HOUSE OF DELEGATES

[photo, Luke H. Clippinger, Maryland State Delegate] LUKE H. CLIPPINGER, Esq.
Democrat, District 46, Baltimore City

Member of House of Delegates since January 12, 2011. Speaker Pro Tem, 2026-. Member, Government, Labor and Elections Committee, 2026- (alcoholic beverages subcommittee, 2026-; election law subcommittee, 2026-); Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2019-; Legislative Policy Committee, 2019-; Joint Federal Action Oversight Committee, 2025-. Member, Special Joint Commission on Public Safety and Security in State and Local Correctional Facilities, 2013; Public Safety and Policing Work Group, 2015-16; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2015-18. House Chair, Joint Committee on Legislative Information Technology and Open Government, 2015-18. Member, Economic Matters Committee, 2015-19 (public utilities subcommittee, 2015-19; workers compensation subcommittee, 2015-19). Chair, Judiciary Committee, 2019-25 (member, 2011-15; criminal justice subcommittee, 2011-15; chair, law enforcement officers public information work group, 2019-25). Chair, House Cannabis Referendum and Legalization Work Group, 2021-23. Chair, Democratic Party Caucus, 2015-18. Member, Maryland Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus, 2022-.

Member, Governor's Commission to Reform Maryland's Pretrial System, 2014; Maryland Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council, 2015-16. Co-Chair, Task Force to Study the Adult High School Concept, 2016-17; Task Force on the Maryland Clean Energy Center, 2016-17; Local [Video Lottery] Development Council, Baltimore City, 2016-24 (chair, economic & community development subcommittee, 2016-24); Maryland Adult Learning Advisory Council, 2016-; State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 2019-21; Juvenile Justice Reform Council, 2019-21; Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 2019-25; COVID-19 Access to Justice Task Force, 2020-21; Task Force on In-Custody Restraint-Related Death Investigations, 2025-.

Assistant State's Attorney, Anne Arundel County, 2007-.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 24, 1972. Graduate, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 1990; Earlham College, B.A. (politics), 1994; Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, J.D., 2005. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2007. Attorney. District Director for U.S. Representative Baron Hill of Indiana, 1998-2005. Campaign manager, Tom Perez for Attorney General, 2006. Member, Platform Committee, Democratic Party National Convention, 2008. Michaeline R. Fedder Legislator of the Year Award, Maryland Public Health Association, 2016. Casper R. Taylor, Jr. Founder's Award, House of Delegates, 2024. Elder, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Maryland (member, 1986-).

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