Daniel L. Long, Vice-Chairperson

John S. Arnick; Tyras S. Athey; Richard N.
Dixon; Dennis C. Donaldson; William S. Home;
Robert H. Kittleman; Daniel M. Long; Pauline
H. Menes; Louis P. Morsberger; Anne Scarlett
Perkins; Donald B. Robertson; Charles J. Ryan;
Thomas A. Rymer; Ellen R. Sauerbrey; Casper R.
Taylor, Jr.

Room 406, Lowe Building Telephone; 841-3923

Considers proposals concerning the rules,
organization, and procedures of the House;
considers proposals affecting the legislature as an
institution and its agencies; examines nominations
requiring House confirmation and reports its
recommendations; reviews legislation introduced
after the bill deadline, and decides on re-referral
of those bills to other committees for
consideration.

Consent Calendars Committee

R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr., Speaker of the House of
Delegates; John S. Arnick, Majority Leader;
Ellen R. Sauerbrey, Minority Leader.

Determines the bills and joint resolutions
proposed for inclusion on the consent calendar.

JOINT STANDING
COMMITTEES

Investigation Committee
S. Frank Shore, Senate Chairperson
Richard A. Palumbo, House Chairperson

Senate members: Michael J. Collins; Michael B.
Mitchell; Lewis R. Riley; Ida G. Ruben. House
members: Robert H. Kittleman; Theodore
Levin; Joan B. Pitkin; Sylvania W. Woods, Jr.

Telephone: 841-3865

Inquires into abuses in expenditures of public
monies when referred by resolution of either
house of the General Assembly.

Protocol Committee

William H. Amoss, Senate Chairperson
Clarence Davis, House Chairperson
Telephone: 841-3603

Organizes, plans, and schedules the social
activities of the General Assembly.

Organization and Procedure

Joint meeting of those separate committees of the
Senate and the House, when required.

STATUTORY COMMITTEES

LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE

Co-Chairpersons: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.,
President of the Senate; R. Clayton Mitchell,
Jr., Speaker of the House of Delegates

Senate Members: Walter M. Baker; Raymond E.
Beck; Clarence W. Blount; Joseph S. Bonvegna;
John A. Cade; Arthur Dorman; Laurence
Levitan; Frederick C. Malkus, Jr.; Catherine I.
Riley; Margaret C. Schweinhaut; Charles H.
Smelser; Norman R. Stone, Jr.

House Members: John S. Amick; Tyras S. Athey;
Hattie N. Harrison; William S. Home; Robert H.
Kittleman; Nancy L. Murphy; Anne Scarlett
Perkins; Donald B. Robertson; Charles R. Ryan;
Thomas A. Rymer; Ellen R. Sauerbrey; Casper R.
Taylor, Jr.

Staff contact: Michael I. Volk

90 State Circle
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 841-3849

The Legislative Policy Committee originated in
1939 as the Legislative Council (Chapter 62, Acts
of 1939). The Council was reorganized as the Leg-
islative Policy Committee in 1976 (Chapter 362,
Acts of 1976).

The Legislative Policy Committee coordinates
and supervises the work of the standing commit-
tees of the General Assembly during the interim
between sessions as well as during each session.
The Committee studies the rules and procedures
of the Senate and House, and appoints special
committees and subcommittees to study any sub-
ject matter. It refers to the committees function-
ing during the interim any recommended subject
matter it receives, holds hearings on any subject
matter, and subpoenas witnesses and records as
required. The Committee may prepare its own
legislative recommendations, and may endorse a
legislative program in the form of bills, resolu-
tions, or other proposals to be submitted to the
next regular session of the General Assembly.