Tenure

First elected to the Maryland Senate in 2018. Member of the Senate since January 9, 2019. Member of the Maryland House of Delegates 2015-2019.

Current Assignments

2019 Judicial Proceedings Committee

2023 Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR)

Past Senate Service

Redistricting and Reapportionment Committee, 2022; Workgroup on COVID-19, 2020; Marijuana Legalization Work Group, 2019; Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission, 2019-2023.

Past House Service

Health and Government Operations Committee, 2015-2019; Insurance Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, 2015-2019; Health Facilities and Pharmaceuticals Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, 2017-2019; Estates and Trusts Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, 2015-2017; Health Facilities and Occupations Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, 2017; Affordable Care Act (ACA) Workgroup, 2018; Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 2015-2019; Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission, 2017-2019; Regional Revitalization Workgroup, 2015-2019; Punitive Damages Work Group, 2016-2017; Death with Dignity Workgroup, 2015.

Public Service

State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 2021-; Maryland Historical Trust, 2019-; Task Force to Study Maryland Orphans Court, 2021; Workgroup to Study the Transformation of Manufacturing in Maryland's Emerging Digital Economy, 2021-2022; Governor's Family Violence Council, 2019-2021; Juvenile Justice Reform Council, 2019-2021; Commission to Modernize State Procurement, 2016.

Biographical Information

Born, Baltimore, Maryland, April 7, 1950; Williams College, B.A., 1972; University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1975; Legal Counsel, Maryland Republican Party, 1982-1996, 1998-2003; Principal, Semmes, Bowen and Semmes, (Chair Business Law Department); Member, Emmanuel Episcopal Church; Married; one child.