LEGISLATIVE SCORECARDS AND GRADES
SUMMARY –
This is the Maryland Legislative Coalition’s seventh year of producing scorecards and grades for all of our legislators for the session. This year, as with previous years, 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, only floor votes were scored. All grades shown are based on the votes each legislator made unless they were not in the chamber at the time of the vote. Normally, this means they were called out of the chamber to confer on another bill.
Committee Efficiency –
Committees were scored in terms of their rate of voting on bills, using our 281 priority bills, and each legislator was given the grade corresponding to the committee they were on. Some committees only voted on 41% of the bills that they saw in committee, while others voted on 67%. 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 281 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 – 2024 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 | # Bills Received | % of Bills Voted | % of Bills Passed | Committee Chair |
| HOUSE OF DELEGATES | ||||
| Appropriations | 12 | 67% | 88% | Ben Barnes |
| Economic Matters | 29 | 52% | 73% | C. T. Wilson |
| Environment and Transportation | 50 | 54% | 81% | Marc Korman |
| Health and Government Operations | 23 | 57% | 85% | Joseline Pena-Melnyk |
| Judiciary | 39 | 46% | 78% | Luke Clippinger |
| Rules and Executive Nominations | N/A | N/A | Anne Healey | |
| Ways and Means | 33 | 39% | 46% | Vanessa Atterbeary |
| SENATE | ||||
| Budget and Taxation | 17 | 41% | 71% | Guy Guzzone |
| Education, Health and Environmental Affairs | 64 | 48% | 81% | Brian Feldman |
| Finance | 36 | 67% | 96% | Pamela Beidle |
| Judicial Proceedings | 49 | 51% | 80% | Will Smith |
| Rules | N/A | N/A | Shelly Hettleman |
A summary of the final grades for each legislator can be found below.
| Elections | Environment | Gun Control | Health Care | Schools | Criminal Justice | Economic Justice | Social Justice | TOTAL GRADE | COMMITEE | % BILLS VOTED | #BILLS SPONSORED | |
| HOUSE OF DELEGATES | ||||||||||||
| Acevero, Gabriel | A | C | A | A | C | A | A | D | B | APP | 67% | 5 |
| Adams, Christopher T. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | ECM | 52% | |
| Addison, Jackie | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | |
| Allen, Nick | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | |
| Alston, Tiffany T. | A | A | F | A | A | A | B | A | A | HGO | 57% | 2 |
| Amprey, Marlon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 52% | |
| Anderton, Carl, Jr. | F | F | F | D | F | F | F | F | F | APP | 67% | |
| Arentz, Steven J. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | ECM | 52% | |
| Arikan, Lauren | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | JUD | 46% | |
| Attar, Dalya | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | A | W&M | 39% | 1 |
| Atterbeary, Vanessa E. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 39% | 1 |
| Bagnall, Heather | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 57% | |
| Baker, Terry | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | E&T | 54% | |
| Barnes, Ben | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 67% | |
| Bartlett, J. Sandy | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 46% | 5 |
| Bhandari, Harry | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | A | A | HGO | 57% | 1 |
| Boafo, Adrian | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 52% | 3 |
| Bouchat, Christopher Eric | F | F | F | F | F | A | F | F | F | JUD | 46% | |
| Boyce, Regina | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | 2 |
| Buckel, Jason C. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | W&M | 39% | |
| Cardin, Jon S | A | B | A | A | A | B | B | A | A | JUD | 46% | |
| Chang, Mark S. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 67% | |
| Charkoudian, Lorig | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 52% | 10 |
| Chisholm, Brian | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | HGO | 57% | |
| Ciliberti, Barrie S. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | E&T | 54% | |
| Clippinger, Luke | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 46% | |
| Conaway, Frank M., Jr. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 46% | |
| Crosby, Brian M. | A | A | F | A | F | A | B | D | B | ECM | 52% | 2 |
| Crutchfield, Charlotte | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 46% | |
| Cullison, Bonnie | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 57% | 4 |
| Davis, Debra | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | |
| Ebersole, Eric | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 39% | |
| Edelson, Mark | A | A | A | B | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 67% | 2 |
| Embry, Elizabeth | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 46% | 3 |
| Fair, Kris | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 39% | 3 |
| Feldmark, Jessica | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 39% | 1 |
| Fennell, Diana M. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 52% | 1 |
| Fisher, Mark N. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | ECM | 52% | |
| Foley, Linda | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | 2 |
| Forbes, Cathi | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 67% | |
| Fraser-Hidalgo, David | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 52% | 4 |
| Ghrist, Jefferson L. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | APP | 67% | |
| Grammer, Robin L., Jr. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | JUD | 46% | |
| Griffith, Mike | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | W&M | 39% | |
| Grossman, Brooke | A | B | A | A | C | B | A | A | A | W&M | 39% | |
| Guyton, Michele | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | 1 |
| Guzzone, Pam | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 57% | |
| Harris, Kevin | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 67% | |
| Harrison, Andrea Fletcher | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 52% | 2 |
| Hartman, Wayne A. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | W&M | 39% | |
| Healey, Anne | A | A | A | B | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | |
| Henson, Shaneka | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | D | A | W&M | 39% | |
| Hill, Terri | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 57% | 4 |
| Hinebaugh, Jim | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | APP | 67% | |
| Holmes, Marvin E., Jr. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | |
| Hornberger, Kevin B. | F | F | F | F | F | C | F | F | F | W&M | 39% | |
| Howard, Seth A. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | ECM | 52% | |
| Hutchinson, Tom | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | HGO | 57% | |
| Ivey, Julian | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 67% | 2 |
| Jackson, Carl | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | A | ECM | 52% | 1 |
| Jacobs, Jay A. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | E&T | 54% | |
| Johnson, Andre | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | A | ECM | 52% | 1 |
| Johnson, Steve | A | A | A | A | A | A | C | A | A | HGO | 57% | 1 |
| Jones, Dana | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 67% | 1 |
| Jones, Adrienne A. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||
| Kaiser, Anne R. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 57% | 2 |
| Kaufman, Aaron | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 46% | |
| Kerr, Ken | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 57% | |
| Kipke, Nicholaus R. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | HGO | 57% | |
| Korman, Marc | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | 2 |
| Lehman, Mary A. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | 3 |
| Lewis, Robbyn | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 57% | |
| Lewis, Jazz | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 67% | 1 |
| Long, Robert B. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | W&M | 39% | |
| Long, Jeffrie | A | B | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | |
| Lopez, Lesley J | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 57% | 1 |
| Love, Sara | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | 2 |
| Mangione, Nino | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | APP | 67% | |
| Martinez, Ashanti | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 57% | 2 |
| McCaskill, Aletheia | A | D | A | B | C | F | A | A | B | APP | 67% | |
| McComas, Susan | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | APP | 67% | |
| Metzgar, Ric | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | APP | 67% | |
| Miller, April Fleming | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | W&M | 39% | |
| Mireku-North, Bernice | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 39% | 4 |
| Moon, David | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 46% | 5 |
| Morgan, Matthew | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | HGO | 57% | |
| Morgan, Todd | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | E&T | 54% | |
| Munoz, Rachel | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | JUD | 46% | |
| Nawrocki, Ryan | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | E&T | 54% | |
| Otto, Charles J. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | E&T | 54% | |
| Palakovich-Carr, Julie | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 39% | 4 |
| Pasteur, Cheryl | A | A | A | A | A | A | C | A | A | JUD | 46% | 2 |
| Patterson, Edith J. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 39% | 1 |
| Pena-Melnyk, Joseline A. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 57% | 1 |
| Phillips, Scott | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 46% | 1 |
| Pippy, Jesse T. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | ECM | 52% | |
| Pruski, Andrew | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 52% | |
| Qi, Lily | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 52% | 3 |
| Queen, Pam | A | A | A | C | C | A | C | A | B | ECM | 52% | |
| Reilly, Teresa E. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | HGO | 57% | |
| Roberson, Kent | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 46% | |
| Roberts, Denise | D | A | F | A | A | A | B | D | A | W&M | 39% | |
| Rogers, Mike | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | A | A | ECM | 52% | |
| Rose, April | F | F | F | F | F | D | F | F | F | ECM | 52% | |
| Rosenberg, Samuel I. | A | B | A | B | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 57% | 2 |
| Ruff, Malcolm | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 67% | 1 |
| Ruth, Sheila | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | 8 |
| Sample-Hughes, Sheree | D | F | F | A | F | A | A | D | D | JUD | 46% | |
| Schmidt, Stuart | D | F | F | F | F | F | D | F | F | JUD | 46% | |
| Shetty, Emily | A | A | A | A | A | B | B | A | A | APP | 67% | 1 |
| Simmons, Gary | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 46% | |
| Simpson, Karen | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 46% | |
| Smith, Stephanie | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 67% | 3 |
| Solomon, Jared | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 67% | 3 |
| Spiegel, Ryan | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 67% | 1 |
| Stein, Dana | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | 3 |
| Stewart, Vaughn | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | 6 |
| Stonko, Joshua | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | APP | 67% | |
| Szeliga, Kathy | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | HGO | 57% | |
| Taveras, Deni | A | A | F | A | A | B | B | A | A | HGO | 57% | 1 |
| Taylor, Kym | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 46% | |
| Terrasa, Jen | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | 5 |
| Toles, Karen | A | A | A | B | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 46% | |
| Tomlinson, Chris | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | JUD | 46% | 1 |
| Turner, Veronica | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 52% | |
| Valderrama, Kriselda | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ECM | 52% | |
| Valentine, William | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | JUD | 46% | |
| Vogel, Joe | A | B | F | A | C | A | A | D | B | W&M | 39% | 2 |
| Watson, Courtney | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 67% | |
| Wells, Melissa | A | A | F | A | C | A | B | A | A | W&M | 39% | 2 |
| White, Jennifer | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 57% | 1 |
| Wilkins, Jheanelle K. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 39% | 4 |
| Williams, Nicole | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JUD | 46% | 4 |
| Wilson, C. T. | A | B | F | A | A | A | A | D | A | ECM | 52% | 2 |
| Wivell, William J. | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | ECM | 52% | |
| Wims, Greg | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 39% | |
| Wolek, Sarah | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | APP | 67% | |
| Woods, Jamila | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | HGO | 57% | |
| Wu, Chao | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 39% | |
| Young, Caylin | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W&M | 39% | |
| Ziegler, Natalie | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | E&T | 54% | |
| SENATE | ||||||||||||
| Augustine, Malcom | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | EEE | 48% | 5 |
| Bailey, Jack | F | F | F | F | F | D | F | F | F | B&T | 41% | |
| Beidle, Pamela | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | FIN | 67% | 1 |
| Benson, Joanne C. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B&T | 41% | 1 |
| Brooks, Ben | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | EEE | 48% | 7 |
| Carozza, Mary Beth | D | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | EEE | 48% | |
| Carter, Jill | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JPR | 51% | 8 |
| Charles, Nick | D | A | A | A | D | B | B | A | B | JPR | 51% | 2 |
| Corderman, Paul | D | F | F | F | F | D | F | F | F | B&T | 41% | |
| Elfreth, Sarah | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B&T | 41% | 5 |
| Ellis, Arthur | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | A | FIN | 67% | 3 |
| Feldman, Brian J. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | EEE | 48% | 2 |
| Ferguson, Bill | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||
| Folden, Bill | D | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | JPR | 51% | |
| Gallion, Jason | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | EEE | 48% | |
| Gile, Dawn | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | A | A | FIN | 67% | 5 |
| Guzzone, Guy | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B&T | 41% | 2 |
| Hayes, Antonio | D | A | C | A | A | A | A | A | A | FIN | 67% | 2 |
| Hershey, Stephen S., Jr. | D | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | FIN | 67% | |
| Hester, Katie | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | EEE | 48% | 6 |
| Hettleman, Shelly | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B&T | 41% | 6 |
| Jackson, Michael A. | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | A | A | B&T | 41% | 1 |
| James, Mary-Dulany | A | B | F | A | A | B | D | A | B | JPR | 51% | |
| Jennings, J. B. | D | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | B&T | 41% | |
| Kagan, Cheryl C. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | EEE | 48% | 7 |
| Kelly, Ariana B. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JPR | 51% | 5 |
| King, Nancy J. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B&T | 41% | 1 |
| Klausmeier, Katherine | A | B | F | D | A | D | B | A | C | FIN | 67% | 3 |
| Kramer, Ben | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | FIN | 67% | |
| Lam, Clarence | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | FIN | 67% | 5 |
| Mautz, Johnny | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | FIN | 67% | |
| McCray, Cory | A | A | D | A | A | A | A | A | A | B&T | 41% | 3 |
| McKay, Michael | D | F | F | F | F | D | F | F | F | JPR | 51% | |
| Muse, Anthony | A | C | A | A | A | A | B | A | A | JPR | 51% | 2 |
| Ready, Justin | D | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | FIN | 67% | |
| Rosapepe, Jim | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B&T | 41% | 3 |
| Salling, Johnny Ray | A | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | B&T | 41% | |
| Simonaire, Bryan W. | D | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | EEE | 48% | |
| Smith, William C., Jr. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JPR | 51% | 3 |
| Sydnor, Charles E. | A | B | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JPR | 51% | 6 |
| Waldstreicher, Jeff | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | JPR | 51% | 6 |
| Washington, Mary | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | EEE | 48% | 3 |
| Washington, Alonzo | A | A | F | B | F | A | C | A | B | FIN | 67% | 4 |
| Watson, Ron | A | A | F | A | A | A | A | F | A | EEE | 48% | 1 |
| West, Chris | A | F | F | F | D | B | F | F | F | JPR | 51% | 2 |
| Young, Karen Lewis | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | EEE | 48% | 4 |
| Zucker, Craig J. | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B&T | 41% |