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Ways & Means Committee, Maryland House of Delegates
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The Ways & Means Committee is a standing committee of the Maryland House of Delegates. Per House Rule 18, the committee is made up of 23 members.[1]
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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
| “ | A predecessor of the Ways and Means Committee appeared in the House of Delegates in 1791. Named the Committee on Public Revenues, Debts and Expenditures, and Ways and Means, it apparently formed as a special committee for that legislative session only. As a standing committee, the Ways and Means Committee began in 1818. The Ways and Means Committee is responsible for legislation relating to children, youth, and families; education financing; primary and secondary education; elections; and lotteries and horseracing; State and local taxation matters, including assessments and tax credit programs.[1][4] |
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Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Ways & Means Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (15) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Ways & Means Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (14) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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Nick Charles (D) left this committee on December 04, 2023. [Source]
2021-2022 legislative session
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Ways & Means Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (16) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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Anne Kaiser (D, Chair) left this committee on October 28, 2021. [Source]
Stephanie Smith (D) left this committee on November 09, 2021. [Source]
Haven Shoemaker (R) left this committee on November 09, 2021. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
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Ways & Means Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (14) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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Alice Cain (D) left this committee on March 19, 2020. [Source]
Nick Mosby (D) left this committee on December 10, 2020.
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Ways & Means Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (14) | Republican members (8) | |||
| • Sheila Hixson, Chair | • Kathy Afzali | |||
| • Frank Turner, Vice Chair | • Jason C. Buckel | |||
| • Darryl Barnes | • Kevin Hornberger | |||
| • Eric Ebersole | • Bob Long | |||
| • Diana Fennell | • Ric Metzgar | |||
| • Carolyn Howard | • Teresa Reilly | |||
| • Anne Kaiser | • Haven Shoemaker | |||
| • Eric Luedtke | • Meagan C. Simonaire | |||
| • Edith J. Patterson | ||||
| • Andrew Platt | ||||
| • Jimmy Tarlau | ||||
| • Jay Walker (Maryland) | ||||
| • Mary Washington | ||||
| • Alonzo Washington | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2011 legislative session.
| Ways & Means Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (16) | Republican members (8) | |||
| • Sheila Hixson, Chair | • LeRoy Myers | |||
| • Samuel Rosenberg, Vice Chair | • Warren Miller | |||
| • Carolyn Howard | • Andrew Serafini | |||
| • Talmadge Branch | • Glen Glass | |||
| • Frank Turner | • Joseph Boteler III | |||
| • Aruna Miller | • Kathy Afzali | |||
| • Anne Kaiser | • Mark Fisher | |||
| • C. William Frick | • Ron George | |||
| • Eric Luedtke | ||||
| • Jay Walker | ||||
| • Jon Cardin | ||||
| • Jolene Ivey | ||||
| • Justin Ross | ||||
| • Kumar Barve | ||||
| • Melvin Stukes | ||||
| • Michael Summers | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2009 legislative session.
| Ways & Means Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (17) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Sheila Hixson, Chair | • LeRoy Myers | |||
| • Ann Marie Doory, Vice Chair | • Christopher Shank | |||
| • John Olszewski, Jr. | • Joseph Bartlett | |||
| • Jon Cardin | • Joseph Boteler III | |||
| • Frank Turner | • Ron George | |||
| • Anne Kaiser | • D. Page Elmore | |||
| • Craig Rice | ||||
| • Bill Frick | ||||
| • Kumar Barve | ||||
| • James Gilchrist | ||||
| • Justin Ross | ||||
| • Carolyn Howard | ||||
| • Veronica Turner | ||||
| • Jay Walker (Maryland) | ||||
| • Peter Murphy | ||||
| • Melvin Stukes | ||||
| • Jolene Ivey | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maryland State Archives, "Ways & Means 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.
