--- title: Committees with Jurisdictional Oversight Authority description: "![](https://levin-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/noun-maryland-1970624-00594F.png) ## House Economic Matters Committee #### [Website](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Details?cmte=ecm) Membership, legislation, and meeting information available on website. #### Purpose/Jurisdiction \"Considers legislation relating to alcoholic beverages; banks and other financial institutions; commercial law; corporations and associations; economic development; electronic commerce; licensing and…" url: "https://levin-center.org/slow/committees-with-jurisdictional-oversight-authority-50/" updated: "2026-03-11" category: Maryland --- # Committees with Jurisdictional Oversight Authority ![](https://levin-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/noun-maryland-1970624-00594F.png) ## House Economic Matters Committee #### [Website](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Details?cmte=ecm) Membership, legislation, and meeting information available on website. #### Purpose/Jurisdiction "Considers legislation relating to alcoholic beverages; banks and other financial institutions; commercial law; corporations and associations; economic development; electronic commerce; licensing and regulation of businesses, including related occupations and professions; labor and employment; property and casualty insurance; unemployment insurance; utilities, including electric, gas, and telecommunications; and workers' compensation" ([Maryland Manual Online](https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/hsecom.html)). #### Subcommittees - Banking, Consumer Protection, and Commercial Law - Business Regulation - Economic Development - Housing and Real Property - Land Use and Zoning - Unemployment Insurance - Worker's Compensation --- ## House Environment and Transportation Committee #### [Website](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Details?cmte=ent) Membership, legislation, and meeting information available on website. #### Purpose/Jurisdiction "Assigned legislation relating to agriculture; bi-county agencies; environmental matters, including agricultural land preservation, Program Open Space, and vehicle emissions; ethics; local government; motor vehicles; natural resources; real property and housing; and transportation (non-revenue related)" ([Maryland Manual Online](https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/hsecom.html)). #### Subcommittees - Agriculture and Aquaculture - Energy - Environment - Motor Vehicle and Transportation - Natural Resources and Open Space - Non-Energy Utilities --- ## House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee #### [Website](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Details?cmte=gvc) Membership, legislation, and meeting information available on website. #### Purpose/Jurisdiction "Considers legislation relating to alcoholic beverages; corrections; election law; government operations and ethics; labor; local government and bi-county agencies and administration; and personnel" ([Maryland Manual Online](https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/com/06laborf.html)). #### Subcommittees - Alcoholic Beverages - Corrections - Election Law - Government Operations and Ethics - Labor - Local Government /Bicounty Agencies And Administration - Oversight Committee On Personnel --- ## House Health Committee #### [Website](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Details?cmte=hlt) Membership, legislation, and meeting information available on website. #### Purpose/Jurisdiction "Considers legislation relating to health facilities, equipment, and products; health insurance; health occupations and professions; public health, including Medicaid; and long-term care" ([Maryland Manual Online](https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/com/05healf.html)). #### Subcommittees - Elder and Long-Term Care - Health Facilities - Health Occupations - Insurance - Maternal, Infant, And Child Health - Pharmaceuticals - Public Health And Minority Health Disparities --- ## House Judiciary Committee #### [Website](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Details?cmte=jud) Membership, legislation, and meeting information available on website. #### Purpose/Jurisdiction "Considers legislation relating to courts and judicial proceedings. It also is concerned with administrative law; corrections; criminal and civil laws, penalties, and procedures; drunk and drugged driving; estates and trusts; family law; juvenile cases; the legal profession; legal rights and immunities; and jailable motor vehicle offenses" ([Maryland Manual Online](https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/hsecom.html)). #### Subcommittees - Civil - Criminal - Estates and Trusts - Family - Juvenile - Property and Casualty - Public Safety --- ## Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee #### [Website](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Details?cmte=eee) Membership, legislation, and meeting information available on website. #### Purpose/Jurisdiction "Reviews legislation concerned with agriculture and land preservation; alcoholic beverages; and the licensing and regulation of businesses and labor, including business, health and related occupations and professions. The Committee also evaluates bill relating to education policy; elections; energy; environment; ethics; fire prevention; local government; natural resources; procurement; State government organization, procedures, and administrative law; and veterans affairs" ([Maryland Manual Online](https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/hsecom.html)). #### Subcommittees - Education - Energy - Environment --- ## Senate Finance Committee #### [Website](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Details?cmte=fin) Membership, legislation, and meeting information available on website. #### Purpose/Jurisdiction "Reviews legislation on banking and financial institutions; credit regulation and consumer financing; economic and community development; and health and welfare matters. It also considers bills concerned with horse racing and lotteries; insurance; labor and employment; State personnel issues; social programs; transportation; unemployment insurance; utility regulation; and workers' compensation" ([Maryland Manual Online](https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/hsecom.html)). --- ## Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee #### [Website](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Details?cmte=jpr) Membership, legislation, and meeting information available on website. #### Purpose/Jurisdiction "Assigned legislation relating to the Administrative Procedures Act; commercial code; constitutional amendments; corrections; criminal and civil laws, penalties, and procedures; equal rights and opportunities; ethics; family law; and judicial administration and court structure. The Committee also reviews bills on juvenile justice; landlord and tenant laws; law enforcement organizations; legal profession; legal rights and immunities; public safety; real property; trusts and estates; and vehicle laws" ([Maryland Manual Online](https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/hsecom.html)).