Richard F. Colburn
MSA SC 3520-12161
Biography:
Born in Easton, Maryland, February 9, 1950. Attended Easton High School; Chesapeake College, A.A., 1982. Married; one daughter.
General Assembly:
Member of Senate, District 37, Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot
& Wicomico Counties, January 11, 1995-January 14, 2015. Republican.
Member, Budget and Taxation Committee, 2011-15 (capital budget
subcommittee, 2011-15; public safety, transportation & environment
subcommittee, 2011-15); Executive Nominations Committee, 1999-2003,
2008-15; Rules Committee, 2011-15; Joint Committee on Administrative,
Executive and Legislative Review, 1996-2015; Joint Committee on the
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, 2003-15;
Legislative Policy Committee, 2011-15. Member, Joint Committee on
Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas, 1995-2003; Judicial Proceedings
Committee, 1995-2003; Special Committee on Substance Abuse, 2001-03;
Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2003-10
(education subcommittee, 2003-04; environment subcommittee, 2003-06,
2008-10; licensing & regulatory affairs subcommittee, 2003-04,
chair, alcoholic beverages subcommittee, 2007-10, member, 2003-04);
Senate Special Commission on Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance,
2004; Agricultural Stewardship Commission, 2005-06; Joint Committee on
Health Care Delivery and Financing, 2007-09; Joint Committee on Access
to Mental Health Services, 2011; Senate Committee on Reapportionment
and Redistricting, 2011-12. Senate Chair, Eastern Shore Delegation,
1999-2015. Member, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2001-15;
Maryland Rural Caucus, 2002-15; Taxpayers Protection Caucus, 2003-15;
Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2004-15. Member, National Conference of State
Legislatures (environment committee); Southern Legislative Conference
(agriculture & rural development committee, 2008-15).
Member, House of Delegates, 1983-91. Member, Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee, 1983-86; Environmental Matters Committee, 1987-91.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Chair, Committee to Promote Employment of the Handicapped,
Dorchester County, 1981. Member, Governor's Committee on
Employment of the Handicapped, 1984-90; Commission to Review
Landlord-Tenant Laws, 1998; Shore Erosion Task Force, 1999-2000;
Governor's Task Force on Eastern Shore Economic Development, 1999-2001;
Study Panel on Funding Needs of Trauma Centers, 2001-03; Mid-Shore
Regional Council, 2001- (executive board, 2014); Tri-County Council for
the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, 2001-; Task Force to Study the
Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture
Industries, 2002-03 (executive committee; seafood industry work group);
Poultry Issues Action Team, 2003; Governor's Wellmobile Program
Advisory Board, 2003-06; Rural Maryland Council, 2004-; Oversight
Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living
Facilities, 2005-; Incentives for Agriculture Task Force, 2006-07;
Eastern Shore Task Force on Foster Care, 2007-08; Oyster Advisory
Commission, 2007-; Task Force on the Future for Growth and Development
in Maryland, 2009-10; Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission, 2010;
Joint Legislative and Executive Commission on Oversight of
Public/Private Partnerships, 2011-12.
Served in U.S. Army Security Agency, sergeant, 1969-72 (top secret clearance); good conduct medal. Federalsburg Town Manager, 1991-. Dorchester County Republican State Central Committee, 1979-82. Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 1988. Board of Directors, Maryland Rural Water Association, 1992- (past vice-president). President, Board of Directors, People for Better Housing, 1993-. President, Board of Directors, Maryland Rural Development Corporation, 2006. Member, Dorchester American Legion Post no. 91; Federalsburg Veterans of Foreign Wars; Cambridge B.P.O. Elks Lodge no. 1272. Social Science Award, Chesapeake College, 1980; Social Science Award, Eastern Community College, 1981. Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. Recognition Award, Maryland Association of Counties, 2010. Outstanding Rural Health Legislator, Maryland Rural Health Association, 2011. Member, Zion United Methodist Church.
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