Delegate Ben Barnes
![Barnes, Ben](/2024RS/images/barnes.jpg)
- District
- 21
- County
- Prince George's and Anne Arundel
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Appropriations Committee (Chair)
Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
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Appropriations Committee (Chair)
- Annapolis Info
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121 Taylor House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3046 | 301-858-3046
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3046
Fax 410-841-3346 | 301-858-3346
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121 Taylor House Office Building
- Interim Info
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121 Taylor House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3046 | 301-858-3046
Fax 410-841-3346 | 301-858-3346
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121 Taylor House Office Building
- Kontakt
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[email protected]
- Party
- Democrat
![District 21](/Images/Current/Members/DistrictCloseUps/21.jpg)
Denotes enacted legislation
![Barnes, Ben](/2024RS/images/barnes.jpg)
- Tenure
- First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, 2006. Member of the House since 2007.
- Current Assignments
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- 2022 Chair, Appropriations Committee (Member, 2015)
- 2022 Legislative Policy Committee
- 2019 Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
- 2020 Spending Affordability Committee (House Chair, 2017-2019)
- 2015 Joint Committee on Pensions (Chair 2020)
- 2019 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus
- Past House Service
- Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 2013-2023; Special Joint Legislative Committee to Select the State Treasurer, 2023; Capital Budget Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee (Vice-Chair, 2019; Chair 2021-2022), 2015-2022; Chair, Education and Economic Development Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee (Vice Chair 2015-2019), 2019-2022; Oversight Committee on Pensions of the Appropriations Committee (Chair 2019, Vice Chair, 2020), 2019-2021; Economic Matters Committee, 2011-2015; Workers’ Compensation Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2012-2015; Banking, Economic Development, Science, and Technology Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committ, 2011-2015; Public Utilities Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee, 2011-2015; Judiciary Committee, 2007-2011; Civil Law and Procedure Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2007-2011; Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2007-2022; Commission on Maryland Retirement Security and Savings, 2015-2016.
- Public Service
- Objective Criteria Committee, State Retirement and Pension System, 2018-; Prince George's County Surcharge Exemptions for Projects Near Transit Properties Workgroup, 2017-; Task Force to Study Exemptions from Higher Education Ethics Requirements and Procurement Rules to Facilitate Technology Transfer, 2015-2016; Clean Energy Technical Education Task Force, 2013-2014; Vice Chair, Maryland-National Capital Parks & Planning Commission Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 2012; Law Enforcement and State-Appointed Boards Committee, Prince George’s County Delegation, 2011, 2007-2008; Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Committee, Prince George’s County Delegation, 2008-2010; Board of Directors, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2008-2010; Task Force to Study Locations in Prince George's County Best Suited for Use by State Agencies, 2008-2009; Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2008.
- Memberships
- College Park Education Advisory Committee, 2003-2005; Vice Chair, Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee, 2003-2004; Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee, 2001-2004; Executive Committee, Young Democrats of Maryland, 2002-2003; Maryland State Bar Association (Litigation Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association; Young Lawyers Section of the Maryland State Bar Association); Prince George's County Bar Association.
- Awards
- Award of Special Recognition, Maryland Legal Services Corporation, 2017.
- Biographical Information
- Born, Peoria, Illinois, March 30, 1975; Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, 1993; University of North Carolina at Greensboro, B.A., Economics and Political Science, 1998; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 2003; Field Coordinator, Development Department, People for the American Way, 1999-2000; Legislative Aide to Maryland Senate President, 2000-04; Law Clerk to Judge James J. Lombardi, Prince George's County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, 2004-05; Attorney, Law Offices of Donna L. Crary, P.A., 2005-2011; Partner, Hall, Butler, Macleay & Barnes, LLC., 2011 -; Married.
Last Updated: 7/31/2024 9:08 PM