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Executive Nominations Committee, Maryland State Senate
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The Executive Nominations Committee is a standing committee of the Maryland State Senate. Per Senate Rules 18, 22A and 22B, the committee is made up of 19 members.[1]
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Per Senate Rule 18, committees in the Maryland State Senate are appointed by the President of the Senate at the beginning of each session of the Maryland General Assembly. The President is responsible for appointing chairs and vice chairs, and referring bills and resolutions to a committee. The Senate may suspend the rules to consider a bill or resolution with reference to a committee, provided that each member is given 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 Senate rules is not available electronically, but can be found in the print version of the Senate Journal. Rules 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
| “ | The Executive Nominations Committee formed in January 1845. For nominations made by the Governor for appointments that require Senate advice and consent, the Committee reviews and interviews gubernatorial nominees. The Committee then reports its recommendations on those nominations to the Senate, which subsequently votes to confirm or reject the nominees.[1][4] |
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Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Executive Nominations Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (15) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Executive Nominations Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (15) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Executive Nominations Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (14) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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Douglas Peters (D) left this committee on July 31, 2021. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
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Executive Nominations Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (13) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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Robert Zirkin (D) left this committee on January 02, 2020.
Thomas Miller Jr. (D) left this committee on December 23, 2020.
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Executive Nominations Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (15) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Jamie Raskin, Chair | • George Edwards (Maryland) | |||
| • Delores Kelley, Vice-Chair | • Stephen Hershey, Jr. | |||
| • James Brochin | • J.B. Jennings | |||
| • Joan Carter Conway | • Edward R. Reilly | |||
| • Ulysses Currie | ||||
| • James DeGrange, Sr. | ||||
| • Edward Kasemeyer | ||||
| • Katherine Klausmeier | ||||
| • Richard Madaleno | ||||
| • James Mathias, Jr. | ||||
| • Nathaniel McFadden | ||||
| • Thomas Mac Middleton | ||||
| • Thomas Mike Miller, Jr. (Maryland) | ||||
| • Catherine Pugh | ||||
| • Robert Zirkin | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2011 legislative session.
| Executive Nominations Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (13) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Delores Kelley, Chair | • Allan Kittleman | |||
| • James DeGrange, Sr., Vice-Chair | • David Brinkley | |||
| • Brian Frosh | • E. J. Pipkin | |||
| • Edward Kasemeyer | • George Edwards (Maryland) | |||
| • Jennie Forehand | • Richard Colburn | |||
| • Joan Carter Conway | ||||
| • Katherine Klausmeier | ||||
| • Nathaniel McFadden | ||||
| • Norman Stone | ||||
| • Robert Garagiola | ||||
| • Thomas Mac Middleton | ||||
| • Thomas Mike Miller, Jr. (Maryland) | ||||
| • Ulysses Currie | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2009 legislative session.
| Executive Nominations Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • James DeGrange, Sr., Vice-Chair | • Richard Colburn | |||
| • Katherine Klausmeier | • Donald Munson | |||
| • Delores Kelley | • David Brinkley | |||
| • Thomas Mike Miller, Jr. (Maryland) | • Larry Haines | |||
| • Thomas Mac Middleton | • Allan Kittleman | |||
| • Joan Carter Conway | ||||
| • Nathaniel McFadden | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maryland State Archives, "Executive Nominations 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.
