Join us as state Senator Gail Bates visits and gives an insight on the upcoming legislative session.
Gail H. Bates is a Republican member of the Maryland State Senate, representing District 9. She was first elected to the chamber in 2014.
She is a lifelong Maryland resident, a small business owner, a daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother.
For the past 14 years she has served in the Maryland House of Delegates and most recently in the Maryland State Senate. During that time, she led on our state's most important issues with fiscal discipline, integrity, and bipartisanship.
Bates served in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 9A from her appointment to the chamber on February 4, 2002, to January 14, 2015.
Bates's professional experience includes working as a Certified Public Accountant, and Chief of Staff for Delegate Donald E. Murphy - District 12A and Assistant to Howard County Executive.
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Bates served on the following committees:
• Education, Health & Environmental Affairs
• Audit
• Children, Youth, and Families
• Protocol
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Bates served on these committees:
• Appropriations
• Oversight Committee on Pensions
• Oversight Committee on Personnel and the Subcommittee on Public Safety and Administration
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