Shane Pendergrass is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. She served seven terms in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Maryland's District 13 in Howard County. She retired in January 2023 as Chair Emeritus of the Health and Government Operations Committee. Political career Shane Pendergrass began her career in government and politics as a community activist for slower growth and an adequate number of public schools in the county. She decided to run for office after learning that her daughter and other students were taking tests not at a desk but while seated on the cafetorium floor of their crowded school. She was elected to the Howard County Council in 1986 and served until 1994, when she won a seat representing Maryland's Legislative District 13 in the Maryland General Assembly. Pendergrass served as Vice Chair of the Health and Government Operations (HGO) Committee from 2007 to 2016, until she was appointed Chair in 2017. During her tenure on the HGO committee, she has served in various capacities. Since 2003, she has been a member of the Insurance Subcommittee, including serving as chair from 2005 to 2016. From 2015 to 2016, she was a member of the Estates and Trusts Committee; from 2007 to 2015, she was on the Health Facilities & Occupations Subcommittee; in 2006, she was member of the Minority Health Disparities Subcommittee; from 2003 to 2005, she was a member of the Pharmaceuticals Subcommittee and the Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing; in 2005, she chaired the Health Occupations Subcommittee; and from 2003 to 2004, she served on the Long Term Care Subcommittee. Pendergrass served on the Economic Matters Committee Committees - Legislative Policy Committee from 1995 to 2002, including as Vice Chair of the Science and Technology Subcommittee from 1999 until 2002, when she was assigned to the newly created Health and Government Operations Committee. Pendergrass served as the House of Delegates' Deputy Majority Leader in 2007. She has also served since 2007 on the Legislative Policy Committee Committees - Legislative Policy Committee, which supervises and coordinates the standing committees of the General Assembly, and the Rules and Executive Nominations Committee Committees - Rules and Executive Nominations Committee. In 2014, she served on the Joint Oversight Committee of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange. From 2005 to 2007, she was a member of the Task Force to Study Electronic Health