2025 MD Legislative Scorecard
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Maryland General Assembly in 2025 and ranks state delegates and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
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Senate Votes
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
Prohibits influencing or attempting to influence a voter's decision to cast a vote for a candidate or ballot issue with "synthetic media," to falsely depict a person with "false intent."
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Constitutional Vote: No
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
Establishes the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund, expanding it to provide no-interest loans to federal employees unpaid due to a government shutdown, terminated due to closures, relocations, layoffs, or financial hardship.
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Constitutional Vote: No
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
Extends the Minority Business Enterprise Program's termination date, while postponing deadlines for reports evaluating "compliance with federal and constitutional" requirements, and mandating "race and gender-neutral" approaches to support minority and women-owned businesses.
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Constitutional Vote: No
4. Abortion Grant Program
Establishes the Public Health Abortion Grant Program to provide funds for health care practitioners and organizations to provide access to abortion services.
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Constitutional Vote: No
5. Reparations Bill
Establishes the Maryland Reparations Commission to study and recommend benefits for descendants of individuals enslaved in Maryland or impacted by inequitable government policies.
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Constitutional Vote: No
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
Requires federal firearms licensees or law enforcement agencies operating gun buyback programs to destroy all firearms, ensuring they are permanently inoperable and unrepairable, with the intent to reduce the number of firearms owned in a community.
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Constitutional Vote: No
How did they vote?
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-041
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-047
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
83% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-029
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-032
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-024
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-010
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
67% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-038
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-025
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
83% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-002
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-028
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-015
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-046
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
67% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-004
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
67% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-035
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-033
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-013
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-040
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-030
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
80% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-036
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-009
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-011
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-008
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
17% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-027
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
17% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-034
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
83% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-007
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-017
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-039
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-019
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-012
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-016
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
83% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-037
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-045
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
83% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-001
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-026
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
83% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-005
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-021
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
83% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-006
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
60% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-031
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-020
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-044
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-018
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-022
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-043
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
17% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-023
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
33% Report Score
Republican · Dist. SD-042
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-003
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
0% Report Score
Democrat · Dist. SD-014
1. “Synthetic” Media Ban
2. Federal Employee Assistance Fund
3. Minority Business Enterprise Program
4. Abortion Grant Program
5. Reparations Bill
6. Gun Buyback Expansion
