David R. Brinkley
Bills Sponsored by Senator David R. Brinkley
Budget and Taxation Committee, 2003- (education, business & administration subcommittee, 2003-06; health & human services subcommittee, 2007-; pensions subcommittee, 2007); Joint Audit Committee, 2004-; Rules Committee, 2007-; Executive Nominations Committee, 2007-; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2007-; Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 2007-. Member, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2003-08; Agricultural Stewardship Commission, 2005-06; Senate Special Commission on Electric Utility Deregulation Implementation, 2005-06; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2007; Spending Affordability Committee, 2007-08. Minority Leader, 2007-08. Member, Maryland Rural Caucus, 2003-; Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2003-; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2004-. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (agriculture, environment & energy committee, 2007-; financial services committee).
Member of House of Delegates, January 11, 1995 to January 8, 2003. Member, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, 1995-2003 (financial institutions subcommittee, 1995-2003; state government & procurement subcommittee, 1999-2003; chair, procurement subcommittee, 1998). Deputy Minority Whip, 1997-98. Member, Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 1999-2003.
Member, Task Force to Study Bank Charter Modernization, 1997-98; Task Force to Study the Modernization of Credit Union Law, 1999-2001; Task Force to Study the Maryland Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program, 2003; Transportation Task Force, 2003; Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, 2003-; Task Force on the Exemption of Law Enforcement Officers' Pensions from Taxation, 2004-05; Transit Funding Study Steering Committee, 2006-07; Maryland Dairy Industry Oversight and Advisory Council, 2006-; Task Force to Study Statewide Gypsy Moth Infestation, 2008-.
Born in Frederick, Maryland, September 24, 1959. Gettysburg College; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., 1981; American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, C.L.U. (chartered life underwriter), Ch.F.C.(chartered financial consultant), 1985. Estate and financial planner. Charter member, Estate Planning Council of Frederick County, Maryland (past president). Member, Western Maryland Chapter, Society of Financial Service Professionals. Member, American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters and Chartered Financial Consultants. EMT & firefighter, 1981-86, advanced life support unit (emt driver), 1983-86, New Market District Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company. Member, Frederick Memorial Hospital Development Council (planned gifts committee, 1989-2000; special prospects committee, 2000-; order of the good samaritan, 2000-). Vice-Chair, Frederick County Republican Central Committee, 1990-94. Board of Associates, Community Foundation of Frederick County, Maryland, 1991-94.
2008 Press Release From the Office of Senator David Brinkley Amendment to Require "Legal Presence"
April 7, 2008Amendment to Require “Legal Presence”
For Drivers’ Licenses Came Within
One Vote of Passing on Senate Floor
An amendment offered by Senator David Brinkley (R-Frederick & Carroll counties) to require “legal presence” for Maryland drivers came within one vote of passing (23-24 vote) on the Senate floor today. The amendment would have prohibited the Motor Vehicle Administration from issuing a driver’s license to an individual who cannot provide documentation certifying that the individual is a U.S. citizen or is lawfully present in the United States.
“Maryland’s status as a magnet for illegal aliens to apply for drivers licenses without proof of legal presence has been detrimental to the safety of our citizens,” said Senator Brinkley in testimony before the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee last month. “We can no longer afford to serve as the primary location on the East Coast that offers a ‘quick-stop, drive-thru’ location for issuing driver’s licenses without proof of legal presence.”
The issue of requiring proof of legal presence has been a hotly debated topic in the General Assembly over the past three years. Maryland is one of only five states in the nation that does not require proof of lawful presence when an individual applies for a driver’s license.
At the beginning of this year’s session, Governor O’Malley proposed that the MVA create a two-tiered driver’s license system as a way to comply with the federal REAL ID act while still maintaining a secondary system for issuing licenses to illegal immigrants. That plan was opposed by many citizens and groups advocating for strong homeland security protections and was eventually scuttled by the Administration.
The Brinkley amendment was offered on the third reading vote for HB 478 – a departmental bill that would alter provisions for commercial driver’s licenses to be in compliance with federal transportation laws.
Senator Brinkley offered the following conclusion on the floor: “Unfortunately, one vote would have made the difference on this amendment. The citizens of Maryland lost a major opportunity today to resolve, once and for all, that Maryland will no longer be a haven state for illegal activity.”
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The roll call of the Senate vote:
SEQ NO. 1096 APR 7, 2008 12:04 PM
Senate of Maryland
2008 Regular Session
HB 478
Ch., Envir. Mat. Com.
Motor Vehicle Administration - Commercial Drivers'
Licenses
Floor Amendments BRINKLEY /993728/1
PRESIDING: MR.PRESIDENT
LEGISLATIVE DATE
APR 2, 2008
23 YEAS 24 NAYS 0 EXC 0 NOT VOTING 0 EXCUSED (ABSENT)
VOTING YEA - 23
ASTLE EDWARDS KITTLEMAN PIPKIN
BRINKLEY GLASSMAN KLAUSMEIER SIMONAIRE
BROCHIN GREENIP MOONEY STOLTZFUS
COLBURN HAINES MUNSON STONE
DEGRANGE HARRIS MUSE ZIRKIN
DYSON JACOBS PETERS
VOTING NAY - 24
MR.PRESIDENT FROSH KELLEY MIDDLETON
CONWAY GARAGIOLA KING PINSKY
CURRIE GLADDEN KRAMER PUGH
DELLA HARRINGTON LENETT RASKIN
EXUM JONES MADALENO ROBEY
FOREHAND KASEMEYER MCFADDEN ROSAPEPE
NOT VOTING - 0
EXCUSED FROM VOTING - 0
EXCUSED (ABSENT) - 0