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BRIAN K. McHALE
Democrat, District 46, Baltimore City
Member of House of Delegates, February 5, 1990 to January 14, 2015. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1990-98 (chair, health & public utilities subcommittee, 1995-98); Advisory Commission on Federal-State-Local Relations, 1993-95; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 1995-98; Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 1993-97, 1999-2003; Economic Matters Committee, 1999-2015 (alcoholic beverages work group; health insurance subcommittee, 1999-2003; workers' compensation subcommittee, 1999-2006; property & casualty insurance subcommittee, 2005-10, chair, 2003-05; unemployment insurance subcommittee, 2007-10; chair, electric universal service program work group, 2003; chair, public utilities subcommittee, 2007-15, member, 2003-06; member, alcoholic beverages subcommittee, 2011-15); Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2004-06. Assistant Majority Whip, 2004-07 (chief deputy majority whip, 2003-04). Member, Joint Commission on the Maryland Port Administration, 2005-06. House Chair, Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 2006-15 (member, 2003-15); Investigation Committee, 2007-15. Member, Work Group to Review Disclosure Requirements of the Public Ethics Law, 2012-13. Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-15. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (labor & workforce development committee, 2005-07; labor & economic development committee, 2007-15).
Chair, Board of Liquor License Commissioners, Baltimore City, 1989-1990 (member, 1987-89). Member, Controlled Hazardous Substances Task Force, 1992-94; Power Plant Research Advisory Committee, 1994-2000; Governor's Utility Relocation Task Force, 1995; Long-Term Managed Care Advisory Committee, 1996. Board of Trustees, Maryland Health Care Foundation, 1997-2004.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 9, 1954. Attended Cardinal Gibbons High School, Baltimore; Community College of Baltimore; Catonsville Community College; Loyola College. Steamship clerk. Member, Democratic State Central Committee, 1982-86, 1986- (vice-chair, 1982-84). Board of Directors, Bay-Vanguard Federal Savings Bank, 1986-. Member, Advisory Council, South Baltimore Learning Center, 1994- (chair, 1997). Board of Directors, Federal Hill Main Street, 2000-; Patriots of Fort McHenry, 2000-; Family Health Centers of Baltimore, 2002-; National Aquarium in Baltimore, 2007-. Member, Advisory Board, Maryland Patient Safety Center, 2007-. Member, Local no. 953, International Longshoremen's Association. Citation, Maryland Healthy Air Act Coalition, 2006. Casper R. Taylor Founder's Award, House of Delegates, 2012. Married; two children.
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