Samuel I. Rosenberg


Samuel I. "Sandy" Rosenberg is an American politician who represents the 41st legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates. Delegate Rosenberg is the House Chair of the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review and has been in the General Assembly since 1983.

Background

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Rosenberg attended the Baltimore City College high school and then went on to Amherst College where he earned his B.A. degree in political science in 1972. He immediately followed that up with a juris doctor from the Columbia University Law School in 1975. For the last sixteen years, Delegate Rosenberg has taught at the two law schools in Baltimore. He currently teaches Legal Writing and Moot Court at the University of Baltimore and Legislation at the University of Maryland. He has also taught seminars on Law and the Homeless and Legislative Process: Abortion.

In the legislature

Delegate Rosenberg was a lead sponsor of legislation to de-regulate electric utilities in Maryland in 1999, and the lead sponsor of legislation to repeal Maryland's death penalty in the 2007 session of the Maryland General Assembly. Signed by the Governor on May 16, 2013, the new law approved 1.1 billion dollars to construct new schools in Baltimore City.

Election results