State with more than 11,000 members. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services has also identified approximately 4,000 inmates as participating in more than 260 different gangs inside its correctional facilities. Inter alia, SB 517 modifies the definition of "criminal gang" by repealing the requirement that an association of three or more persons whose members meet certain criteria be ongoing and by repealing "an identifying sign, symbol, name, leader, or purpose" as common factors and substituting "an overt or covert organizational or command structure."^[5]
• House Bill 934 - Distracted Driving, Handheld Cell Phones This bill outlaws the use of handheld phones by drivers while operating a motor vehicle. The bill also prohibits drivers of a school vehicles, the holders of a learner’s instructional permit or provisional driver’s licenses from driving and talking on hand held cell phones as well. The bill's prohibitions do not apply to the emergency use of a handheld telephone. Commercial drivers using push-to-talk technology are exempted as well.^[6]