Edward J. Kasemeyer
MSA SC 3520-12169
Biography:
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 18, 1945. Attended Howard County Senior High School; Western Maryland College, B.A., 1967. Five children.
General Assembly:
State Senate, District 12 (Baltimore and Howard Counties), January 14, 1987 to January 1991, and January 11, 1995 to January 9, 2019. Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee, 2011-19 (vice-chair, 2007-10; acting chair, 2010; member, 1995-2019; chair, health, education & human resources subcommittee, 2008-10; chair, pensions subcommittee, 1997-2007, member, 1997-2010; chair, health & human services subcommittee, 2002-03, 2007; chair, capital budget subcommittee, 2003-07, member, 2003-19). Member, Finance Committee, 1987-91; Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 1987-91; Joint Committee to Study Mandates on Local Government, 1995-97; Legislative Policy Committee, 1997-2019 (management subcommittee, 2007-19); Joint Committee on Investigation, 1995-2019; Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 1995-2019 (senate chair, 1997-2006). Deputy Majority Leader, 1996-2001, 2003-07. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 1999-2002. Senate Vice-Chair, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2001-03 (senate chair, 2000). Member, Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2002, 2003, 2007; Executive Nominations Committee, 2003-19; Rules Committee, 2003-19; Spending Affordability Committee, 2003-19 (senate chair, 2003-06). Vice-Chair, Senate Special Commission on Electric Utility Deregulation Implementation, 2005-06. Member, Joint Legislative Task Force on Universal Access to Quality and Affordable Health Care, 2006-07; Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 2007, 2010-14. Majority Leader, 2007-10. Co-Chair, Joint Legislative Work Group to Study State, County and Municipal Fiscal Relationships, 2009-10. Member, Senate Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting, 2011-12; Joint Oversight Committee on the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, 2014; Maryland Economic Development and Business Climate Commission, 2014-16. Past chair, Joint Subcommittee on Horse Racing. Chair, Howard County Senate Delegation, 2004-08. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (financial services committee, 2005-07; human services & welfare committee, 2007-10; health committee, 2007-date unknown; budgets & revenue committee, 2010-date unknown); Southern Legislative Conference (fiscal affairs & government operations committee, 2005-date unknown).
House of Delegates, District 14B (Howard and Mongomery Counties), 1983-87. Democrat. Economic Matters Committee, 1983-87; Savings and Loan Oversight Committee, 1986.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Member, Special Advisory Commission on Professional Sports and the Economy, 1987-88; Task Force on the Maryland Prepaid-Tuition Savings Program, 1996. Co-Chair, Task Force on Funding for the Maryland School for the Deaf, 1996. Member, Partnership for Workforce Quality Advisory Board, 1996-2003; Judith P. Hoyer Blue Ribbon Commission on the Financing of Early Child Care and Education, 2000-01; State Interagency Coordinating Council [for Infants and Toddlers Program], 2000-03; Task Force to Evaluate the Development and Construction of a Magnetic Levitation (MAGLEV) Transportation System in Maryland Between Baltimore and the District of Columbia, 2002-03. Board of Trustees, Maryland Health Care Foundation, 2002-04. Member, Capital Debt Affordability Committee, 2003-07. Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Retiree Health-Care Funding Options, 2005. Member, Commission to Study Local Maintenance of Effort (for education funding), 2005-07; Commission to Develop the Maryland Model for Funding Higher Education, 2007-09. Co-Chair, Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Retiree Health-Care Funding Options, 2007-09. Member, Legislative Advisory Council, 2008-14, 2017-19, Southern Regional Education Board; Maryland Health Care Reform Coordinating Council, 2010, 2011-15; Long-Term Care Work Group, Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, 2010-11; Work Group to Consider Gaming Expansion, 2012. Board of Directors, University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, 2012-19. Member, Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee, 2017-19.
Chair, Work Group on the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 2019-20. Chair, Maryland Community Health Resources Commission, 2021- (member, 2020-); Health Equity Resource Community Advisory Committee, 2021-; Interagency Commission on School Construction, 2021- (member, 2019-). Member, Work Group on the Assessment and Funding of School Facilities, 2021-; Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports, 2021-.
Member, Task Force on Real Property Closing Costs, 1985-86. Member, Financial Disclosure Commission, Howard County, 1980-82.
Member, Howard County Democratic State Central Committee, 1978-82. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1996. Board of Directors, Howard County Association for Retarded Citizens; Howard County Housing Alliance; Greater Howard County Chamber of Commerce, 1976-82 (president, 1980). Board of Trustees, Howard County Conservancy, 2013-. Member, Howard County General Hospital Advisory Board. Board of Trustees, McDaniel College, 2018-. Legislative Leadership Award, The Arc of Maryland, 2008. Municipal Super Star, Maryland Municipal League, 2011 (certificate of appreciation, 2008, 2009, 2010). Presidents Award, Maryland Independent College and University Association, 2009. Legislator of the Year, Mental Health Association of Maryland, 2012. Champion for Real Lives, Developmental Disabilities Coalition, 2013. Public Supporter of the Year, Maryland Food Bank, 2014. First Citizen Award, Maryland Senate, 2015. John R. Hargreaves Distinguished Legislative Fellow, Salisbury University, 2016.
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