LEGISLATIVE SCORECARDS AND GRADES

SUMMARY –
This is the Maryland Legislative Coalition’s fourth 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:
· 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.

Voting Record –
This year, as with last year, only floor votes were scored.  We have tracked the votes for bills that failed in committee, but have not presented those statistics here.

Committee Efficiency –
Committees were scored in terms of their rate of passage of bills, using our 216 priority bills, and each legislator was given the grade corresponding to the committee they were on. Some committees only passed 56% of the bills that they saw out of committee, while others passed 100%. 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 score rates bills sponsored, as a subset of our 216 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 3 scores – the voting record, the individual initiative and the efficiency of the committee of each representative, 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 – 2021   or copying this link into your browser –

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a9eN5SSWRmJ5OxVxk9GrunGZgmUt2mUs/view?usp=sharing

A summary of the final scores and grades can be found below.

  TOTAL GRADE TOTAL SCORE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE PRODUCTIVITY METRIC #BILLS   SPONSORED
HOUSE OF DELEGATES          
Acevero, Gabriel 86% B APP 100% 6
Adams, Christopher T. -39% F ECM 56%  
Amprey, Marlon 97% A E&T 71% 1
Anderson, Curt 100% A JUD 100%  
Anderton, Carl, Jr. -14% F E&T 71%  
Arentz, Steven J. -41% F ECM 56%  
Arikan, Lauren -49% F JUD 100%  
Attar, Dalya 97% A W&M 100%  
Atterbeary, Vanessa E. 100% A JUD 100% 3
Bagnall, Heather 100% A HGO 88%  
Barnes, Ben 95% A APP 100%  
Barnes, Darryl 100% A W&M 100% 1
Barron, Erek L. 94% A HGO 88% 1
Bartlett, J. Sandy 97% A JUD 100%  
Barve, Kumar P. 100% A E&T 71%  
Beitzel, Wendell R. -20% F APP 100%  
Belcastro, Lisa 100% A HGO 88%  
Bhandari, Harry 95% A HGO 88%  
Boteler, Joseph C -63% F W&M 100%  
Boyce, Regina 100% A E&T 71% 1
Branch, Chanel 94% A W&M 100%  
Branch, Talmadge 100% A ECM 56%  
Bridges, Tony 100% A APP 100% 2
Brooks, Benjamin 100% A ECM 56% 2
Buckel, Jason C. -39% F W&M 100%  
Cardin, Jon S 95% A JUD 100%  
Carey, Ned 87% B ECM 56% 1
Carr, Alfred C., Jr. 95% A HGO 88%  
Chang, Mark S. 100% A APP 100%  
Charkoudian, Lorig 100% A ECM 56% 8
Charles, Nick 84% B HGO 88%  
Chisholm, Brian -49% F HGO 88%  
Ciliberti, Barrie S. -33% F E&T 71%  
Clark, Jerry -19% F E&T 71%  
Clippinger, Luke 100% A JUD 100%  
Conaway, Frank M., Jr. 100% A JUD 100% 1
Cox, Dan -58% F JUD 100%  
Crosby, Brian M. 95% A ECM 56% 1
Crutchfield, Charlotte 100% A JUD 100% 1
Cullison, Bonnie 100% A HGO 88% 1
Davis, Debra 100% A JUD 100% 2
Davis, Dereck E. 100% A ECM 56% 2
Dumais, Kathleen M. 100% A ECM 56% 1
Ebersole, Eric 100% A W&M 100%  
Feldmark, Jessica 100% A W&M 100% 3
Fennell, Diana M. 100% A ECM 56%  
Fisher, Mark N. -60% F ECM 56%  
Fisher, Wanika 97% A JUD 100% 4
Forbes, Catherine 100% A APP 100%  
Fraser-Hidalgo, David 89% B E&T 71% 3
Ghrist, Jefferson L. -46% F APP 100%  
Gilchrist, Jim 100% A E&T 71% 1
Grammer, Robin L., Jr. -59% F JUD 100%  
Griffith, Mike -33% F JUD 100%  
Guyton, Michele 95% A W&M 100%  
Harrison, Andrea Fletcher 95% A E&T 71%  
Hartman, Wayne A. -49% F W&M 100%  
Haynes, Keith E. 100% A APP 100% 1
Healey, Anne 100% A E&T 71%  
Henson, Shaneka 97% A APP 100%  
Hill, Terri 100% A HGO 88%  
Holmes, Marvin E., Jr. 92% A E&T 71%  
Hornberger, Kevin B. 9% F W&M 100%  
Howard, Seth A. -17% F ECM 56%  
Impallaria, Rick -65% F ECM 56%  
Ivey, Julian 92% A W&M 100% 4
Jackson, Carl 87% B ECM 56%  
Jacobs, Jay A. -28% F E&T 71%  
Jalisi, Jay 70% C E&T 71%  
Johnson, Steve 87% B HGO 88%  
Jones, Adrienne A. 100% A     2
Jones, Dana 100% A W&M 100%  
Jones, Rachel 97% A JUD 100%  
Kaiser, Anne R. 100% A W&M 100% 5
Kelly, Ariana B. 89% B HGO 88% 1
Kerr, Ken 100% A HGO 88%  
Kipke, Nicholaus R. -8% F HGO 88%  
Kittleman, Trent -58% F APP 100%  
Korman, Marc 100% A APP 100% 2
Krebs, Susan W. -44% F HGO 88%  
Krimm, Carol L. 100% A APP 100%  
Lehman, Mary A. 100% A E&T 71% 2
Lewis, Jazz 100% A APP 100% 1
Lewis, Robbyn 97% A HGO 88%  
Lierman, Brooke E. 100% A E&T 71% 5
Lisanti, Mary Ann 71% C W&M 100%  
Long, Robert B. -49% F W&M 100%  
Lopez, Lesley J 97% A JUD 100% 1
Love, Sara 100% A E&T 71% 2
Luedtke, Eric G. 100% A W&M 100% 4
Malone, Michael E. -25% F JUD 100%  
Mangione, Nino -68% F APP 100%  
Mautz, Johnny -52% F ECM 56%  
McComas, Susan -44% F JUD 100%  
McIntosh, Maggie 95% A APP 100%  
McKay, Mike -15% F APP 100%  
Metzgar, Ric -32% F APP 100%  
Moon, David 97% A JUD 100% 1
Morgan, Matthew -47% F HGO 88%  
Novotny, Reid -57% F APP 100%  
Otto, Charles J. -30% F E&T 71%  
Palakovich-Carr, Julie 100% A W&M 100% 4
Parrott, Neil -60% F E&T 71%  
Patterson, Edith J. 97% A W&M 100%  
Pena-Melnyk, Joseline A. 100% A HGO 88% 4
Pendergrass, Shane E. 100% A HGO 88%  
Pippy, Jesse T. -49% F ECM 56%  
Proctor, Susie 86% B APP 100%  
Qui, Lily 100% A ECM 56%  
Queen, Pam 95% A ECM 56%  
Reilly, Teresa E. -55% F HGO 88%  
Reznik, Kirill 100% A APP 100%  
Rogers, Mike 100% A ECM 56%  
Rose, April -58% F W&M 100%  
Rosenberg, Samuel I. 97% A HGO 88%  
Ruth, Sheila 100% A E&T 71% 3
Saab, Sid -32% F HGO 88%  
Sample-Hughes, Sheree 92% A HGO 88%  
Shetty, Emily 95% A JUD 100% 2
Shoemaker, Haven -54% F W&M 100%  
Smith, Stephanie 100% A W&M 100%  
Solomon, Jared 100% A APP 100% 3
Stein, Dana 100% A E&T 71% 2
Stewart, Vaughn 100% A E&T 71% 6
Szeliga, Kathy -47% F HGO 88%  
Terrasa, Jen 100% A E&T 71% 2
Thiam, Brenda J. -17% F JUD 100%  
Turner, Veronica 100% A ECM 56%  
Valderrama, Kriselda 97% A ECM 56% 3
Valentino-Smith, Geraldine 97% A APP 100% 2
Walker, Jay 87% B ECM 56%  
Washington, Alonzo T. 89% B W&M 100% 1
Watson, Courtney 100% A ECM 56% 1
Watson, Ron 70% D JUD 100%  
Wells, Melissa 95% A E&T 71% 3
Wilkins, Jheanelle K. 97% A W&M 100% 6
Williams, Nicole 100% A JUD 100%  
Wilson, C. T. 89% B ECM 56% 1
Wivell, William J. -55% F E&T 71%  
Young, Karen Lewis 95% A HGO 88% 1
Young, Pat 95%   APP 100  
SENATE          
Augustine, Malcolm 100% A FIN 79% 3
Bailey, Jack 15% F JPR 95%  
Beidle, Pamela 95% A FIN 79%  
Benson, Joanne C. 98% A FIN 79% 2
Carroza, Mary Beth 18% F EHEA 100% 1
Carter, Jill 98% A JPR 95% 10
Cassilly, Robert 15% F JPR 95%  
Corderman, Paul D. 25% F BUD 100% 1
Eckardt, Adelaide C. 29% F BUD 100%  
Edwards, George C. 25% F BUD 100%  
Elfreth, Sarah 100% A BUD 100% 2
Ellis, Arthur 98% A EHEA 100% 4
Feldman, Brian J. 100% A FIN 79% 3
Ferguson, Bill 100% A      
Gallion, Jason 20% F EHEA 100%  
Griffith, Melony 98% A BUD 100% 1
Guzzone, Guy 100% A BUD 100% 2
Hayes, Antonio 98% A FIN 79% 2
Hershey, Stephen S., Jr. 24% F FIN 79%  
Hester, Katie 95% A EHEA 100% 3
Hettleman, Shelly 100% A JPR 95% 5
Hough, Michael J. 22% F JPR 95%  
Jackson, Michael A. 98% A JPR 95%  
Jennings, J. B. 22% F FIN 79%  
Kagan, Cheryl C. 100% A EHEA 100% 2
Kelley, Delores G. 100% A FIN 79% 1
King, Nancy J. 93% A BUD 100%  
Klausmeier, Katherine 74% C FIN 79% 1
Kramer, Ben 100% A FIN 79% 4
Lam, Clarence 100% A EHEA 100% 3
Lee, Susan C. 100% A JPR 95% 3
McCray, Cory 98% A BUD 100% 4
Patterson, Obie 100% A EHEA 100% 1
Peters, Douglas J.  100% A BUD 100% 1
Pinsky, Paul G. 98% A EHEA 100% 6
Ready, Justin 13% F FIN 79%  
Reilly, Edward R. 36% F EHEA 100%  
Rosapepe, Jim 100% A BUD 100% 5
Salling, Johnny Ray 20% F BUD 100%  
Simonaire, Bryan W. 27% F EHEA 100%  
Smith, William C., Jr. 98% A JPR 95% 8
Sydnor, Charles E 98% A JPR 95% 8
Waldstreicher, Jeff 100% A JPR 95%  
Washington, Mary 98% A EHEA 100% 2
West, Chris 69% D JPR 95% 2
Young, Ronald N. 100% A BUD 100% 3
Zucker, Craig J. 100% A BUD 100%