Katherine Klausmeier
MSA SC 3520-12255

Biography:

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 22, 1950.  Attended The Catholic High School of Baltimore; Essex Community College, A.A., 1971.  Married; two daughters.

General Assembly:
Maryland Senate, Legislative District 8 (D), Baltimore County, 2003-. Vice-Chair, Finance Committee, 2023- (member, 2003-; division of labor & industry sunset evaluation work group, 2003; chair, electric universal service program work group, 2003; member, health subcommittee, 2007-11; transportation subcommittee, 2013-15; property & casualty subcommittee, 2015-17). Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight, 2011-. Member, Joint Committee on Legislative Information Technology and Open Government, 2015-; Rules Committee, 2019, 2021- (chair, 2007-18). Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Unemployment Insurance Oversight, 2019-. Assistant Deputy Majority Whip, 2003-06. Member, Agricultural Stewardship Commission, 2005-06; Senate Special Commission on Electric Utility Deregulation Implementation, 2005-06; Joint Legislative Task Force on Small-Group Market Health Insurance, 2005-07; Joint Committee on Base Realignment and Closure, 2007-11; Protocol Committee, 2007-14 ; Executive Nominations Committee, 2007-20; Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 2017-22. Member, Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, 2009-10; Joint Committee on Transparency and Open Government, 2011-14. Deputy Majority Leader, 2015-18. Member, Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders, 2015-21 (senate chair, 2019). President Pro Tem, 2019. Member, Legislative Policy Committee, 2019. Co-Chair, Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2019 (member, 2007). Senate Chair, Baltimore County Delegation, 2011-16, 2021-. Member, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2003-; Women Legislators of Maryland, 2003-; Maryland Military Installation Legislative Caucus, 2017-; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2018-. Maryland State Coordinator, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2019- (energy & electric utilities committee, 2003-07; transportation committee, 2007-). Member, Southern Legislative Conference (economic development, transportation & cultural affairs committee, 2008-).

Member of House of Delegates, representing District 8, Baltimore City and Baltimore County, January 11, 1995 to January 8, 2003. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1995-2003 (environmental & natural resources subcommittee, 1995-99; health subcommittee, 1999-2003; public utilities subcommittee, 1999-2002; agriculture, environment, & natural resources subcommittee, 2002-03). Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 1995-2015. House Chair, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2001-03.

Member, Innovations in Aging Services Advisory Council, 2003; Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, 2003-17; Charles H. Hickey, Jr., School Advisory Board, 2005-; Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities, 2005-. Chair, Commission on the Establishment of a Maryland Women in Military Service Monument, 2006-08, 2010-14. Member, Aquaculture Coordinating Council, 2006-; Task Force to Study How to Improve Financial Literacy in the State, 2008-10; Small Business Task Force, 2009; Maryland Commission on Autism, 2009-12; Maryland Adult Learning Advisory Council, 2010-15; Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program Board, 2010-19. Co-Chair, Task Force on the Membership and Operation of the Baltimore County Board of Education, 2011. Member, Task Force on Funding a Green Technology, Life Science, and Health Information Technology Loan-Assistance Repayment Program, 2011-12; Governor's Workforce Investment Board, 2011-15. Co-Chair, Financial Education and Capability Commission, 2012-; Task Force to Study Temporary Disability Insurance Programs and the Process for Assisting Individuals with Disabilities at Local Departments of Social Services, 2013-14. Member, Task Force to Study Licensing and Continuing Education Requirements for Electricians, 2013-14; Commission on the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, 2013-20; Governor's Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force, 2015. Alternate member, Southern States Energy Board, 2017-18. Member, Maryland Manufacturing Advisory Board, 2017-; School Safety Subcabinet Advisory Board, 2018-. Member, Energy and Environment Committee, Eastern Regional Conference, Council of State Governments.

Member, State Council on Cancer Control, 1995-96; Sound Barrier Review Panel, 1995-96; Maryland Recycling Advisory Group, 1995-97. Board of Directors, Maryland School for the Blind, 1995-2016. Member, Task Force to Study Retail Electric Competition and the Restructuring of the Electric Utility Industry, 1997-98; Nutrient Management Advisory Committee, 1998-2004; Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Facilities, 1999; Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes, 2000-05; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2001-02. Chair, Task Force to Study the Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Industries, 2002-04 (seafood industry work group).

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Vice-President, Commission for Women, Baltimore County, 1991-93. Chair, Elected vs. Appointed School Board Task Force, Baltimore County, 1993.

President, Gunpowder Elementary School PTA, 1987-89, 1991-94 (legislative representative; member, school & business partnership committee). Election Judge, Baltimore County, 1990, 1992. Education Chair, League of Women Voters, Baltimore County, 1991-92. Member, Child Life Council of America; Association for the Care of Children's Health; Eastern Baltimore Area Chamber of Commerce; Perry Hall and White Marsh Business Association. Honorary Life Membership, Maryland Parent Teacher Association (PTA). Member, Maryland Alliance for Responsible Gambling, 2010-. Resolutions of State Senate, House of Delegates, and Baltimore County Council commending outstanding work as President, Gunpowder Elementary School PTA. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2015. Recognition Award (leadership on drug & opioid issues), Maryland Association of Counties, 2015. Legislator of the Year, Mental Health Association of Maryland, 2017. First Citizen Award, Maryland Senate, 2017. Legislator of the Year Award, Maryland Retailers Association, 2018.

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