JOHN S. ARNICK
Democrat, District 6, Baltimore County
Member of House of Delegates, 1967-79, 1983-92, and since 1993. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 2003- (housing & real property subcommittee, 2003-; motor vehicles & transportation subcommittee, 2003-; motor vehicle issues work group, 2004; chair, ethics subcommittee, 2003-04; chair, natural resources & ethics subcommittee, 2005-); Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 1983-92, 1995-; Legislative Policy Committee, 1969-79, 1987-92, 1994- (management subcommittee, 1995-). Chair, House Facilities Committee, 1995-. House Chair, Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 2003-. Majority Leader, 1971-79, 1987-90. Chair, Environmental Matters Committee, 1972-79, 1987-90. House Chair, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1983-86, 1995-2003. Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1983-87. House Chair, Tort and Insurance Reform Oversight Committee, 1987-92. Member, Special Joint Committee on Energy Pricing, 1990-91. Chair, Judiciary Committee, 1991-92. Member, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, 1994-2003 (chair, ethics & election laws subcommittee, 1995-2003); Special Committee on Gaming, 2001. Chair, Baltimore County Delegation, 1969-70. Member, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2001-; Taxpayers Protection Caucus, 2003-; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (law & criminal justice committee).
Magistrate at Large, Baltimore County, 1966-67. Member, Governor's Special Committee on the Port of Baltimore, 1987-88; Retail Security Task Force, 1987-88; Energy Overcharge Restitution Trust Fund Board of Trustees, 1987-89; Governor's Commission on Health Care Policy and Financing, 1988-92; Maryland Greenways Commission, 1990-92; Task Force to Review the State's Election Law, 1995; Commission to Revise the Election Code, 1996-97; Task Force to Study Bank Charter Modernization, 1997-98; Study Commission on Lobbyist Ethics, 1999-2000; Special Committee on Voting Systems and Election Procedures in Maryland, 2000-01; Task Force on Traffic Capacity Across the Chesapeake Bay, 2005-.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, November 27, 1933. Attended Baltimore County schools; Calvert Hall School; University of Baltimore, B.S., 1956. Served in U.S. Marine Corps, 1956-59. University of Baltimore School of Law, LL.B., 1961. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1962. Attorney. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (criminal law & practice section); Baltimore County Bar Association. Member, Sons of Italy. Casper R. Taylor, Jr., Founder's Award, House of Delegates, 2003.
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