LEGISLATIVE SCORECARDS AND GRADES
SUMMARY –
This is the Maryland Legislative Coalition’s sixth year of producing scorecards and grades for all of our legislators for the session. This year, as with last year, we are presenting the scorecard with 3 components:
· Grades Based on Voting Record
· Committee Efficiency
· Individual Initiative
We have done this to provide objective information on the behaviors that we believe constituents are interested in – how their representatives vote, what their committees get done and how active they are in sponsoring and leading the passage of legislation in accordance with our values.
Grades –
This year, as with last year, only floor votes were scored. All grades shown are based on the votes each legislator made, except for two adjustments:
We marked down one Committee Chair as well as the Senate President for their failure to advance the Access to Care Act, which was a significant bill and one of our priorities. Due to the harm caused by the failure of this bill to get a vote in the Senate, and the fact that it came over from the House with all Democratic members voting affirmatively for it, we felt that a significant adjustment to the scores of the Senate President and the Chair of the Finance Committee was necessary. Also, given the size of the immigrant community in Maryland, this shows a disregard for a large portion of Maryland residents which is inexcusable.
Additionally, we marked down the Senate President for refusing to remove $2m from the budget for private schools, as requested by the Governor. The House passed the $2m decrease, but the Senate refused, and a compromise was reached for a $1m reduction. There should never be a reason that we are subsidizing private schools, particularly in light of the fact that they often refuse entry to minorities and those without the same religious affiliation. This is a drag on the investment in our children’s education through public schools and crosses the line between church and state.
Committee Efficiency –
Committees were scored in terms of their rate of passage of bills, using our 234 priority bills, and each legislator was given the grade corresponding to the committee they were on. Some committees only passed 8% of the bills that they saw out of committee, while others passed 52%. Those are still dismal scores. It is our hope that this will shine a light on the need for committees to function efficiently and effectively, particularly given the compressed schedule of the Maryland legislature. Committee leaders are shown in bold on the Committee column.
Individual Initiative –
The individual initiative scores rate bills sponsored, as a subset of our 234 priority bills, by each legislator. Here we are attempting to draw attention to the individual leadership of legislators, beyond the work of the committee they were assigned to.
Together we hope that the grades, along with the individual initiative and the efficiency of the committee for each legislator, provides constituents with an objective and balanced view of the performance of each legislator.
The full scorecard with all the scoring for each bill can be found by clicking on Scorecard – 2023 or copying this link into your browser –
A summary for each committee is provided below to demonstrate how well each committee has done in passing our bills.
| COMMITTEE NAME | % of Bills Passed | Committee Chair |
| HOUSE OF DELEGATES | ||
| Appropriations | 8% | Ben Barnes |
| Economic Matters | 33% | C. T. Wilson |
| Environment and Transportation | 27% | Kumar Barve |
| Health and Government Operations | 50% | Joseline Pena-Melnyk |
| Judiciary | 40% | Luke Clippinger |
| Rules and Executive Nominations | N/A | Anne Healey |
| Ways and Means | 19% | Vanessa Atterbeary |
| SENATE | ||
| Budget and Taxation | 17% | Guy Guzzone |
| Education, Health and Environmental Affairs | 35% | Brian Feldman |
| Finance | 52% | Melony Griffith |
| Judicial Proceedings | 50% | Will Smith |
A summary of the final grades for each legislator can be found below. Grades that have been adjusted are marked in red.
| Elections | Environment | Gun Control | Health Care | Schools | Criminal Justice | Economic Justice | Social Justice | Transportation | Committee | % of Bills Passed | #Bills Sponsored | |
| HOUSE OF DELEGATES | ||||||||||||
| Acevero, Gabriel | F | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | APP | 8% | 4 |
| Adams, Christopher T. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | ECM | 33% | |
| Addison, Jackie | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | |
| Allen, Nick | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | |
| Alston, Tiffany T. | A | A | F | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 50% | |
| Amprey, Marlon | A | A | A | B | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 33% | |
| Anderton, Carl, Jr. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | APP | 8% | |
| Arentz, Steven J. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | ECM | 33% | |
| Arikan, Lauren | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | JUD | 40% | |
| Attar, Dalya | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | W&M | 19% | |
| Atterbeary, Vanessa E. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 19% | 2 |
| Bagnall, Heather | A | A | A | A | F | A | A | A | A | HGO | 50% | |
| Baker, Terry | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | E&T | 27% | |
| Barnes, Ben | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 8% | |
| Bartlett, J. Sandy | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 40% | 3 |
| Barve, Kumar P. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | |
| Bhandari, Harry | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 50% | 1 |
| Boafo, Adrian | F | A | A | B | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 33% | |
| Bouchat, Christopher Eric | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | JUD | 40% | |
| Boyce, Regina | A | A | F | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | 2 |
| Bridges, Tony | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 8% | 2 |
| Buckel, Jason C. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | W&M | 19% | |
| Cardin, Jon S | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | A | JUD | 40% | |
| Chang, Mark S. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 8% | |
| Charkoudian, Lorig | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 33% | 5 |
| Charles, Nick | A | C | A | B | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 19% | |
| Chisholm, Brian | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | HGO | 50% | |
| Ciliberti, Barrie S. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | E&T | 27% | |
| Clippinger, Luke | A | A | A | B | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 40% | 3 |
| Conaway, Frank M., Jr. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 40% | |
| Crosby, Brian M. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | D | ECM | 33% | 2 |
| Crutchfield, Charlotte | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 40% | 1 |
| Cullison, Bonnie | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 50% | 3 |
| Davis, Debra | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | 1 |
| Ebersole, Eric | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 19% | |
| Edelson, Mark | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | D | APP | 8% | |
| Embry, Elizabeth | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 40% | |
| Fair, Kris | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 19% | 1 |
| Feldmark, Jessica | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 19% | 1 |
| Fennell, Diana M. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 33% | |
| Fisher, Mark N. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | ECM | 33% | |
| Foley, Linda | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | 3 |
| Forbes, Cathi | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 8% | |
| Fraser-Hidalgo, David | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 33% | 5 |
| Ghrist, Jefferson L. | A | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | APP | 8% | |
| Grammer, Robin L., Jr. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | JUD | 40% | |
| Griffith, Mike | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | W&M | 19% | |
| Grossman, Brooke | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 19% | |
| Guyton, Michele | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | |
| Guzzone, Pam | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 50% | |
| Harris, Kevin | A | A | A | D | A | A | A | B | D | APP | 8% | |
| Harrison, Andrea Fletcher | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 33% | 2 |
| Hartman, Wayne A. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | W&M | 19% | |
| Healey, Anne | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | E&T | 27% | |
| Henson, Shaneka | A | A | A | D | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 19% | |
| Hill, Terri | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HG0 | 50% | 1 |
| Hinebaugh, Jim | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | APP | 8% | |
| Holmes, Marvin E., Jr. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | |
| Hornberger, Kevin B. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | W&M | 19% | |
| Howard, Seth A. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | ECM | 33% | |
| Hutchinson, Tom | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | HGO | 50% | |
| Ivey, Julian | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 8% | |
| Jackson, Carl | A | C | A | A | A | A | A | D | A | ECM | 33% | |
| Jacobs, Jay A. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | E&T | 27% | |
| Johnson, Andre | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 33% | |
| Johnson, Steve | A | A | F | A | A | B | A | A | D | HGO | 50% | 1 |
| Jones, Dana | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 8% | |
| Jones, Adrienne A. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1 | ||
| Kaiser, Anne R. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 50% | 2 |
| Kaufman, Aaron | A | A | F | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 40% | 1 |
| Kerr, Ken | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 50% | 1 |
| Kipke, Nicholaus R. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | HGO | 50% | |
| Korman, Marc | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 8% | 4 |
| Lehman, Mary A. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | 3 |
| Lewis, Robbyn | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 50% | |
| Lewis, Jazz | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 8% | 3 |
| Long, Robert B. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | W&M | 19% | |
| Long, Jeffrie | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | |
| Lopez, Lesley J | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 50% | 3 |
| Love, Sara | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | 3 |
| Mangione, Nino | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | APP | 8% | |
| Martinez, Ashanti | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 50% | |
| McCaskill, Aletheia | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 8% | |
| McComas, Susan | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | APP | 8% | |
| Metzgar, Ric | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | APP | 8% | |
| Miller, April Fleming | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | W&M | 19% | |
| Mireku-North, Bernice | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 19% | 1 |
| Moon, David | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 40% | 3 |
| Morgan, Matthew | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | HGO | 50% | |
| Morgan, Todd | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | E&T | 27% | |
| Munoz, Rachel | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | JUD | 40% | |
| Nawrocki, Ryan | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | E&T | 27% | |
| Otto, Charles J. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | E&T | 27% | |
| Palakovich-Carr, Julie | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 19% | 2 |
| Pasteur, Cheryl | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 40% | |
| Patterson, Edith J. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 19% | |
| Pena-Melnyk, Joseline A. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 50% | 3 |
| Phillips, Scott | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 40% | |
| Pippy, Jesse T. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | ECM | 33% | |
| Pruski, Andrew | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 33% | |
| Qi, Lily | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 33% | 5 |
| Queen, Pam | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | A | A | ECM | 33% | |
| Reilly, Teresa E. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | HGO | 50% | |
| Rogers, Mike | A | A | A | B | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 33% | |
| Rose, April | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | ECM | 33% | |
| Rosenberg, Samuel I. | F | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 50% | 3 |
| Ruth, Sheila | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | 10 |
| Sample-Hughes, Sheree | A | A | A | D | A | D | A | A | A | ECM | 33% | |
| Schmidt, Stuart | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | JUD | 40% | |
| Shetty, Emily | F | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 8% | 1 |
| Simmons, Gary | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 40% | |
| Simpson, Karen | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 40% | |
| Smith, Stephanie | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 8% | |
| Solomon, Jared | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 8% | 1 |
| Stein, Dana | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | 4 |
| Stewart, Vaughn | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | 6 |
| Stonko, Joshua | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | APP | 8% | |
| Szeliga, Kathy | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | HGO | 50% | |
| Taveras, Deni | F | A | A | A | A | A | A | D | A | HGO | 50% | |
| Taylor, Kym | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 40% | 1 |
| Terrasa, Jen | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | 3 |
| Toles, Karen | A | A | A | F | A | A | A | A | D | JUD | 40% | |
| Tomlinson, Chris | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | JUD | 40% | |
| Turner, Veronica | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 33% | 1 |
| Valderrama, Kriselda | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 33% | |
| Valentine, William | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | JUD | 40% | |
| Vogel, Joe | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 19% | |
| Watson, Courtney | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 8% | 1 |
| Wells, Melissa | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 19% | 2 |
| White, Jennifer | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 50% | |
| Wilkins, Jheanelle K. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 19% | 4 |
| Williams, Nicole | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 40% | 2 |
| Wilson, C. T. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | ECM | 33% | 2 |
| Wivell, William J. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | ECM | 33% | |
| Wolek, Sarah | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 8% | |
| Woods, Jamila | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 50% | |
| Wu, Chao | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 19% | |
| Young, Caylin | F | A | A | A | A | B | A | B | A | JUD | 40% | 1 |
| Zeigler, Natalie | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 27% | |
| SENATE | ||||||||||||
| Augustine, Malcom | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | EEE | 86% | 6 |
| Bailey, Jack | A | F | A | F | F | F | F | F | F | B&T | 33% | |
| Beidle, Pamela | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | A | A | FIN | 94% | 1 |
| Benson, Joanne C. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | A | B&T | 33% | 1 |
| Brooks, Ben | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | EEE | 86% | 2 |
| Carroza, Mary Beth | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | EEE | 86% | |
| Carter, Jill | A | A | F | B | A | B | A | A | A | JUD | 50% | 7 |
| Corderman, Paul | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | B&T | 33% | 1 |
| Elfreth, Sarah | A | B | A | A | A | C | A | A | A | B&T | 33% | 1 |
| Ellis, Arthur | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | FIN | 94% | 2 |
| Feldman, Brian J. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | EEE | 86% | 7 |
| Ferguson, Bill | A | A | A | D | C | A | A | A | A | 1 | ||
| Folden, Bill | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | JUD | 50% | |
| Gallion, Jason | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | EEE | 35% | 1 |
| Gile, Dawn | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | A | A | FIN | 52% | 1 |
| Griffith, Melony | A | A | A | D | A | A | A | A | A | FIN | 52% | |
| Guzzone, Guy | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B&T | 17% | 2 |
| Hayes, Antonio | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | A | A | FIN | 52% | |
| Hershey, Stephen S., Jr. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | FIN | 52% | 1 |
| Hester, Katie | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | A | A | EEE | 35% | 1 |
| Hettleman, Shelly | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B&T | 17% | 7 |
| Jackson, Michael A. | A | A | A | B | A | C | A | D | A | B&T | 17% | 1 |
| James, Mary-Dulany | A | A | F | C | A | B | F | A | A | JUD | 50% | |
| Jennings, J. B. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | B&T | 17% | |
| Kagan, Cheryl C. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | EEE | 35% | 6 |
| Kelly, Ariana B. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 50% | 2 |
| King, Nancy J. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B&T | 17% | |
| Klausmeier, Katherine | A | A | F | A | A | F | A | A | A | FIN | 52% | 1 |
| Kramer, Ben | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | FIN | 52% | 3 |
| Lam, Clarence | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | FIN | 52% | 5 |
| Mautz, Johnny | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | FIN | 52% | |
| McCray, Cory | A | C | A | F | A | F | F | D | D | B&T | 17% | 1 |
| McKay, Michael | A | F | F | F | A | C | F | F | F | JUD | 50% | 1 |
| Muse, Anthony | A | F | A | F | F | F | F | F | F | JUD | 50% | 1 |
| Ready, Justin | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | FIN | 52% | |
| Rosapepe, Jim | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B&T | 17% | 2 |
| Salling, Johnny Ray | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | B&T | 17% | |
| Simonaire, Bryan W. | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | F | EEE | 35% | |
| Smith, William C., Jr. | A | A | A | B | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 50% | 3 |
| Sydnor, Charles E. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 50% | 1 |
| Waldstreicher, Jeff | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 50% | 8 |
| Washington, Mary | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | EEE | 35% | 3 |
| Washington, Alonzo | A | B | F | A | F | B | A | A | A | JUD | 50% | 4 |
| Watson, Ron | A | A | A | D | A | A | A | A | D | EEE | 35% | |
| West, Chris | A | C | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | JUD | 50% | 3 |
| Young, Karen Lewis | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | EEE | 35% | 8 |
| Zucker, Craig J. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B&T | 17% |