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Democratic
· Delegate
Aaron Kaufman
Represents District 18 in the House of Delegates.
Votes with Democrats
100%
on 548 party-line votes · House Democrats median 99%
Cast a vote
99%
Yea or Nay on 1,486 of 1,488 roll calls · House median 97%
Their bills that became law
8 of 14
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 3
Roll calls on record
1,488
2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 4, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026 Regular Session.
How Aaron Kaufman votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Aaron Kaufman sits in the House
Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Aaron Kaufman is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
0 of 548 party-line votes.
They voted with most Democrats on every party-line vote this session.
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
HB774 · Landlord and Tenant – Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies – Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction)
Floor Amendment 603727/1 (Delegate Schmidt) Rejected · 2026-04-03 · Failed 37–71
SB284 · Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2026
Floor Amendment 823321/1 (Delegate Hornberger) Rejected · 2026-03-25 · Failed 45–86
SB627 · Korean American Day
In plain English Requires the Governor to proclaim January 13 as Korean American Day annually and urge educational and cultural organizations to observe it with appropriate programs and activities.
Floor Amendment 993923/1 (Delegate Mangione) Rejected · 2026-04-13 · Failed 42–84
SB791 · Correctional Services and Criminal Procedure – Immigration Enforcement – Prohibitions (Community Trust Act)
In plain English Prohibits local correctional facilities and law enforcement from taking certain immigration enforcement actions, with specified exceptions.
Floor Amendment 483221/1 (Delegate Pippy) Rejected · 2026-04-11 · Failed 41–83
HB577 · Criminal Law – Firearm Crimes – Machine Gun Convertible Pistols
Floor Amendment 863721/1 (Delegate Schmidt) Rejected · 2026-04-07 · Failed 45–88
Republicans they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Stuart SchmidtRepublican · District 33B · 530 shared contested votes
55%
Kevin HornbergerRepublican · District 35B · 558 shared contested votes
34%
Jim HinebaughRepublican · District 1A · 497 shared contested votes
22%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (2 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Aaron Kaufman was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced14
Out of committee9
Passed one chamber9
Passed both chambers8
Became law8
Never left committee5
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 3 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
Health 5Time 5Reports 4Health Occupations 4Committees and Commissions 4Evaluations and Reviews 3
Consumer Health Information – Termination Date and Mandatory Funding for the State's Consumer Health Information Hub – Repeal
In plain English Repeals the requirement for $350,000 annual funding for the State's Consumer Health Information Hub and removes its termination date.
Official synopsis: Repealing the requirement that the Governor include in the annual budget bill a $350,000 appropriation to the State's Consumer Health Information Hub; requiring the Hub to carry out certain duties to the extent funding is available; and repealing the termination date for certain provisions of…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 657 · 2026-05-26
Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing – Extension
In plain English Extends the deadline for a workgroup's report on deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing services from June 2025 to December 2028, and extends the workgroup itself until December 2028.
Official synopsis: Extending the deadline for the report of findings and recommendations from the Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing from June 1, 2025, to December 1, 2028; and extending the termination date for the Workgroup from June 30, 2026, to December 31, 2028.
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 656 · 2026-05-26
Police Training – Autism and Dementia (LEAD Act of 2026)
In plain English Requires police training to include instruction on interacting with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, dementia, or autism.
Official synopsis: Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to require entrance-level and in-service police training to include certain training regarding individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, dementia, and autism.
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 658 · 2026-05-26
Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Maryland Advisory Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing – Renaming
In plain English Renames the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to include deafblind individuals and alters the advisory council's membership.
Official synopsis: Renaming the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to be the Office of the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing; renaming the Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to be the Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf, Deafblind, and…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 655 · 2026-05-26
Maryland Legal Services Corporation – Board of Directors – Membership
In plain English Increases the Maryland Legal Services Corporation's Board of Directors from 9 to 12 members.
Official synopsis: Increasing the number of members on the Board of Directors of the Maryland Legal Services Corporation from 9 to 12.
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 661 · 2026-05-26
Public Schools – Individuals With Disabilities – Accessibility and Emergency Planning
In plain English Requires local school systems to identify accessibility issues for people with disabilities in safety evaluations and report instances when school facilities became inaccessible in ways that could impede evacuations or emergency response.
Official synopsis: Requiring each local school system to identify, in its regular safety evaluation, issues of accessibility for individuals with disabilities; and requiring local school systems to include in a certain annual report instances in which a public school facility became inaccessible for a student with a…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 666 · 2026-05-26
Criminal Law – Benefits Exploitation
In plain English Prohibits knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining someone to fraudulently take their government benefits through deception, coercion, exploitation, or isolation.
Official synopsis: Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploitation, or isolation; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 662 · 2026-05-26
Professional Liability Insurance Coverage – Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Nurse Midwives, and Licensed Certified Midwives – Disclosure (Nyeli Rose Lewis Act of 2026)
Requiring nursing homes, assisted living programs, nurse midwives, and licensed certified midwives to notify each resident and prospective resident in writing or by written electronic communication if the nursing home, assisted living program, nurse midwife, or licensed certified midwife either does not maintain professional liability…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 33 · 2026-04-14
Confidentiality of Medical Records – Definition of Medical Record
Altering the definition of "medical record" for purposes of law governing the confidentiality of medical records to require that certain information be recorded by a health care provider through certain means, instead of entered into the record of a patient or recipient, and to include…
Not out of committeeWithdrawn by Sponsor · 2026-03-21
Correctional Services – Restrictive Housing – Individuals With Developmental or Intellectual Disabilities
Requiring an incarcerated individual to undergo an assessment for indicators of a developmental or intellectual disability at intake at a State correctional facility by a certain clinical professional; authorizing a certain clinical professional to make a recommendation about a certain incarcerated individual; and prohibiting a…
Passed one chamberReferred Judicial Proceedings · 2026-03-19
Task Force on Not-for-Profit Funeral Establishments
Establishing the Task Force on Not-for-Profit Funeral Establishments to study the feasibility and necessity of the establishment of not-for-profit funeral establishments in the State.
Not out of committeeWithdrawn by Sponsor · 2026-02-23
Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – Provider Reimbursement
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an enhanced reimbursement structure for Maryland Medicaid Assistance Program providers that deliver medical services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities; and providing the Act is contingent on the availability of federal funds through the federal Health…
Not out of committeeWithdrawn by Sponsor · 2026-02-09
Civil Actions – Settlement Agreements – Payment and Release
Requiring a settling defendant in a tort action for money damages to provide a proposed release to a plaintiff within 10 days and to pay all sums due to a plaintiff under a settlement agreement within 15 days; providing for the protection by a plaintiff…
Not out of committeeHearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. · 2026-01-29
Family Law – Child Custody Evaluators – Qualifications
Establishing qualifications for an individual to be appointed by a court as a custody evaluator; and authorizing a court to waive certain requirements for a court employee or an individual under contract with the court under certain circumstances.
Not out of committeeHearing 1/29 at 2:00 p.m. · 2026-01-16
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HB2100 · 2026-08-04
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Third Reading Passed)
HB2101 · 2026-08-04
Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 – Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment (Third Reading Passed)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Favorable with Amendments 923921/1 Adopted)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 403926/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 823729/1 (Delegate Pippy) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 183623/1 (Delegate R. Long) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 423426/1 (Delegate M. Morgan) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 633228/1 (Delegate Szeliga) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 163923/1 (Delegate Kipke) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 563421/1 (Delegate Griffith) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 703123/1 (Delegate R. Long) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Decision of the Chair upheld)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 623323/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 423321/1 (Delegate Grammer) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Decision of the Chair upheld)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 933322/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 963724/1 (Delegate Nawrocki) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-03
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 283424/1 (Delegate M. Morgan) Rejected)
HB2101 · 2026-08-03
Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 – Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment (Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Moon) Adopted)
HB2101 · 2026-08-03
Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 – Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment (Decision of the Chair upheld)
HB862 · 2026-08-03
Railroads – Required Crew for Movement of Freight (Overridden)
SB204 · 2026-04-13
Public Schools – Maryland Civic Excellence Program – Established (Third Reading Passed)
HB107 · 2026-04-13
Motor Vehicles – Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program – Establishment (Third Reading Passed)
HB1118 · 2026-04-13
Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations – Perinatal Behavioral Health Conditions (Third Reading Passed)
SB360 · 2026-04-13
Criminal Law – Emergency Response Animal – Prohibited Actions Against (Third Reading Passed)
SB18 · 2026-04-13
State Board of Social Work Examiners – Provisional License to Practice Social Work – Established (Third Reading Passed)
SB111 · 2026-04-13
Vehicle Laws – Out-of-State Vehicles – Improper Registration (Third Reading Passed with Amendments)
SB335 · 2026-04-13
Landlord and Tenant – Discrimination in Housing for Income-Based Housing Subsidies and Positive Rental History Reporting (Third Reading Passed)
SB242 · 2026-04-13
Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act (Third Reading Passed)
SB366 · 2026-04-13
Motor Vehicles – Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program – Establishment (Third Reading Passed)
SB187 · 2026-04-13
Correctional Services – Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services – Female Incarcerated Individuals (Monica Cooper Prerelease Act) (Third Reading Passed)
SB937 · 2026-04-13
Landlord and Tenant – Residential Leases – Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act) (Floor Amendment 223521/1 (Delegate Schmidt) Rejected)
SB937 · 2026-04-13
Landlord and Tenant – Residential Leases – Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act) (Third Reading Passed with Amendments)
SB16 · 2026-04-13
Child Support – Earnings Withholdings Limits (Third Reading Passed)
SB820 · 2026-04-13
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission – Unauthorized Consumable Products – Enforcement and Seizure (Third Reading Passed)
HB13 · 2026-04-13
Income Tax – Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-1 Specialists Act) (Third Reading Passed)
HB653 · 2026-04-13
Income Tax – Subtraction Modification for Public Safety Retirement Income – Amount (Third Reading Passed)
SB597 · 2026-04-13
Higher Education – Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership (Third Reading Passed)
HB1057 · 2026-04-13
Education – Artificial Intelligence – Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act) (Third Reading Passed)
HB44 · 2026-04-13
Election Law – Petitions and Ballot Questions – Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures (Third Reading Passed)
SB461 · 2026-04-13
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Heat and Eat Program – Study (Third Reading Passed)
SB625 · 2026-04-13
Carbon Dioxide Capture, Removal, and Sequestration Projects – Regulations and Standards for Biochar and Wood Vault Technologies (Third Reading Passed)
SB807 · 2026-04-13
Alcoholic Beverages – Class 8 Farm Brewery Licenses (Third Reading Passed)
SB777 · 2026-04-13
Labor and Employment – Workforce Development – Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act) (Third Reading Passed)
SB148 · 2026-04-13
Income Tax – Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-1 Specialists Act) (Third Reading Passed)
HB1532 · 2026-04-13
Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act (Third Reading Passed)
SB420 · 2026-04-13
Public Institutions of Higher Education – Pregnant and Parenting Students – Plan and Reporting (Third Reading Passed)
HB1297 · 2026-04-13
Income Tax – Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit – Alterations (Third Reading Passed)
SB389 · 2026-04-13
Land Use – Transit-Oriented Development – Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) (Third Reading Passed)
SB898 · 2026-04-13
Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Behavior Technicians – Reimbursement (Third Reading Passed)
SB852 · 2026-04-13
Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages – Barbershop and Beauty Salon License (Third Reading Passed)
SB431 · 2026-04-13
Fish and Wildlife – Endangered and Threatened Species and Migratory Birds – Regulations, Lists, Petitions, Essential Habitats, and Takings (Third Reading Passed)
SB388 · 2026-04-13
Economic Development – Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act (Third Reading Passed)
HB564 · 2026-04-13
Pet Cremation and Burial Services – Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act) (Third Reading Passed)
SB720 · 2026-04-13
Education – Artificial Intelligence – Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act) (Third Reading Passed)
SB739 · 2026-04-13
Climate Change, Homeowner's Insurance, and Emergency Management – Study (Third Reading Passed)
SB893 · 2026-04-13
Business Regulation – Rounding Cash Transactions – Authorization (Third Reading Passed)
SB459 · 2026-04-13
Procurement – Advertising – Maryland News Organizations (Local News for Maryland Communities Act of 2026) (Third Reading Passed)
SB1 · 2026-04-13
Public Safety – Law Enforcement Officers – Face Coverings and Identification (Third Reading Passed)
HB1533 · 2026-04-13
Public Health – Cosmetic Products – Enforcement and Penalties for Prohibited Ingredients (Crown and Care Act – Protecting Communities from Harmful Hair Chemicals) (Third Reading Passed)
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