LEGISLATIVE SCORECARDS AND GRADES
SUMMARY –
This is the Maryland Legislative Coalition’s fifth 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. However, we have marked down several Committee Chairs as well as the Senate President and the Speaker of the House for their failure to advance some of our priority bills. Specifically, three bills were adjusted – two environmental bills and two social justice (Immigration) bills. Additionally, we recorded a negative vote for the Senate President and the House Speaker for weakening the Climate Solutions Now Act. Finally, there were three House bills where we recorded the second-to-the-last vote because most of the members of one Committee were not present for the final vote and were in conference.
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 scores rate bills sponsored, as a subset of our 219 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 – 2022 or copying this link into your browser –
A summary of the final scores and grades can be found below.
| TOTAL SCORE | TOTAL GRADE | COMMITTEE | COMMITTEE PRODUCTIVITY | #BILLS SPONSORED | |
| HOUSE OF DELEGATES | |||||
| Acevero, Gabriel | 2% | B8 | APP | 33% | 1 |
| Adams, Christopher T. | -29% | F | ECM | 39% | |
| Amprey, Marlon | 97% | A | E&T | 39% | |
| Anderson, Curt | 89% | B | JUD | 48% | |
| Anderton, Carl, Jr. | 26% | F | E&T | 39% | |
| Arentz, Steven J. | -18% | F | ECM | 39% | |
| Arikan, Lauren | -24% | F | JUD | 48% | |
| Attar, Dalya | 95% | A | W&M | 38% | |
| Atterbeary, Vanessa E. | 100% | A | W&M | 38% | 1 |
| Bagnall, Heather | 100% | A | HGO | 36% | |
| Barnes, Ben | 100% | A | APP | 33% | |
| Barnes, Darryl | 100% | A | APP | 33% | |
| Bartlett, J. Sandy | 95% | A | JUD | 48% | 1 |
| Barve, Kumar P. | 97% | A | E&T | 39% | 2 |
| Beitzel, Wendell R. | -9% | F | APP | 33% | |
| Belcastro, Lisa | 100% | A | HGO | 36% | 2 |
| Bhandari, Harry | 87% | B | HGO | 36% | |
| Boteler, Joseph C | -52% | F | W&M | 38% | |
| Boyce, Regina | 97% | A | E&T | 39% | 2 |
| Branch, Chanel | 97% | A | W&M | 38% | |
| Branch, Talmadge | 97% | A | ECM | 39% | |
| Bridges, Tony | 100% | A | APP | 33% | 1 |
| Brooks, Benjamin | 100% | A | ECM | 39% | 3 |
| Buckel, Jason C. | 0% | F | W&M | 38% | |
| Cardin, Jon S | 97% | A | JUD | 48% | |
| Carey, Ned | 84% | B | ECM | 39% | |
| Carr, Alfred C., Jr. | 100% | A | HG0 | 36% | |
| Chang, Mark S. | 100% | A | APP | 33% | |
| Charkoudian, Lorig | 100% | A | ECM | 39% | 8 |
| Charles, Nick | 73% | C | W&M | 38% | |
| Chisholm, Brian | -18% | F | HGO | 36% | |
| Ciliberti, Barrie S. | -21% | F | E&T | 39% | |
| Clark, Jerry | -8% | F | E&T | 39% | |
| Clippinger, Luke | 97% | A | JUD | 48% | 2 |
| Conaway, Frank M., Jr. | 100% | A | JUD | 48% | |
| Cox, Dan | -48% | F | JUD | 48% | |
| Crosby, Brian M. | 87% | B | ECM | 39% | |
| Crutchfield, Charlotte | 100% | A | JUD | 48% | 1 |
| Cullison, Bonnie | 100% | A | HGO | 36% | |
| Davis, Debra | 97% | A | JUD | 48% | |
| Ebersole, Eric | 97% | A | W&M | 38% | |
| Feldmark, Jessica | 100% | A | W&M | 38% | 2 |
| Fennell, Diana M. | 100% | A | ECM | 39% | |
| Fisher, Mark N. | -37% | F | JUD | 48% | |
| Fisher, Wanika | 78% | C | JUD | 48% | 3 |
| Foley, Linda | 100% | A | E&T | 39% | |
| Forbes, Catherine | 100% | A | APP | 33% | 1 |
| Fraser-Hidalgo, David | 97% | A | E&T | 39% | 3 |
| Ghrist, Jefferson L. | -24% | F | APP | 33% | |
| Gilchrist, Jim | 100% | A | E&T | 39% | |
| Grammer, Robin L., Jr. | -65% | F | JUD | 48% | |
| Griffith, Mike | -3% | F | W&M | 38% | |
| Guyton, Michele | 97% | A | W&M | 38% | |
| Harrison, Andrea Fletcher | 86% | B | ECM | 39% | |
| Hartman, Wayne A. | -42% | F | W&M | 38% | |
| Healey, Anne | 97% | A | E&T | 39% | |
| Henson, Shaneka | 89% | B | APP | 33% | 1 |
| Hill, Terri | 100% | A | HGO | 36% | 1 |
| Holmes, Marvin E., Jr. | 97% | A | E&T | 39% | |
| Hornberger, Kevin B. | 24% | F | W&M | 38% | |
| Howard, Seth A. | -8% | F | ECM | 39% | |
| Howell, Faye Martin | 95% | A | JUD | 48% | |
| Impallaria, Rick | -51% | F | ECM | 39% | |
| Ivey, Julian | 95% | A | W&M | 38% | |
| Jackson, Carl | 84% | B | ECM | 39% | 1 |
| Jacobs, Jay A. | -8% | F | E&T | 39% | |
| Jalisi, Jay | 94% | A | E&T | 39% | |
| Johnson, Steve | 82% | B | HGO | 36% | |
| Jones, Adrienne A. | 97% | A | 39% | 1 | |
| Jones, Dana | 100% | A | HGO | 36% | |
| Jones, Rachel | 100% | A | JUD | 48% | |
| Kaiser, Anne R. | 100% | A | HGO | 36% | 4 |
| Kelly, Ariana B. | 100% | A | HGO | 36% | 2 |
| Kerr, Ken | 97% | A | HGO | 36% | |
| Kipke, Nicholaus R. | -17% | F | HGO | 36% | |
| Kittleman, Trent | -41% | F | APP | 33% | |
| Korman, Marc | 100% | A | APP | 33% | 4 |
| Krebs, Susan W. | -27% | F | HGO | 36% | |
| Krimm, Carol L. | NA | N/A | APP | 33% | |
| Landis, Cheryl | 100% | A | HGO | 36% | |
| Lehman, Mary A. | 100% | A | E&T | 39% | 2 |
| Lewis, Jazz | 97% | A | APP | 33% | 3 |
| Lewis, Robbyn | 95% | A | APP | 33% | 1 |
| Lierman, Brooke E. | 100% | A | E&T | 39% | 2 |
| Lisanti, Mary Ann | 71% | C | W&M | 38% | |
| Long, Robert B. | -30% | F | W&M | 38% | |
| Lopez, Lesley J | 85% | B | JUD | 48% | 1 |
| Love, Sara | 97% | A | E&T | 39% | 5 |
| Luedtke, Eric G. | 100% | A | W&M | 38% | |
| Mangione, Nino | -55% | F | APP | 33% | |
| Mautz, Johnny | -20% | F | ECM | 39% | |
| McComas, Susan | -24% | F | JUD | 48% | |
| McIntosh, Maggie | 95% | A | APP | 33% | |
| McKay, Mike | -11% | F | APP | 33% | |
| Metzgar, Ric | -26% | F | APP | 33% | |
| Moon, David | 97% | A | JUD | 48% | 3 |
| Morgan, Matthew | -24% | F | HGO | 36% | |
| Munoz, Rachel | -13% | F | JUD | 48% | |
| Novotny, Reid | 0% | F | APP | 33% | |
| Otto, Charles J. | -11% | F | E&T | 39% | |
| Palakovich-Carr, Julie | 100% | A | W&M | 38% | 8 |
| Parrott, Neil | -55% | F | E&T | 39% | |
| Patterson, Edith J. | 100% | A | W&M | 38% | |
| Pena-Melnyk, Joseline A. | 100% | A | HGO | 36% | 4 |
| Pendergrass, Shane E. | 97% | A | HGO | 36% | |
| Pippy, Jesse T. | -42% | F | ECM | 39% | |
| Prettyman, Roxane | 100% | A | E&T | 39% | |
| Proctor, Susie | 89% | B | APP | 33% | |
| Qi, Lily | 100% | A | ECM | 39% | 1 |
| Queen, Pam | 100% | A | ECM | 39% | 2 |
| Reilly, Teresa E. | -18% | F | HGO | 36% | |
| Reznik, Kirill | 100% | A | APP | 33% | |
| Rogers, Mike | 100% | A | ECM | 39% | |
| Rose, April | -32% | F | W&M | 38% | |
| Rosenberg, Samuel I. | 97% | A | HGO | 36% | 3 |
| Ruth, Sheila | 100% | A | E&T | 39% | 8 |
| Saab, Sid | -16% | F | HGO | 36% | |
| Sample-Hughes, Sheree | 100% | A | HGO | 36% | |
| Shetty, Emily | 100% | A | JUD | 48% | 1 |
| Shoemaker, Haven | -36% | F | JUD | 48% | |
| Smith, Stephanie | 95% | A | APP | 33% | 3 |
| Solomon, Jared | 100% | A | APP | 33% | 4 |
| Stein, Dana | 100% | A | E&T | 39% | 4 |
| Stewart, Vaughn | 100% | A | E&T | 39% | 8 |
| Szeliga, Kathy | -34% | F | HGO | 36% | |
| Terrasa, Jen | 100% | A | E&T | 39% | 1 |
| Thiam, Brenda | -7% | F | JUD | 48% | |
| Toles, Karen | 100% | A | JUD | 48% | |
| Turner, Veronica | 100% | A | ECM | 39% | |
| Valderrama, Kriselda | 97% | A | ECM | 39% | 2 |
| Valentino-Smith, Geraldine | 92% | A | APP | 33% | |
| Walker, Jay | 97% | A | ECM | 39% | |
| Washington, Alonzo T. | 97% | A | W&M | 38% | 1 |
| Watson, Courtney | 100% | A | ECM | 39% | 1 |
| Wells, Melissa | 100% | A | E&T | 39% | 5 |
| Wilkins, Jheanelle K. | 100% | A | W&M | 38% | 3 |
| Williams, Nicole | 95% | A | JUD | 48% | 3 |
| Wilson, C. T. | 95% | A | ECM | 39% | |
| Wivell, William J. | -30% | F | E&T | 39% | |
| Young, Karen Lewis | 97% | A | HGO | 36% | 2 |
| Young, Pat | 95% | A | APP | 33 | 1 |
| Senator | |||||
| Augustine, Malcolm | 100% | A | FIN | 60% | 2 |
| Bailey, Jack | 35% | F | JPR | 38% | |
| Beidle, Pamela | 100% | A | FIN | 60% | 2 |
| Benson, Joanne C. | 84% | B | FIN | 60% | 1 |
| Carroza, Mary Beth | 27% | F | EHEA | 56% | |
| Carter, Jill | 97% | A | JPR | 38% | 9 |
| Cassilly, Robert | 30% | F | JPR | 38% | |
| Corderman, Paul | 32% | F | BUD | 50% | |
| Eckardt, Adelaide C. | 32% | F | BUD | 50% | |
| Edwards, George C. | 30% | F | BUD | 50% | |
| Elfreth, Sarah | 100% | A | BUD | 50% | 5 |
| Ellis, Arthur | 100% | A | EHEA | 56% | 1 |
| Feldman, Brian J. | 100% | A | FIN | 60% | 9 |
| Ferguson, Bill | 97% | A | 50% | 2 | |
| Gallion, Jason | 30% | F | EHEA | 56% | |
| Griffith, Melony | 100% | A | BUD | 50% | |
| Guzzone, Guy | 100% | A | BUD | 50% | |
| Hayes, Antonio | 100% | A | FIN | 60% | 1 |
| Hershey, Stephen S., Jr. | 28% | F | FIN | 60% | |
| Hester, Katie | 95% | A | EHEA | 56% | 5 |
| Hettleman, Shelly | 97% | A | JPR | 38% | 3 |
| Hough, Michael J. | 40% | F | JPR | 38% | |
| Jackson, Michael A. | 97% | A | BUD | 50% | |
| Jennings, J. B. | 33% | F | FIN | 60% | |
| Kagan, Cheryl C. | 100% | A | EHEA | 56% | 4 |
| Kelley, Delores G. | 100% | A | FIN | 60% | 1 |
| King, Nancy J. | 100% | A | BUD | 50% | 1 |
| Klausmeier, Katherine | 71% | C | FIN | 60% | 2 |
| Kramer, Ben | 100% | A | FIN | 60% | 3 |
| Lam, Clarence | 100% | A | EHEA | 56% | 5 |
| Lee, Susan C. | 100% | A | JPR | 38% | 5 |
| McCray, Cory | 97% | A | BUD | 50% | 1 |
| Patterson, Obie | 100% | A | EHEA | 56% | 2 |
| Pinsky, Paul G. | 100% | A | EHEA | 56% | 4 |
| Ready, Justin | 32% | F | FIN | 60% | |
| Reilly, Edward R. | 32% | F | EHEA | 56% | |
| Rosapepe, Jim | 95% | A | BUD | 50% | 1 |
| Salling, Johnny Ray | 31% | F | BUD | 50% | |
| Simonaire, Bryan W. | 32% | F | EHEA | 56% | |
| Smith, William C., Jr. | 95% | A | JPR | 38% | 5 |
| Sydnor, Charles E. | 100% | A | JPR | 38% | 1 |
| Waldstreicher, Jeff | 100% | A | JPR | 38% | 3 |
| Washington, Mary | 100% | A | EHEA | 56% | 5 |
| Watson, Ron | 97% | A | JPR | 38% | 2 |
| West, Chris | 48% | F | JPR | 38% | 1 |
| Young, Ronald N. | 100% | A | BUD | 50% | 1 |
| Zucker, Craig J. | 100% | A | BUD | 50% | 1 |