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[photo, Shaneka T. Henson, Maryland State Senator] SHANEKA T. HENSON, Esq.
Democrat, District 30, Anne Arundel County



Member of Senate since January 8, 2025. Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee, 2025-; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2025-. Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2025-; Women Legislators of Maryland, 2025-; Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2025-.

Member of House of Delegates, representing District 30A, Anne Arundel County, May 16, 2019 to January 8, 2025. Resigned January 8, 2025. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 2023-25 (early childhood subcommittee, 2023-25; local revenues subcommittee, 2023-25); Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2023-25. Member, Appropriations Committee, 2019-23 (health & social services subcommittee, 2020-23; capital budget subcommittee, 2023; vice-chair, oversight committee on pensions, 2023, member, 2020-23). Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2019-25; Women Legislators of Maryland, 2019-25; Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2021-25.

Member, Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee, 2020-24.

Member, Annapolis City Council, representing Ward 6, 2018-19.

Born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, July 29, 1983. Coppin State University, B.S. University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2010. Attorney, Johnson Legal Group, LLC, 2020-. Member, Anne Arundel County Bar Association. Member, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). Sojourner Truth Award, Anne Arundel County, 2021. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2024. Married; one child.

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