Gabriel Maximilian Moreno

Voted to pass HB 280, which wrote federal mental health parity rules into Maryland law. Parity means a health plan must treat mental health and substance use care no worse than physical care. The bill puts parts of the 2024 federal parity rule into state law. Insurers may not use discriminatory factors or evidence standards when designing limits that are not simple dollar caps. They must collect and act on outcome data for those limits, and must offer meaningful mental health and substance use benefits on par with medical and surgical ones. It took effect July 1, 2026. A yes vote made those parity rules state law. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 93-35 and it was signed into law as Chapter 11 of 2026.

March 4, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass SB 872, which widened which rentals fall under the lead paint law. Maryland's Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing law covers residential rental property built before 1978. A rental dwelling unit had to be a single independent habitable unit with permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation. The bill drops the word independent and now counts a unit that either has those provisions or has access to them, bringing more rentals under the law. A yes vote widened the law's reach. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 99-36 and it was signed into law as Chapter 225 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass SB 249, which required a separate state license to sell vapes. Anyone holding a cigarette or other tobacco products license who wants to make, distribute or sell electronic smoking devices must now get a separate license for those devices. An applicant for a device retailer or vape shop license pays no extra fee if they already hold certain cigarette or tobacco licenses. A business already holding a cigarette or tobacco license on September 30, 2026 need not get the separate license until its current one expires; all such licenses expire April 30, so that reprieve ends in May 2027. A yes vote created the separate license. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 106-30 and it was signed into law as Chapter 415 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass SB 12, which required landlords to provide air conditioning in summer. A landlord of an apartment building with 10 or more units must provide air conditioning each year from June 1 through September 30, unless the bill exempts the unit. It starts June 1, 2026 for newly built units and for units where the landlord had already provided air conditioning or the lease required it at any point on or after January 1, 2025. It starts October 1, 2026 for existing units undergoing a renovation that replaces or substantially upgrades the electrical or heating system. It does not reach any building whose permit was issued before it took effect. A yes vote made summer cooling a landlord duty. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 101-34 and it was signed into law as Chapter 664 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass SB 523, which put Maryland's vernal pools on a map. A vernal pool is a seasonal wetland that dries out part of the year and is a breeding ground for amphibians. The Department of Natural Resources, working with the environment department, must build and maintain a list of them. Environment department staff must be designated and trained to identify them, and where trained staff spot a possible vernal pool while doing their existing nontidal wetlands work, they must tell natural resources so it can be considered for the list. A yes vote created the list and the training. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 97-36 and it was signed into law as Chapter 164 of 2026.

April 10, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass HB 1135, which let pharmacists order a vaccine without giving it themselves. A pharmacist may order a flu shot, a COVID-19 shot, or a shot used in response to a public health emergency for anyone at least three years old, so someone else can give it. Where the patient is under 18, whether the pharmacist gives the vaccine or an adult caregiver does, the pharmacist must explain the importance of visits with a pediatric primary care provider and refer the patient to one where appropriate. A yes vote gave pharmacists that authority. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 103-29 and it was signed into law as Chapter 270 of 2026.

April 9, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass HB 578, which tightened Maryland's endangered species protections. The bill defines foreseeable future and harm in the state's endangered and threatened species laws and changes how species are listed and delisted. It lets the state designate essential habitats for those species and adopt management rules for them. It also orders the state to write rules allowing black vultures to be killed, matching a federal depredation permit, if federal migratory bird protection for them ends. A yes vote strengthened those protections. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 99-34 and it was signed into law as Chapter 211 of 2026.

April 9, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass SB 656, which lets people harmed by prohibited cosmetic ingredients seek damages and treats violations as deceptive consumer practices. It lets state health inspectors investigate complaints and inspect premises. It also creates a Harmful Hair Chemicals Restitution Fund, run by the Attorney General, to pay for research, treatment and restitution for victims. It became Chapter 283 of 2026. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 101-34.

April 8, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass HB 1249, which stopped recovery homes turning away people on addiction medication. Medication-assisted treatment uses prescribed medicine, such as buprenorphine or methadone, to treat opioid use disorder. The rules a credentialing body sets for certified recovery residences must now bar a residence from refusing services to someone because they are receiving that treatment, and from requiring anyone to stop or change how they receive it as a condition of being admitted. A yes vote barred that exclusion. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 102-33 and it was signed into law as Chapter 793 of 2026.

March 23, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass HB 734, which kept a farm tax break available for solar on farmland. Farmland gets a lower property tax assessment. A community solar project had to win Public Service Commission approval by December 31, 2025 to keep that assessment; the bill pushes the deadline to December 31, 2030. It also requires the state assessments department, when a developer applies, to rule before construction on whether an agrivoltaics project — farming and solar on the same land — will qualify, within 90 days. The department may rescind that ruling in set circumstances and may charge an application fee. A yes vote extended the tax break. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 101-27 and it was signed into law as Chapter 45 of 2026.

March 21, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass HB 405, which stopped condo and HOA rules blocking EV chargers. The governing documents of a condominium or homeowners association may no longer bar or unreasonably restrict installing electric vehicle charging equipment in common or limited common parking spaces. Such an installation goes through the same budget process as a comparable common-area renovation of similar cost, and the governing body must assess community parking capacity first. The body may grant a license for up to three years on any common element needed for the equipment or its power supply, renewable at its discretion. The rule applies to existing covenants and bylaws, not only new ones. A yes vote cleared those barriers to chargers. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 94-28 and it was signed into law as Chapter 753 of 2026.

March 21, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass HB 637, an Administration bill giving Maryland its own vaccine and screening recommendations. The Secretary of Health must now issue, publish and distribute recommendations for immunizations, screenings and preventive services, so the state has its own list rather than depending on federal advice. A pharmacist may give a vaccine the Secretary recommends to anyone at least seven years old. The bill also changes what health insurance must cover for those immunizations, screenings and preventive services. It took effect July 1, 2026 and applies to plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027. A yes vote created the state's own recommendations. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 98-32 and it was signed into law as Chapter 7 of 2026.

March 21, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass HB 254, the Supporting Inclusive Community Adaptation Act. The Department of Natural Resources must bring communities into the planning and development of its projects. The bill sets up a grant fund the department runs, aimed at climate change resilience, alongside other departmental work on it. It also loosens an existing loan fund for shore erosion control projects by removing certain funding limits and allowing part of a loan to be forgiven. A yes vote created that community role and funding. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 98-35 and it was signed into law as Chapter 76 of 2026.

March 18, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass HB 250, which gave the environment department teeth on water and dam violations. The Maryland Department of the Environment may now impose an administrative penalty for breaking the rules on appropriating or using waters, reservoirs and dams. The bill also widens the department's power to issue orders over waterway construction and dam safety, standardizes the notice and hearing steps, and requires certain steps before the department moves to recover a penalty. It took effect July 1, 2026. A yes vote created that enforcement power. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 96-37 and it was signed into law as Chapter 273 of 2026.

March 18, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass HB 200, which required home sellers to disclose flood risk. From July 1, 2027, and with exceptions, someone selling residential property with four or fewer single-family units must give the buyer set flood-risk information before they sign a contract. The Maryland Department of the Environment had to publish the disclosure form to be used by June 1, 2027. A yes vote required the flood disclosure. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 94-35 and it was signed into law as Chapter 776 of 2026.

March 5, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass HB 252, which let the state require insurance from lead paint removal contractors. State rules accredit the businesses that strip lead paint from older homes. The bill lets the Maryland Department of the Environment write rules requiring anyone it accredits for lead abatement to carry a reasonable performance bond or reasonable liability insurance. It took effect July 1, 2026. A yes vote allowed that requirement. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 92-37 and it was signed into law as Chapter 359 of 2026.

March 4, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to override the Governor's veto of HB 862, which set a minimum crew size for freight trains. A freight train that shares a corridor with a high-speed passenger or commuter train may not run in Maryland with fewer than two crew members. A willful violation costs the railroad up to $10,000, or up to $25,000 for a repeat within three years, and the company alone is answerable for its employees. The rule only starts once New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia pass similar laws. The Governor vetoed the bill on May 22, 2026 on policy grounds. A yes vote overrode that veto and put the two-person crew rule into law. The Maryland House of Delegates overrode the veto 99-30, so the bill became Chapter 879 of 2026.

August 3, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass HB 1016, which voided noncompete clauses for architects at firms that move out of Maryland. A noncompete or conflict of interest clause in an employment contract is void where it binds a licensed architect, if two things are true. The employer had more than 30 employees on the architect's first day, most of them based in Maryland or working remotely from here. And when the employer tries to enforce the clause, it either no longer has most of its employees based or working remotely here, or no longer has its principal place of business in Maryland. It applies only to contracts signed after the bill took effect. A yes vote voided those clauses. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 101-29 and it was signed into law as Chapter 301 of 2026.

April 11, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass HB 624, the Safe Staffing Act of 2026, which gave hospital staff a say in staffing levels. Every hospital must meet the staffing standards of the body that accredits it and the federal Medicare and Medicaid conditions of participation. Each must also run a clinical staffing committee: three managers and two employees at hospitals with 150 or fewer licensed beds, and five managers and four employees at larger ones. The hospital's chief nurse executive drafts a staffing plan and the committee finalizes one that meets patient needs. The hospital must give the plan to any staff member who asks. A yes vote gave front-line staff a formal role in setting staffing. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 96-35 and it was signed into law as Chapter 236 of 2026.

April 11, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass SB 831, which strengthened Maryland's labor protections. An Executive Branch unit may not ask the federal government to waive any Fair Labor Standards Act provision that applies to it, even where federal law would allow the waiver. Employers may not form employee involvement organizations that fall outside the National Labor Relations Act and the federal labor board's jurisdiction. The Commissioner of Labor and Industry may impose a civil penalty for breaking specified child labor laws. If a specified federal contingency is met, the Public Employee Relations Board's jurisdiction extends to some private employees. A yes vote strengthened those protections. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 99-36 and it was signed into law as Chapter 167 of 2026.

April 8, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass SB 417, the Maryland Worker Freedom Act, which let workers skip employer meetings about politics or religion. An employer may not punish a worker, threaten to, or refuse to hire someone because the person declines to sit through a company meeting on the employer's political or religious views. Political matters covers elections, parties, proposed changes to law or policy, and whether to join a party or a union. Churches, political groups, schools teaching the subject, legally required training and government new-hire orientation are exempt, and voluntary meetings are still allowed. The state labor commissioner enforces it and must publish a workplace poster by November 1, 2026. A yes vote gave workers the right to walk out of these meetings. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 96-37 and it was signed into law as Chapter 221 of 2026.

April 8, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass SB 810, the Maryland Values Act of 2026, which widened the places immigration agents may not freely enter. School staff must tell the county superintendent when they learn of immigration enforcement at a school. They may not be used for immigration enforcement, and may not hand over student records, staff records or family information for it. Places a school, library or state office must keep closed to agents now include any area behind a security screening, and school-linked protected places now include a school bus stop, a school vehicle and sites that hand out food to people in need. Each courthouse must adopt its own policy by October 1, 2026. A yes vote widened these protections. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 100-37 and it was signed into law as Chapter 161 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted to pass SB 791, the Community Trust Act, which limits when local jails and police may hold someone for or share information with federal immigration enforcement. It requires a judicial warrant for specified immigration holds, keeps exceptions for people with certain convictions, and lets the Attorney General or an affected person sue to enforce it. It also requires state correctional facilities to give federal immigration authorities 48 hours' notice before releasing someone under an active immigration detainer, and lets a judge or court commissioner weigh such a detainer when deciding pretrial release or bail in a felony case. It became Chapter 872 of 2026. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 92-37.

April 11, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted to pass SB 792, which made hospitals plan for immigration enforcement on site. The State Health Services Cost Review Commission, working with the Attorney General and the Maryland Hospital Association, must develop a model policy and publish it by October 1, 2026. Each hospital must then adopt its own policy on what it does during an immigration enforcement action, by January 1, 2027 or three months after the model policy is published, whichever comes first. Hospitals must make the policy available to all staff and train them on it every year. Government-run hospitals already required to follow the Attorney General's guidance are exempt. It took effect June 1, 2026. A yes vote required those policies and training. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 99-33 and it was signed into law as Chapter 162 of 2026.

April 10, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted to pass HB 1530, which shortened the residency proof for in-state tuition under the Dream Act. The Maryland Dream Act lets some undocumented students pay in-state rather than out-of-state tuition if they or a parent or guardian filed Maryland income tax returns for a set number of years beforehand. The bill cuts that from three years to two. It took effect July 1, 2026. A yes vote widened who qualifies. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 97-36 and it was signed into law as Chapter 799 of 2026.

March 18, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted to pass HB 444, which banned state and local agreements to enforce federal immigration law. The state, any local government and any county sheriff may not sign a deal with the federal government that lets their own officers enforce civil immigration law. These are often called 287(g) agreements, after the section of federal law that allows them. Any such deal already in place had to be ended right away. It was an emergency bill, so it took effect the moment it was signed. A yes vote ended local participation in federal immigration enforcement. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 99-40 and it was signed into law as Chapter 2 of 2026.

February 3, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted to pass SB 1, which barred police from covering their faces on duty and required them to wear identification. The state police training commission must write two policies every agency follows. Officers may not wear a face covering on duty except undercover, or where a covering is absolutely needed for health or safety such as bad weather; general worry about officer safety is not enough. Officers must wear identification on their outer layer and say who they are when asked, unless in plain clothes or undercover. Breaking either rule is a civil offense with a fine up to $1,500 and counts as police misconduct. A yes vote required officers to show their faces and their names. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 100-37 and it was signed into law as Chapter 612 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass HB 497, which extended how long an emergency protective order lasts. A temporary protective order is the short-term order a judge issues to keep an alleged abuser away before a full hearing. It now lasts up to 14 days from when it is issued, rather than 7 days from when it is served, and the final hearing must be held no later than 14 days after issuance rather than 7 days after service. A yes vote lengthened that protection. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 101-31 and it was signed into law as Chapter 791 of 2026.

April 10, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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February 2, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass HB 168, which opened state housing funds to housing built for teachers. A county board of education may now treat providing educator workforce housing as a school purpose, so school land and buildings can be used for it. Three state housing programs — the Housing Innovation Fund, the Housing Innovation Pilot Program and the Neighborhood and Community Assistance Program — may now fund that housing, and municipal corporations and county school boards are added to who may receive the money. Teachers and other local school system staff also count as a specified group for the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. It took effect July 1, 2026. A yes vote opened those funds to educator housing. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 89-32 and it was signed into law as Chapter 678 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass SB 729, which extended free eviction lawyers to mobile home park residents. Maryland's Access to Counsel in Evictions program, run by the Maryland Legal Services Corporation, gives tenants facing eviction a lawyer. The bill expands the program to cover residents of mobile home parks. A yes vote extended that right to counsel. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 101-35 and it was signed into law as Chapter 754 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass HB 894, an Administration bill making it easier to build homes next to rail stations. Near a rail station with at least hourly weekday service, a local government generally may not set a minimum number of off-street parking spaces for housing or mixed-use projects within a quarter mile. It may do so only if a recent parking study backs the requirement and the state transportation department agrees. Local zoning must allow mixed-use development within half a mile of such a station. Land owned by the state, Baltimore City or the Washington area transit authority next to such a station, under a state-approved development plan, is exempt from local limits on use, height and setbacks. The bill also makes qualifying transit-oriented developments automatic enterprise zones, which carry state business tax breaks, and stops counties and towns from collecting development impact fees or excise taxes on qualifying housing until the building is finished. Local control over environmental concerns, health and safety, and public facilities rules is untouched, and land zoned single-family on January 1, 2026 and college campus stations are carved out. A yes vote cleared local barriers to housing near transit. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 100-32 and it was signed into law as Chapter 592 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass HB 571, which extended a housing tax exemption to nonprofit subsidiaries. Subsidiary entities of housing authorities are already exempt from state and local taxes. The bill changes the definition of a nonprofit housing corporation and gives that same exemption to the subsidiaries such corporations set up. It took effect July 1, 2026. A yes vote extended the exemption. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 96-33 and it was signed into law as Chapter 727 of 2026.

April 11, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass HB 1148, which helped heirs keep a home out of tax sale. The State Tax Sale Ombudsman's services now reach the estate or personal representative of a dead homeowner and their heirs and legatees. The bill creates the Legacy Protection Program in the state assessments department, funded by $250,000 a year from the state and $500,000 a year from the counties. An heir who is not on the title may receive the homeowners' and homestead property tax credits for up to three tax years if they otherwise qualify. A yes vote created those protections for heirs. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 99-34 and it was signed into law as Chapter 718 of 2026.

March 18, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass HB 85, which created a legal path to permanently affordable co-op housing. A limited equity housing co-op is one where resale prices are capped so the homes stay affordable. The bill lets a Maryland nonstock corporation convert into one and sets out how. A county or town may not restrict such a co-op, including by restricting the sale of rental buildings to a nonstock corporation that plans to convert. The housing department may add rights and requirements and may run a grant program to encourage them. A yes vote created that path. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 103-33 and it was signed into law as Chapter 260 of 2026.

February 26, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass SB 305, which extended funding for reentry job training. For one more year, through fiscal 2029, the Governor may include $1.0 million in the budget to be used only as an operating grant to qualifying non-profits that train formerly incarcerated people in automotive repair. It took effect July 1, 2026. A yes vote extended that funding. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 98-34 and it was signed into law as Chapter 403 of 2026.

April 10, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass HB 1490, which stopped cash assistance being cut off over child support. The Family Investment Program may no longer deny, reduce or end assistance where someone has good cause for not cooperating with child support enforcement, under criteria the Secretary of Human Services sets. The program must find good cause where cooperating may be against the child's best interest, and a caseworker granting it may not contact the parent the support would come from. A yes vote protected those families' assistance. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 103-30 and it was signed into law as Chapter 763 of 2026.

March 18, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass SB 775, which required guns handed in at buybacks to be destroyed. A federal firearms licensee or law enforcement agency running a gun buyback program must destroy every firearm surrendered to it, including every attached component and part. That does not apply where a law enforcement agency finds the gun is stolen or is evidence of a crime, and the agency must check the national crime database before destroying anything. Breaking the rule costs up to $10,000 a violation, and a licensed dealer who does so has their license revoked by the head of the State Police. A yes vote required the guns be destroyed. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 96-36 and it was signed into law as Chapter 430 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass HB 284, a State Police bill requiring gun dealers to report break-ins within a day. A licensed firearms dealer must tell the head of the State Police within 24 hours of first learning of a break-in. That covers a burglary, attempted burglary, robbery or theft involving a firearm or ammunition where the dealer operates or stores guns, and it also covers a required security feature being compromised. The notice is on top of any report to local police or to the federal firearms bureau. The bill also changes the penalties for dealers who break these rules. A yes vote required fast reporting of break-ins, gun thefts and security failures. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 97-36 and it was signed into law as Chapter 85 of 2026.

April 9, 2026Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass SB 334, which banned sales of pistols that can be quickly turned into machine guns. From January 1, 2027 no one may make, sell, buy, receive or transfer a machine gun convertible pistol. That means a semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that a small add-on part, fitted in place of the slide's backplate, can turn into a machine gun by hand or with ordinary household tools. Breaking the ban is a misdemeanor carrying up to three years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Someone who already owns one lawfully may still pass it to an immediate family member, and dealers, gunsmiths, police and retired officers are exempt. A yes vote banned the sale and transfer of these pistols. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 91-40 and it was signed into law as Chapter 771 of 2026.

April 9, 2026Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass HB 1076, which requires Maryland's public four-year colleges and community colleges to report each year on students' access to nonprescription birth control. Community colleges must make every method of over-the-counter contraception available to students on campus. It became Chapter 674 of 2026. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 98-32.

April 11, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to pass HB 372, which wrote federal emergency care rules for pregnancy into Maryland law. If a hospital finds a pregnancy emergency serious enough that delay could badly harm the patient's health, organs or bodily functions, it must use its own staff to treat her until she is stable, or transfer her. Treatment includes ending the pregnancy when that is medically necessary to stabilize her, and the hospital must allow it there if the treating clinician says it is needed. The hospital may not punish a clinician who refuses to transfer an unstable patient or who follows the standard of care, nor an employee who reports a violation. Civil penalties apply. A yes vote put these emergency pregnancy care duties into state law. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 97-37 and it was signed into law as Chapter 789 of 2026.

February 26, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to pass SB 949, an emergency bill setting absentee ballot deadlines in law. The bill writes into statute requirements much like the State Board of Elections regulations already governing when an absentee ballot counts as timely. It adds rules for when federal law or a federal court sets a different deadline for ballots carrying federal contests. Votes in non-federal contests on ballots meeting state timeliness rules must still be counted. The board must also adopt canvass regulations that comply with the federal deadline. A yes vote fixed those deadlines in law. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 96-36 and it was signed into law as Chapter 440 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass HB 115, which requires corrections officials to send monthly release information to election officials so they can restore an eligible Marylander's prior voter registration at a new in-state address. The person must get notice and can decline registration or update their address. It became Chapter 428 of 2026. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 100-33.

March 18, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass HB 263, which made buses stop at the door of early voting centers. Where an early voting center sits within half a mile of a fixed local bus route, every bus on that route must let passengers get on and off at the center's entrance on days it is open for voting. That holds as far as practicable and consistent with accessibility rules. It applies only to a fixed local route paid for by a county or town and run by them or their contractor. It does not apply to express or commuter routes, or to routes run by the Maryland Transit Administration or the Washington area Metro system. A yes vote required those stops. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 107-27 and it was signed into law as Chapter 106 of 2026.

February 26, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass HB 711, the Data Privacy Act, which walled personal data off from immigration enforcement. A company that decides how personal data is used may not knowingly sell a consumer's data to any federal, state or local government body that, in the previous six months, carried out or backed civil immigration enforcement by supplying staff or resources. Without a court warrant naming the exact data, such a company also may not answer subpoenas from those agencies or otherwise cooperate with them. The bill widens what counts as protected data, including location data and sensitive data, and makes matching changes to the public records law and to the rules on police database access. A yes vote put those limits on sharing personal data. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 94-35 and it became law without the Governor's signature as Chapter 874 of 2026.

March 21, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Voted to pass SB 322, which restored jury eligibility after a sentence is served. State law disqualified anyone who had ever received a sentence of more than a year in prison from serving on a jury, for life. The bill replaces that: a person is disqualified only while actually serving such a sentence, including parole or probation. It separately disqualifies anyone convicted of perjury, witness or jury intimidation, a related offense, or a fraud crime. It also repeals the rule that a pardon restored jury eligibility. A yes vote restored jury service after a sentence ends. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 97-36 and it became law without the Governor's signature as Chapter 875 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass SB 187, an emergency bill on prerelease services for incarcerated women. A prerelease facility prepares people for life after prison with work, education and reentry services. The bill reclassifies the women's prerelease unit in the Division of Correction as a prerelease facility for eligible individuals and changes the requirements and timelines around it, including the timeline for providing the comprehensive rehabilitative services it is required to offer. From June 1, 2027 the Correctional Ombudsman must check and verify the corrections department's progress each year and report findings to legislative committees. A yes vote pressed the state to deliver those services. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 101-36 and it became law without the Governor's signature as Chapter 876 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass HB 573, which let housing discrimination be proven by effect rather than intent. A practice now breaks the fair housing law if it predictably falls harder on a protected group, or keeps neighborhoods segregated, even with no intent to discriminate. Protected groups include race, color, religion, sex, disability, marital and family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, source of income and military status. There is no violation if all three hold: no discriminatory intent, the act was needed for a substantial and legitimate purpose, and no less discriminatory way could have achieved it. A yes vote added the effect-based test to fair housing law. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 98-34 and it was signed into law as Chapter 778 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass HB 963, which removed a citizenship barrier to settling a relative's estate. Letters of administration are the court's authorization for someone to administer a dead person's estate. State law had barred granting them to a non-citizen unless the person was a permanent resident and the deceased's spouse, ancestor, descendant or sibling. The bill repeals that restriction. A yes vote removed the restriction. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 99-32 and it was signed into law as Chapter 537 of 2026.

April 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass HB 315, which barred landlords from rejecting voucher holders over their credit. A landlord who uses financial information to screen applicants may not refuse someone who pays rent with a housing subsidy because of their income, their credit score, their lack of one, or bad credit history from a time when they had no subsidy. Doing so is a discriminatory housing practice the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights enforces. A landlord may still check that the tenant can afford their own share of the rent, using the same income test applied to other tenants, and may still rely on landlord references or a record of lease violations, unpaid utilities, nuisance or property damage. Landlords with six or more units must also offer to report tenants' on-time rent payments to a credit bureau. A yes vote made that screening a form of housing discrimination. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 96-34 and it was signed into law as Chapter 772 of 2026.

April 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass HB 351, the No Kings Act, which created a state lawsuit against federal officers who violate someone's rights. A person who was harmed, or the Attorney General, may sue a covered officer who acted under color of law and took away a right protected by law, including the U.S. Constitution. A covered officer is one who can arrest for federal crimes and carry a gun on duty; Maryland officers on a joint task force are not covered. The suit may seek money and a court order, a winning plaintiff may recover lawyer and expert fees, and the deadline to sue is five years. Officers may still raise any immunity defense that existed when the claim arose. A yes vote created this right to sue. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 97-35 and it was signed into law as Chapter 459 of 2026.

April 10, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass SB 475, the PACE Act, which limited using a defendant's art as evidence against them. Prosecutors have used defendants' song lyrics and other creative work as proof of guilt. In a criminal or juvenile case, such work is now inadmissible unless the judge finds all four of the following, more likely than not. The defendant meant it literally rather than as fiction. It is close in time and facts to the alleged offense. It bears on a disputed fact, and its value as proof outweighs the unfair prejudice it causes. Creative expression covers music, dance, performance and visual art, poetry, literature and film. Juvenile courts may still use it to steer a young person toward mental health services or a diversion program. A yes vote set that test before art can be used as evidence. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 99-35 and it was signed into law as Chapter 517 of 2026.

April 8, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass HB 1578, a departmental bill extending Maryland's minority business contracting program. The Minority Business Enterprise program, which sets participation goals for minority-owned firms in state contracting, was due to end and now runs to July 1, 2031. The bill replaces the legislature's existing findings on disparity in state contracting with new ones, adds quarterly reporting for certain procurement programs, changes annual reporting deadlines, requires rules for reviewing small business certification, and counts joint ventures as small businesses. A yes vote extended the program five more years. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 98-32 and it was signed into law as Chapter 82 of 2026.

March 21, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass HB 557, which let people check a criminal record against a license before applying. Someone can now ask a state department to review their criminal history in advance and say whether it would disqualify them from the occupational license or certificate they want. The department uses existing resources but may charge up to $100 for the review, and it may waive that fee for anyone whose income is at or below three times the federal poverty level, as determined by the District Court of Maryland. The process runs from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029. A yes vote created that advance review. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 96-28 and it was signed into law as Chapter 302 of 2026.

March 5, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Led a Maryland bill limiting when juvenile-detention staff may lock a young person alone in a room or use restraints, allowing it only for immediate danger or escape risk (House Bill 921). The House passed it 104-31; no Senate vote is recorded.

February 6, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to override the Governor's veto of HB 862, which set a minimum crew size for freight trains. A freight train that shares a corridor with a high-speed passenger or commuter train may not run in Maryland with fewer than two crew members. A willful violation costs the railroad up to $10,000, or up to $25,000 for a repeat within three years, and the company alone is answerable for its employees. The rule only starts once New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia pass similar laws. The Governor vetoed the bill on May 22, 2026 on policy grounds. A yes vote overrode that veto and put the two-person crew rule into law. The Maryland House of Delegates overrode the veto 99-30, so the bill became Chapter 879 of 2026.

August 3, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass SB 94, which banned tips on pay advances and consumer loans. Consumer loan lenders, commercial loan lenders and earned wage access providers may not ask for or take a tip, and must return any tip they collect within seven days. They must tell consumers that they are barred from asking for or accepting one. The bill also brings earned wage access providers under the consumer protection and non-discrimination rules that already govern other consumer and commercial lending. A yes vote banned those tips. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 100-36 and it was signed into law as Chapter 170 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass HB 191, which made shops take cash for everyday essentials. Between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., a shop may not refuse cash, demand a card, or charge more for paying cash when someone buys an essential consumer good. That covers food, water and drinks, personal hygiene and cleaning products, medicine and medical supplies, and fuel. It applies only to in-person sales under $300, and not to online, phone, mail, vending machine or kiosk sales, restaurants, specialty food shops, or membership fuel sellers. A shop may refuse notes larger than $20, or use a free cash-to-card machine on site instead. Breaking the rule is an unfair trade practice under state consumer law. A yes vote guaranteed the right to pay cash for essentials. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 99-28 and it was signed into law as Chapter 714 of 2026.

April 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass HB 103, which bars consumer contracts from waiving, limiting, or taking away remedies that state or federal law gives consumers. It still allows a contract to limit statutory or punitive damages to available insurance coverage and leaves valid arbitration clauses intact. It became Chapter 308 of 2026. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 84-32.

April 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass HB 1016, which voided noncompete clauses for architects at firms that move out of Maryland. A noncompete or conflict of interest clause in an employment contract is void where it binds a licensed architect, if two things are true. The employer had more than 30 employees on the architect's first day, most of them based in Maryland or working remotely from here. And when the employer tries to enforce the clause, it either no longer has most of its employees based or working remotely here, or no longer has its principal place of business in Maryland. It applies only to contracts signed after the bill took effect. A yes vote voided those clauses. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 101-29 and it was signed into law as Chapter 301 of 2026.

April 11, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass HB 624, the Safe Staffing Act of 2026, which gave hospital staff a say in staffing levels. Every hospital must meet the staffing standards of the body that accredits it and the federal Medicare and Medicaid conditions of participation. Each must also run a clinical staffing committee: three managers and two employees at hospitals with 150 or fewer licensed beds, and five managers and four employees at larger ones. The hospital's chief nurse executive drafts a staffing plan and the committee finalizes one that meets patient needs. The hospital must give the plan to any staff member who asks. A yes vote gave front-line staff a formal role in setting staffing. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 96-35 and it was signed into law as Chapter 236 of 2026.

April 11, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass HB 895, an Administration bill banning data-driven price hikes on groceries. A food shop of at least 15,000 square feet, or a delivery service, may not use a shopper's personal data to set a higher price just for them on food that is exempt from sales tax. Nor may either use data about a protected class in a way that denies someone a benefit others get. Ordinary pricing is untouched: sales and loyalty discounts, subscription prices, price differences from shipping, taxes, location, supply or cost, prices offered to shoppers who agree to share data, and fixing a pricing error or a system outage. Breaking the ban is an unfair trade practice under state consumer law. A yes vote banned those personal-data price hikes on groceries. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 100-31 and it was signed into law as Chapter 154 of 2026.

April 11, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass HB 994, which required travel sellers to carry insurance. Sellers of travel services and independent agents must file proof each year with the Maryland Department of Labor of professional liability and errors and omissions insurance of at least $1,000,000. The department must tell consumers and sellers about the requirement, enforce it, and write rules covering registration and enforcement. The bill also creates a registration fund the department administers. A yes vote required that insurance. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 97-34 and it was signed into law as Chapter 611 of 2026.

April 10, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass SB 831, which strengthened Maryland's labor protections. An Executive Branch unit may not ask the federal government to waive any Fair Labor Standards Act provision that applies to it, even where federal law would allow the waiver. Employers may not form employee involvement organizations that fall outside the National Labor Relations Act and the federal labor board's jurisdiction. The Commissioner of Labor and Industry may impose a civil penalty for breaking specified child labor laws. If a specified federal contingency is met, the Public Employee Relations Board's jurisdiction extends to some private employees. A yes vote strengthened those protections. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 99-36 and it was signed into law as Chapter 167 of 2026.

April 8, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass SB 417, the Maryland Worker Freedom Act, which let workers skip employer meetings about politics or religion. An employer may not punish a worker, threaten to, or refuse to hire someone because the person declines to sit through a company meeting on the employer's political or religious views. Political matters covers elections, parties, proposed changes to law or policy, and whether to join a party or a union. Churches, political groups, schools teaching the subject, legally required training and government new-hire orientation are exempt, and voluntary meetings are still allowed. The state labor commissioner enforces it and must publish a workplace poster by November 1, 2026. A yes vote gave workers the right to walk out of these meetings. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 96-37 and it was signed into law as Chapter 221 of 2026.

April 8, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass HB 480, which gave ride-hailing drivers an appeal when they are cut off. Deactivation is when a company switches off a driver's access to its app, ending their ability to earn. A transportation network company must now keep and follow a written deactivation policy setting out the procedures it uses, including an internal appeal process for the driver. It took effect January 1, 2027. A yes vote required that policy and appeal. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 98-38 and it was signed into law as Chapter 232 of 2026.

March 11, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass HB 220, which capped what landlords can charge tenants for water. Building owners, and the managers or contractors they hire, may install individual water submeters in apartments, dwelling units and mobile homes. An owner who uses those submeters to bill for bulk water service may not charge a unit any water or sewer cost beyond what the water provider actually charged. The bill also sets record-keeping duties, a method for billing when a submeter reads badly, and conditions a landlord must meet first. A yes vote tied those bills to actual cost. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 95-34 and it was signed into law as Chapter 262 of 2026.

February 20, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass HB 1017, an emergency bill shutting privately run detention facilities out of Maryland. A detention facility here means any building used to hold people for civil or criminal violations, so the ban covers private jails and prisons as well as immigration detention; licensed hospitals and youth treatment programs are not covered. Neither the state nor any local government may approve building or operating any property for a private company to use as a detention facility, and a private company may not run or occupy one. Maryland already barred immigration-detention contracts with private companies under a 2021 law. If a state or federal court rules that ban unenforceable, a narrower rule takes its place: such a facility may only be approved where the zoning expressly allows private detention facilities. Because it is an emergency bill, it took effect on signing. A yes vote closed the state to privately run detention of any kind. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 95-36 and it was signed into law as Chapter 173 of 2026.

April 11, 2026

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Led a Maryland bill limiting when juvenile-detention staff may lock a young person alone in a room or use restraints, allowing it only for immediate danger or escape risk (House Bill 921). The House passed it 104-31; no Senate vote is recorded.

February 6, 2026

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Sponsored Maryland House Bill 0670, Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties.

February 2, 2026

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Voted against passing SB 141, which made election deepfakes a crime. A deepfake is an image, audio or video made or altered with artificial intelligence or similar technology to show a real person convincingly doing or saying something they did not. It is now a misdemeanor to knowingly or recklessly make, use or spread one carrying materially false election information. The aim must be to sway or block someone's vote, misstate how voting or counting works, affect a ballot petition, or push a voter for or against a candidate, and harm must result or be intended. The penalty is up to $5,000 and up to five years in prison. Satire and parody are exempt, as are certain required or news broadcasts. The bill also requires the state elections administrator to put out corrections of election misinformation, and lets the administrator go to court to have it taken down. A no vote opposed creating them. The Maryland House of Delegates passed it 85-38 over these votes and it was signed into law as Chapter 444 of 2026.

April 13, 2026

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