Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Philip C. Jimeno
MSA SC 3520-12152

Biography:

Born in Fairmont, West Virginia, May 28, 1947.  Attended Fairmont Senior High School; Fairmont State College, B.S., business administration 1969; Coppin State College, M. Ed., 1974.  Married; two children.

General Assembly:
State Senate, District 31 (Anne Arundel County), 1985-2007; Democrat. Assistant Deputy Majority Leader, 1997-2007. Chair, Executive Nominations Committee, 1998-2007 (vice-chair, 1995-98). Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee, 1985-2007. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1997-98 (member, 1987-93, 1997-98). Member, Special Committee on Substance Abuse, 2001-07; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2003. Chair, Anne Arundel Delegation, 2003-07. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (human services & welfare committee).

House of Delegates, District 31 (Anne Arundel County), 1979-1985; Democrat. Appropriations Committee, 1979-85 (education & human resources subcommittee; law enforcement & transportation subcommittee); Joint Committee on Juvenile Justice. Vice-Chair, Anne Arundel County Delegation, 1982, 1985.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Insurance agent, State Farm. Past chair, Transportation Advisory Commission, Anne Arundel County; School Board Selection Process, Anne Arundel County. Member, Commission to Save the Lighthouses, 1991-96; Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board, 1991-2007; Governor's Advisory Board for Justice Administration, 1993-95; Governor's Commission on Enhancing Public Services through Improved Interagency Cooperation, 1994; Governor's Commission on Gun Violence, 1995; Commission on Juvenile Justice Jurisdiction, 1998-200l; Committee on Access to Court Records, 2001-02. Legislator of the Year, State's Attorneys' Association, 1986. Legislator of the Year, State Fraternal Order of Police, 1993. Senator of the Year, State's Attorneys' Association, 1994. Member, Society of Senates Past.

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