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Rules Committee, Maryland State Senate
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The Rules Committee is a standing committee of the Maryland State Senate. Per Senate Rule 18, the committee is made up of 11 members.[1]
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 Constitution of 1776 (sec. 24) provided that each house was to ". . . settle its own rules of proceeding." In November 1796, the Senate formed a committee to "report rules and regulations to be observed in the Senate." Called first the Committee on Rules and Regulations, it came to be known as the Rules Committee. Proposals regarding rules, organization, and procedures of the Senate or the General Assembly are considered by the Rules Committee. Also, the Committee reviews proposed legislation introduced after the bill introduction deadline in a regular session and decides whether to re-refer those bills to a standing committee for consideration.[1][4] |
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Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Rules Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Rules Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Rules Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Rules Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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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.
| Rules Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (2) | |||
| • Katherine Klausmeier, Chair | • George Edwards (Maryland) | |||
| • James DeGrange, Sr., Vice-Chair | • J.B. Jennings | |||
| • John Astle | ||||
| • Joan Carter Conway | ||||
| • Edward Kasemeyer | ||||
| • Nathaniel McFadden | ||||
| • Thomas Mac Middleton | ||||
| • Thomas Mike Miller, Jr. (Maryland) | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2011 legislative session.
| Rules Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Katherine Klausmeier | • David Brinkley | |||
| • Thomas Mac Middleton | • George Edwards (Maryland) | |||
| • Brian Frosh | • Richard Colburn | |||
| • Edward Kasemeyer | ||||
| • Nathaniel McFadden | ||||
| • Thomas Mike Miller, Jr. (Maryland) | ||||
| • Ulysses Currie | ||||
| • Roy Dyson | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2009 legislative session.
| Rules Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Katherine Klausmeier, Chair | • Donald Munson | |||
| • Brian Frosh, Vice-Chair | • David Brinkley | |||
| • Edward Kasemeyer | • Larry Haines | |||
| • Ulysses Currie | ||||
| • Thomas Mike Miller, Jr. (Maryland) | ||||
| • Thomas Mac Middleton | ||||
| • Roy Dyson | ||||
| • Nathaniel McFadden | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maryland State Archives, "Rules 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.
