Freedom Index

A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution

Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

MD Scorecard 2021-2022

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Maryland General Assembly in 2021-2022 and ranks state delegates and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

House of Delegates

1. Climate Solutions Now Act

Good Vote: No

SB414 Climate Solutions Now Act (Passed 95 to 42 on 4/10/2021). Requires the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2030 and requires the State to achieve net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, along with other green initiatives.

2. Drop Boxes

Good Vote: No

SB683 Drop Boxes (Passed 95 to 40 on 4/1/2021). Requires a local board of elections to designate the locations of ballot drop boxes. It also requires for a permanent absentee ballot list.

3. Digital Connectivity Act

Good Vote: No

HB97 Digital Connectivity Act (Passed 115 to 19 on 3/30/2021). Establishes the Office of Statewide Broadband in the Department of Housing and Community Development to ensure that every resident of the State is supported by high-quality broadband Internet service at an affordable price.

4. Dignity Not Detention Act

Good Vote: No

HB16 Dignity Not Detention Act (Passed 86 to 46 on 4/12/2021).  Creates a “Sanctuary State” by eliminating Immigration Enforcement.

5. Untraceable Firearms

Good Vote: No

HB425 Untraceable Firearms (Passed 95 to 38 on April 1, 2022). Prohibits the possession of unserialized firearms, "ghost guns" or "privately made firearms", and prohibits a person from purchasing, receiving, selling, offering to sell, or transferring an unfinished frame, receiver and custom made and unserialized firearms.

6. Abortion Care Access Act

Good Vote: No
HB937 Abortion Care Access Act (Veto Overridden 90 to 46 on 4/9/2022). Establishes the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program in the Maryland Department of Health to ensure that there are a sufficient number of health professionals, training funds, and coverage requirements for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide abortion care.
Legislator Scores
[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote
Name Party District Score 123456
Gabriel Acevero D HD-039 0% ------
Christopher Adams R HD-037B 83% ++-+++
Marlon Amprey D HD-040 0% ------
Curtis Anderson D HD-043 NA ....--
Carl Anderton R HD-038B 83% ++-+++
Steven Arentz R HD-036 100% ++++++
Lauren Arikan R HD-007 83% ++-+++
Dalya Attar D HD-041 17% -----+
Vanessa Atterbeary D HD-013 0% ------
Heather Bagnall D HD-033 0% ------
Darryl Barnes D HD-025 0% ----.-
Ben Barnes D HD-021 0% ------
Sandy Bartlett D HD-032 0% ------
Kumar Barve D HD-017 0% ------
Wendell Beitzel R HD-001A 100% ++++++
Lisa Belcastro D HD-011 0% ------
Harry Bhandari D HD-008 0% ---.--
Joseph Boteler R HD-008 100% +++++.
Regina Boyce D HD-043 0% ------
Chanel Branch D HD-045 0% ------
Talmadge Branch D HD-045 0% ------
Tony Bridges D HD-041 0% .-----
Benjamin Brooks D HD-010 0% -.----
Jason Buckel R HD-001B 100% ++++++
Jon Cardin D HD-011 0% ------
Ned Carey D HD-031A 40% ---++.
Alfred Carr D HD-018 0% ------
Mark Chang D HD-032 0% ------
Lorig Charkoudian D HD-020 0% ------
Nick Charles D HD-025 0% ------
Brian Chisholm R HD-031B 100% ++++++
Barrie Ciliberti R HD-004 100% ++.+.+
Jerry Clark R HD-029C 83% ++-+++
Luke Clippinger D HD-046 0% ------
Frank Conaway D HD-040 0% ----..
Dan Cox R HD-004 100% ++++++
Brian Crosby D HD-029B 17% ---+--
Charlotte Crutchfield D HD-019 0% ------
Bonnie Cullison D HD-019 0% --.---
Debra Davis D HD-028 0% ------
Eric Ebersole D HD-012 0% ------
Jessica Feldmark D HD-012 0% ------
Diana Fennell D HD-047A 0% ------
Mark Fisher R HD-027C 100% ++.+++
Wanika Fisher D HD-047B 0% ------
Linda Foley D HD-015 NA ....--
Catherine Forbes D HD-042A 0% ------
David Fraser-hidalgo D HD-015 0% --.---
Jeff Ghrist R HD-036 100% ++++++
James Gilchrist D HD-017 0% ------
Robin Grammer R HD-006 100% ++++.+
Michael Griffith R HD-035B 83% ++-+++
Michele Guyton D HD-042B 0% ---.--
Andrea Harrison D HD-024 0% ------
Wayne Hartman R HD-038C 83% ++-+++
Anne Healey D HD-022 0% -----.
Shaneka Henson D HD-030A 17% -----+
Terri Hill D HD-012 0% ------
Marvin Holmes D HD-023B 0% ------
Kevin Hornberger R HD-035A 67% +--+++
Seth Howard R HD-030B 83% ++-+++
Faye Howell D HD-029B NA ....--
Richard Impallaria R HD-007 100% ++++++
Julian Ivey D HD-047A 0% ------
Carl Jackson D HD-008 0% ---.--
Jay Jacobs R HD-036 100% ++++++
Jay Jalisi D HD-010 0% -.-.--
Steve Johnson D HD-034A 17% ---+--
Adrienne Jones D HD-010 0% ------
Rachel Jones D HD-027B 0% ------
Dana Jones D HD-030A 0% ------
Anne Kaiser D HD-014 0% ------
Ken Kerr D HD-003B 0% ------
Nicholaus Kipke R HD-031B 83% ++-+++
Trent Kittleman R HD-009A 100% ++++++
Marc Korman D HD-016 0% ------
Susan Krebs R HD-005 83% ++-+++
Carol Krimm D HD-003A 0% ----..
Cheryl Landis D HD-023B NA ....-+
Mary Lehman D HD-021 0% ------
Robbyn Lewis D HD-046 0% ------
Jazz Lewis D HD-024 0% ------
Brooke Lierman D HD-046 0% ------
Mary Ann Lisanti D HD-034A 33% ---+-+
Bob Long R HD-006 80% ++-+.+
Lesley Lopez D HD-039 0% ------
Sara Love D HD-016 0% ------
Eric Luedtke D HD-014 0% ------
Nino Mangione R HD-042B 83% ++-+++
Susan McComas R HD-034B 83% ++-+++
Maggie McIntosh D HD-001A 0% ------
Ric Metzgar R HD-006 83% ++-+++
David Moon D HD-020 0% ------
Matt Morgan R HD-029A 100% ++++++
Rachel Munoz R HD-033 NA ....++
Reid Novotny R HD-009A 83% ++++-+
Charles Otto R HD-038A 83% ++-+++
Julie Palakovich Carr D HD-017 0% -.----
Neil Parrott R HD-002A 100% ++++++
Edith Patterson D HD-028 0% ------
Joseline Pena-Melnyk D HD-021 0% ------
Shane Pendergrass D HD-013 0% ------
Jesse Pippy R HD-004 83% ++-+++
Roxane Prettyman D HD-044A NA ....--
Elizabeth Proctor D HD-027A 0% ----.-
Lily Qi D HD-015 0% ------
Pamela Queen D HD-014 0% ------
Teresa Reilly R HD-035B 83% ++-+++
Kirill Reznik D HD-039 0% ------
Mike Rogers D HD-032 0% ------
April Rose R HD-005 100% ++++++
Samuel Rosenberg D HD-041 0% ------
Sheila Ruth D HD-044B 0% ------
Sid Saab R HD-033 100% ++++++
Sheree Sample-Hughes D HD-037A 0% ------
Emily Shetty D HD-018 0% ------
Haven Shoemaker R HD-005 100% ++++++
Stephanie Smith D HD-045 0% ------
Jared Solomon D HD-018 0% ------
Dana Stein D HD-011 0% ------
Vaughn Stewart D HD-019 0% ------
Kathy Szeliga R HD-007 80% +.-+++
Jen Terrasa D HD-013 0% ------
Brenda Thiam R HD-002B 80% ++-+.+
Karen Toles D HD-025 NA ....--
Veronica Turner D HD-026 0% ------
Kriselda Valderrama D HD-026 0% ------
Geraldine Valentino-Smith D HD-023A 20% --.--+
Jay Walker D HD-026 0% ..-.--
Courtney Watson D HD-009B 0% ------
Melissa Wells D HD-040 0% ------
Jheanelle Wilkins D HD-020 0% ------
Nicole Williams D HD-022 0% ------
C.T. Wilson D HD-028 0% ---.--
William Wivell R HD-002A 83% ++-+++
Pat Young D HD-044B 0% ------

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party Score
Democrat 1.8%
Republican 90.2%