During his time in the Senate he was on the Finance Committee for two stints (1981–84 & 1991–92), the Executive Nominations Committee from 1984 until 1994, the Judicial Proceedings Committee, also for two stints, (1985–90 & 1993–94), and the Joint Budget and Audit Committee from 1984 until 1994. Other committees that he served on include the Legislative Policy Committee, 1990–99, the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1994, the Budget and Taxation Committee, 1995–99, the Rules Committee, 1995–99, the Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds, 1995–99, and the Spending Affordability Committee, 1996–99. Finally, he was a member of the Special Study Commission on the Maryland Public Ethics Law from 1998 until 1999.