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Economic Matters Committee, Maryland House of Delegates
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The Economic Matters Committee is a standing committee of the Maryland House of Delegates. Per House Rule 18, the committee is made up of 24 members.[1]
Per House Rule 17, committees in the Maryland House of Delegates are assigned by the Speaker of the House. Committees are appointed at the beginning of each session. The Speaker is also responsible for appointing chairs and vice chairs, and referring bills and resolutions to a committee. The House may suspend the rules to consider a bill or resolution without reference to a committee, provided that each member receives a copy. A member of a standing committee whose main function is to consider legislation may not serve as a member of another such standing committee.[2][3]
See rules: The text of the House rules is not available electronically, but can be found in the print version of the House Journal. Rules 17, 18 and 33 have been reproduced for Ballotpedia by request, and can be found here. For more information, contact the Department of Legislative Services.
Function
| “ | Functions of the Economic Matters Committee trace to the Committee on Accounts formed in 1692. That committee was renamed the Committee on Claims (upon the Treasury) in the 1770s and continued as the Claims Committee from 1776 to 1968. It reformed as the Economic Matters Committee in 1968. Its budgetary and certain other duties transferred to the Appropriations Committee in 1971. The Economic Matters Committee considers legislation relating to alcoholic beverages; banks and other financial institutions; business occupations and professions; business regulation; commerce; commercial law, including consumer protection; corporations and associations; economic development; electronic commerce; insurance regulation (except health insurance); labor and employment; property and casualty insurance; unemployment insurance; utilities regulation; and workers' compensation.[1][4] |
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Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Economic Matters Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (15) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Economic Matters Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (17) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Economic Matters Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (16) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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Kathleen Dumais (D, Vice-chair) left this committee on November 05, 2021. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
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Economic Matters Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (14) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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Eric Bromwell (D, Vice Chair) left this committee on September 18, 2019.
Cheryl Glenn (D) left this committee on December 18, 2019.
Warren Miller (R) left this committee on December 30, 2020.
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Economic Matters Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (15) | Republican members (8) | |||
| • Dereck Davis, Chair | • Christopher T. Adams | |||
| • Sally Jameson, Vice-Chair | • Steve Arentz | |||
| • Charles Barkley | • Susan Aumann | |||
| • Talmadge Branch | • Mark Fisher (Maryland) | |||
| • Benjamin Brooks (Maryland) | • Seth Howard | |||
| • Edward Carey | • Rick Impallaria | |||
| • Luke Clippinger | • Johnny Mautz | |||
| • Bill Frick | • Warren Miller | |||
| • Cheryl Glenn | ||||
| • Benjamin Kramer | ||||
| • Mary Ann Lisanti | ||||
| • Kris Valderrama | ||||
| • Michael Vaughn | ||||
| • Jeff Waldstreicher | ||||
| • C.T. Wilson | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2011 legislative session.
| Economic Matters Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (16) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Dereck Davis, Chair | • Donna Stifler | |||
| • David Rudolph, Vice-Chair | • Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio | |||
| • Aisha Braveboy | • Kelly Schulz | |||
| • Ben Barnes | • Richard Impallaria | |||
| • Benjamin Kramer | • Stephen Hershey, Jr. | |||
| • Brian Feldman | • Steve Schuh | |||
| • Brian McHale | • Warren Miller | |||
| • Charles Barkley | ||||
| • Emmett Burns, Jr. | ||||
| • Hattie Harrison | ||||
| • John Olszewski, Jr. | ||||
| • Joseph Minnick | ||||
| • Mary Ann Love | ||||
| • Michael Vaughn | ||||
| • Sally Jameson | ||||
| • Tom Hucker | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2009 legislative session.
| Economic Matters Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (18) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Dereck Davis, Chair | • Rick Impallaria | |||
| • David Rudolph, Vice-Chair | • Warren Miller | |||
| • Sue Hecht | • James King (Maryland) | |||
| • Joseph Minnick | • Donna Stifler | |||
| • Michael Weir, Jr. | • Mary Walkup | |||
| • Emmett Burns, Jr. | • Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio | |||
| • Herman Taylor, II | ||||
| • Brian Feldman | ||||
| • Michael Vaughn | ||||
| • Aisha Braveboy | ||||
| • Sally Jameson | ||||
| • Mary Ann Love | ||||
| • James Mathias, Jr. | ||||
| • Charles Barkley | ||||
| • Ruth Kirk | ||||
| • Hattie Harrison | ||||
| • Carolyn Krysiak | ||||
| • Brian McHale | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maryland State Archives, "Economic Matters Committee - Origin & Functions," accessed February 22, 2021
- ↑ Maryland State Archives, "The Legislative Process: How a Bill Becomes a Law," accessed February 22, 2021
- ↑ Information submitted by legislative librarian Annette Haldeman via email to a Ballotpedia staffer on February 19, 2021.
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
