John Adams Hurson
MSA SC 3520-12247
Biography:
Born in Takoma Park, Maryland, December 23, 1953. Attended Georgetown University, B.A., government, 1976; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1979. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1979. Married; two children.
General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Legislative District 18 (D), Montgomery County,
1991-2005. Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee, 2003-05.
Member, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 1995-2005;
Legislative Policy Committee, 1995-2005 (management subcommittee,
1995-2005). Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1991-94, 2001
(unemployment insurance subcommittee; chair, health subcommittee,
1994); Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 1993-99.
House Chair, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and
Legislative Review, 1994. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1995-96
(capital budget subcommittee; health & human resources
subcommittee; oversight committee on pensions; oversight committee on
personnel). Majority Leader, 1995-2001. Member, Spending Affordability
Committee, 1995-2001; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State
Treasurer, 1996; Special Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic
Development, 1996-97; Special Committee on School Enrollment
Management, 1996-97; Special Joint Committee on Group Homes, 1996-97;
Ways and Means Committee, 1996-99 (transportation subcommittee);
Special Study Commission on the Maryland Public Ethics Law, 1998; Joint
Advisory Committee on Legislative Data Systems, 1999-2002. Chair,
Consent Calendars Committee, 2000-01. Member, Special Committee on
Gaming, 2001; Speaker's Advisory Committee on Legislative
Redistricting, 2001-02. Chair, Environmental Matters Committee, 2001-03
(member, 1999-2000; health subcommittee, 1999-2000; public utilities
subcommittee, 1999-2000). Member, Joint Committee on the Selection of
the State Treasurer, 2002. House Chair, Special Joint Committee on
Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program, 2002-03. House Chair, Joint
Committee on the State's Emergency Medical Response System, 2003-05.
Member, Transportation Committee (former chair, planning committee),
Montgomery County Delegation. President, National Conference of State
Legislatures, 2004-05 (president-elect, 2003-04; vice-president,
2002-03).
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Attorney and businessman. Member, Juvenile Court Committee,
Montgomery
County, 1978-80. Chair, District 18 Democratic Caucus, 1981,
1988.
Member, Councilmanic Charter Redistricting Commission, Montgomery
County,
1982; executive committee, Democratic National Committee Small Business
Council, 1986. Co-chair, Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Coalition,
1989. Member, executive committee, Atlantic Association of Young
Political Leaders, 1989-; president, 1991-93. Adjunct Professor
of
Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1991-. Executive director,
American Council of Young Political Leaders, 1993-95.
Vice-president,
Intergovernmental Affairs, Ketchum Public Relations, 1993-.
Member,
Governor's Task Force on Community Health Networks, 1994-95; Oversight
Committee on the Administration of the HealthChoice Program, 1999;
Business and Technology Division Task Force, 2000. House Chair,
Virginia-Maryland-District of Columbia Joint Legislative Commission on
Interstate Transportation, 2000-05. Member, Study Panel on Funding
Needs of Trauma Centers, 2001-03; Study Commission on Public Funding of
Campaigns in Maryland, 2002-04. Member, Maryland State Bar Association.
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