Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Court Decision Regarding Pit Bulls, 2012-present

Member, Task Force to Study the Laws and Policies Relating to Representation of Indigent Criminal Defendants by the Office of the Public Defender, 2012-present

Chair, Fiscal Subcommittee, Baltimore City Delegation, 2007-present

Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2006-present

Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2003-present

Member, Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2003-present

Member, State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 2003-present

Chair, Law and Justice Subcommittee, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2007-present

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Maryland State House of Delegates

Chair, Estates and Trusts Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2003-2007

Member, Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2003-2005

Member, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2003-2004

Member, Governor's Commission on Maryland Military Monuments, 1989-1995

Member, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus, 1983-1995

Chair, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus, 1989-1990

Member, Governor's Task Force to Study Alternative College Financing Methods, 1987

Member, Judiciary

Member, Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Member, Subcommittee on Civil Law and Procedure

Member, Subcommittee on Criminal Law and Procedure