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
House Votes

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."
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
SB361 Roll Call 1561699 Passed 39 to 8 on Apr 7, 2025 See Fifth Amendment Ninth Amendment 14th Amendment Section 1

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.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
SB683 Roll Call 1562481 Passed 35 to 11 on Apr 7, 2025 See Fifth Amendment 14th Amendment Section 1 Article I Section 8

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.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
HB991 Roll Call 1563184 Passed 47 to 0 on Apr 2, 2025 See Fifth Amendment 14th Amendment Section 1 Article I Section 8

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.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
HB930 Roll Call 1561536 Passed 31 to 15 on Apr 2, 2025 See Fifth Amendment Ninth Amendment 14th Amendment Section 1 Declaration of Independence

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.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
SB587 Roll Call 1524558 Passed 32 to 13 on Mar 14, 2025 See Fifth Amendment Ninth Amendment 14th Amendment Section 1

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.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
SB444 Roll Call 1513042 Passed 33 to 12 on Feb 28, 2025 See Second Amendment Fifth Amendment Ninth Amendment 14th Amendment Section 1 Article I Section 8

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