Environment and Transportation Committee, Maryland House of Delegates
The Environment and Transportation Committee is a standing committee of the Maryland House of Delegates. This committee was created out of the former Environmental Matters Committee.
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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.[1][2]
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
| “ | The Environment and Transportation Committee originated in 1969 as the Environmental Matters Committee. The House of Delegates, however, had formed earlier standing committees concerned with the environment. The Committee on Chesapeake Bay and its Tributaries, for example, had functioned from 1872 to 1968. Created in 1947, the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee also had continued until 1968, when the Natural Resources Committee briefly was established. In the following year, the Environmental Matters Committee assumed responsibilities of that committee. In January 2015, the Committee reorganized as the Environment and Transportation Committee. The Environment and Transportation Committee is assigned legislation relating to agriculture; bi-county agencies; environmental matters, including agricultural land preservation, program open space, and vehicle emissions; ethics; housing, landlord and tenant, and real property, including lead paint; local government, including land use; natural resources; and transportation (non-revenue related), including highways, bridges, mass transit, and motor vehicles. [3][4] |
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Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Environment and Transportation Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (17) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Environment and Transportation Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (18) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Environment and Transportation Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (15) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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Stephen Lafferty (D) left this committee on September 18, 2019.
Andrew Cassilly (R) left this committee on December 11, 2019.
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
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| Democratic members (15) | Republican members (8) | |||
| • Kumar Barve, Chair | • Carl Anderton, Jr. | |||
| • Dana Stein, Vice-Chair | • Andrew Cassilly | |||
| • Pamela Beidle | • Bob Flanagan | |||
| • Alfred Carr | • William "Bill" Folden | |||
| • David Fraser-Hidalgo | • Jay Jacobs | |||
| • Barbara Frush | • Anthony O'Donnell | |||
| • James Gilchrist | • Charles Otto | |||
| • Anne Healey | • Kathy Szeliga | |||
| • Marvin Holmes, Jr. | ||||
| • Jay Jalisi | ||||
| • Tony Knotts | ||||
| • Stephen Lafferty | ||||
| • Clarence K. Lam | ||||
| • Cory V. McCray | ||||
| • Shane Robinson (Maryland) | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Maryland State Archives, "Environment and Transportation Committee - Origin & Functions," accessed February 22, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
