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Democratic
· State Senator
Dawn Gile
Represents District 33 in the State Senate.
Votes with Democrats
92%
on 253 party-line votes · Senate Democrats median 98%
Cast a vote
99%
Yea or Nay on 1,232 of 1,244 roll calls · Senate median 96%
Their bills that became law
10 of 23
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 7
Roll calls on record
1,244
2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 10, 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 Dawn Gile 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 Dawn Gile sits in the Senate
Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Dawn Gile is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
20 of 253 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
HB336 · Criminal Procedure – District Court – Issuance of Summonses and Arrest Warrants
In plain English Allows District Court commissioners to issue summonses in certain cases while prohibiting arrest warrants in those cases, and requires referral to the State's Attorney and victim access to information.
Third Reading Passed · 2026-04-13 · Passed 35–11 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB336 · Criminal Procedure – District Court – Issuance of Summonses and Arrest Warrants
In plain English Allows District Court commissioners to issue summonses in certain cases while prohibiting arrest warrants in those cases, and requires referral to the State's Attorney and victim access to information.
Floor Amendment 593722/1 (Senator Love) Rejected · 2026-04-13 · Failed 12–34 · most Democrats voted the other way
HB1222 · Prince George's County – State's Attorney Salary – Alteration PG 426-26
In plain English Increases the Prince George's County State's Attorney salary to $250,000, excluding the current officeholder.
Committee Amendment 513122/1 Rejected · 2026-04-13 · Failed 22–22 · most Democrats voted the other way
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 743620/1 (Senator Mautz) Rejected · 2026-04-10 · Failed 16–26 · most Democrats voted the other way
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 793424/1 (Senator Mautz) Rejected · 2026-04-10 · Failed 18–24 · most Democrats voted the other way
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 513425/1 (Senator Corderman) Rejected · 2026-04-10 · Failed 17–25 · most Democrats voted the other way
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 243822/1 (Senator Salling) Rejected · 2026-04-10 · Failed 18–24 · most Democrats voted the other way
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 953323/1 (Senator Carozza) Rejected · 2026-04-10 · Failed 17–25 · most Democrats voted the other way
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 883420/1 (Senator Corderman) Rejected · 2026-04-10 · Failed 17–26 · most Democrats voted the other way
SB237 · Election Law – Presidential Electors – Selection and Voting
In plain English Requires the State Administrator of Elections to oversee a presidential elector meeting and changes procedures for selecting electors and transmitting election certificates.
Third Reading Passed · 2026-04-10 · Passed 32–10 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
HB1222 · Prince George's County – State's Attorney Salary – Alteration PG 426-26
In plain English Increases the Prince George's County State's Attorney salary to $250,000, excluding the current officeholder.
Committee Amendment 513122/1 Rejected · 2026-04-13 · Failed 22–22
SB841 · Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act
In plain English Requires the Office of Home Energy Programs to manage electric assistance for certain customers, establishes a nonprofit green energy loan program, and changes solar permitting procedures, among other changes.
Floor Amendment 813629/1 (Senator Jennings) Adopted · 2026-04-02 · Failed 20–19
SB626 · Sex Designation on Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards and Birth Information Histories (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)
In plain English Requires the state to maintain birth information histories and allows government access to them, and changes when new birth certificates are issued for sex designation changes.
Motion to Postpone Indefinitely (Senator Hershey) Rejected · 2026-03-20 · Failed 20–21
HB154 · Open Meetings Act – County Boards of Education – Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)
In plain English Requires county school boards to keep archived video recordings of open meetings on their websites for at least five years.
Floor Amendment 793028/1 (Senator Ready) Adopted · 2026-04-08 · Passed 24–20
SB284 · Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2026
In plain English Alters required appropriations, authorizes fund uses, changes revenue distribution, and modifies income tax provisions among other changes.
Floor Amendment 673521/1 (Senator Hershey) Rejected · 2026-03-17 · Failed 20–24
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.
Chris WestRepublican · District 42 · 262 shared contested votes
45%
Mike McKayRepublican · District 1 · 263 shared contested votes
37%
Bryan SimonaireRepublican · District 31 · 212 shared contested votes
30%
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 (12 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Dawn Gile 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.
Introduced23
Out of committee14
Passed one chamber14
Passed both chambers10
Became law10
Never left committee9
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the Senate has 7 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
Commerce and Business 6Reports 6Health Occupations 5Health 5Penalties and Sentences 5Public Health 5
Insurance – Captive Insurers – Premium Receipts Tax Study
In plain English Requires the Maryland Insurance Administration to study captive insurance companies in the state and report findings by January 1, 2027.
Official synopsis: Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to conduct a study on the use, regulation, and taxation of captive insurance companies by entities in the State and report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health Committee by January…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 638 · 2026-05-26
Health Occupations, Public Health, and Insurance – Menopause – Provider Training Coverage Requirements, Policy Initiatives, and Access to Care
In plain English Requires health occupations boards to grant extra continuing education credits for menopause training and mandates insurance coverage for menopause evaluation and management.
Official synopsis: Altering the membership of the State Advisory Council on Health and Wellness; requiring health occupations boards that require licensees or certificate holders to complete certain continuing education to grant at least 2 hours for every hour of continuing education for menopause and menopause-associated symptoms; requiring…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 605 · 2026-05-26
Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations – Perinatal Behavioral Health Conditions
In plain English Requires health insurance plans and Medicaid to cover screening for perinatal behavioral health conditions at specified times.
Official synopsis: Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for screening for perinatal behavioral health conditions at certain times; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to identify certain screening tools and to assist certain…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 636 · 2026-05-26
State Department of Education – Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Model Response Policy – Requirements
In plain English Requires the State Department of Education to develop a model sexual abuse response policy and each school system to adopt it by September 2027.
Official synopsis: Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a model sexual abuse and sexual misconduct response policy that includes, at minimum, a communications plan, an e-mail and other electronic communication documents retention policy, a requirement to link to a centralized resource platform, and an after-action…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 639 · 2026-05-26
Business Regulation – Rounding Cash Transactions – Authorization
In plain English Allows merchants to round cash transaction prices or change amounts in a specified manner and excludes rounded amounts from sales tax.
Official synopsis: Authorizing a merchant to round the portion of the price of a certain transaction for which a customer pays using cash in a certain manner or round the amount of change due to a customer in a certain manner; and altering the definition of "taxable…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 516 · 2026-05-12
Public Health – Expedited Partner Therapy – Bacterial Vaginosis and Licensed Certified Midwives
In plain English Allows certain health care practitioners, including licensed certified midwives, to prescribe antibiotics to sexual partners of patients with bacterial vaginosis without examining the partner.
Official synopsis: Adding bacterial vaginosis to the list of diagnoses for which certain health care practitioners may prescribe, dispense, or otherwise provide antibiotic therapy to a sexual partner of a diagnosed patient without making a personal physical assessment of the sexual partner; and adding licensed certified midwives…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 193 · 2026-04-28
State Board of Pharmacy – Prescriber-Pharmacist Agreements – Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders
In plain English Allows licensed certified midwives to enter therapy management contracts and authorizes pharmacists to treat opioid use disorders under prescriber-pharmacist agreements.
Official synopsis: Authorizing licensed certified midwives to enter into therapy management contracts; repealing a requirement that authorized prescribers submit prescriber-pharmacist agreements to the health occupations board that regulates the authorized prescriber; authorizing pharmacists, under certain circumstances, to enter into prescriber-pharmacist agreements that authorize the pharmacist to treat…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 54 · 2026-04-14
Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs – Insurance and Liability
In plain English Requires peer-to-peer car sharing programs to provide primary motor vehicle liability insurance coverage for third-party claims under certain circumstances.
Official synopsis: Repealing certain provisions of law authorizing a peer-to-peer car sharing program's motor vehicle liability insurance policy on a replacement vehicle to be secondary coverage for a shared vehicle driver; altering and establishing certain motor vehicle liability insurance requirements applicable to peer-to-peer car sharing programs; requiring…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 49 · 2026-04-14
Health Insurance – Scalp Cooling Systems – Required Coverage
In plain English Requires health insurers to cover scalp cooling systems used to preserve hair during chemotherapy treatment, effective for policies issued after January 1, 2027.
Official synopsis: Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations that provide coverage for chemotherapy to treat cancer to provide coverage for scalp cooling systems used for the preservation of hair in connection with chemotherapy treatment; and applying the Act to…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 51 · 2026-04-14
State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists – Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy
In plain English Allows the state board to issue limited music therapy licenses to individuals completing licensing requirements who practice under a fully licensed music therapist's supervision.
Official synopsis: Authorizing the State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists to issue a limited license to practice music therapy; providing the purpose of the limited license is to permit an individual to practice music therapy while completing certain licensing…
Became lawApproved by the Governor – Chapter 31 · 2026-04-14
Child Abuse and Neglect – Disclosure of Reports and Records
In plain English Allows the Department of Human Services to disclose child abuse and neglect reports to administrators of child care centers, youth sports programs, and organizations providing child supervision.
Official synopsis: Expanding the circumstances under which a report or record concerning child abuse or neglect may be disclosed by the Department of Human Services to include the administrator of a certain child care center, the coach, team administrator, or manager of a certain youth sports program,…
Passed one chamberHouse Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Simpson, Arikan and Moreno) · 2026-04-13
Criminal Law – Sexual Offense by a Person in a Position of Authority
In plain English Increases penalties for repeat sexual offenses by authority figures and adds related restrictions and predicate crimes.
Official synopsis: Altering the penalty for a subsequent conviction of sexual offense by a person in a position of authority; prohibiting a certain person in a position of authority from committing a certain violation involving a child at least 6 years younger than the person in a…
Passed one chamberReferred Rules and Executive Nominations · 2026-04-10
State Government – Office of the Attorney General – Data Protection
In plain English Creates a Division of Data Protection in the Attorney General's office to investigate and pursue civil actions for data violations, and establishes a workgroup to study Maryland's data privacy framework.
Official synopsis: Establishing the Division of Data Protection within the Office of the Attorney General to investigate and bring civil actions related to violations; establishing the Maryland Data Privacy Implementation and Innovation Workgroup to study Maryland's consumer data privacy framework and evaluate implementation issues; and requiring the…
Passed one chamberReferred Rules and Executive Nominations · 2026-04-08
Education – Career Ladder – National Board Certification Associated Salary Increases
Clarifying that a teacher who holds a certain National Board Certification that was renewed between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2021, inclusive, and has a 10-year award period is eligible for certain salary increases associated with the career ladder; and applying the Act retroactively.
Passed one chamberHearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. · 2026-03-23
Public Safety – Department of State Police – School Mapping Data Program
Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the School Mapping Data Program and providing that the School Safety Subcabinet may provide funding from the Safe Schools Fund to a public safety agency; establishing the School Mapping Data Program in the Department of State Police to…
Not out of committeeWithdrawn by Sponsor · 2026-03-20
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HB2100 · 2026-08-04
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Feldman) Adopted)
HB2100 · 2026-08-04
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 943226/1 (Senator West) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-04
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 763427/1 (Senator Salling) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-04
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 393120/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-04
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 713626/1 (Senator Simonaire) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-04
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 473622/1 (Senator Gallion) Rejected)
HB2100 · 2026-08-04
Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (Floor Amendment 213220/1 (Senator Hershey) Rejected)
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 (Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Kagan) Adopted)
HB2101 · 2026-08-04
Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 – Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment (Third Reading Passed)
HB862 · 2026-08-03
Railroads – Required Crew for Movement of Freight (Overridden)
HB423 · 2026-04-13
Prince George's County – Public High Schools – Drug Detection Products PG 501-26 (Third Reading Passed)
HB38 · 2026-04-13
Financial Institutions – Licensing of Affiliated Insurance Producer-Mortgage Loan Originators – Alterations (Third Reading Passed)
HB405 · 2026-04-13
Condominiums and Homeowners Associations – Governing Documents – Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment (Third Reading Passed)
HB769 · 2026-04-13
State Board of Social Work Examiners – Provisional License to Practice Social Work – Established (Third Reading Passed)
HB1466 · 2026-04-13
Department of Housing and Community Development – Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program – Qualified Properties (Third Reading Passed)
HB547 · 2026-04-13
Income Tax – Enhanced Agricultural Management Equipment Subtraction Modification and Parent of a Stillborn Child Credit (Third Readings Passed with Amendments)
HB1554 · 2026-04-13
Sales and Use Tax – Electricity for Agriculture Purposes – Study and Report (Third Reading Passed)
HB1118 · 2026-04-13
Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations – Perinatal Behavioral Health Conditions (Third Reading Passed)
HB1091 · 2026-04-13
Health Insurance and Dental Plan Organizations – Dentists – Assignment of Benefits and Reimbursement of Nonpreferred Providers (Third Reading Passed)
HB107 · 2026-04-13
Motor Vehicles – Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program – Establishment (Third Reading Passed)
HB752 · 2026-04-13
Criminal Law – Theft and Fraud Crimes – Valuation and Forgery of Gift Cards (Third Reading Passed)
HB264 · 2026-04-13
Maryland Data Privacy and Protection Act of 2026 (Third Reading Passed)
HB1526 · 2026-04-13
Carroll County – Alcoholic Beverages – Class 1 Distillery On-Premises Consumption Permit (Third Reading Passed)
HB730 · 2026-04-13
Business Regulation – Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law – Alterations (Franchise Reform Act) (Third Reading Passed)
HB593 · 2026-04-13
Criminal Law – Interference With Critical Infrastructure or a Public Safety Answering Point (Third Reading Passed)
HB1267 · 2026-04-13
Patuxent Research Refuge and Beltsville Agricultural Research Center – Zoning Classification (Protecting Patuxent Research Refuge Act) (Third Reading Passed)
HB6 · 2026-04-13
Public Institutions of Higher Education – Pregnant and Parenting Students – Plan and Reporting (Third Reading Passed)
HB321 · 2026-04-13
Environment – Synthetic Turf Industry and Disposal Study – Deadline Extension (Third Reading Passed)
SB242 · 2026-04-13
Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act (Third Reading Passed)
HB1387 · 2026-04-13
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund – Fund Producer Commission Rate (Third Reading Passed)
HB611 · 2026-04-13
Prince George’s County – Alcoholic Beverages – Fees PG 317–26 (Third Reading Passed)
HB583 · 2026-04-13
Prince George’s County – Alcoholic Beverages – Notice of Issuance of Class C Per Diem Beer, Wine, and Liquor License PG 319–26 (Third Reading Passed)
HB246 · 2026-04-13
Video Tolls – Class G (Trailer) Vehicles – Liability (Third Reading Passed)
HB870 · 2026-04-13
Environment – Permit Applications for New Buildings – Notice (Large Buildings for Tomorrow Act) (Third Reading Passed)
HB1196 · 2026-04-13
Environment – Water Quality Testing – Secondary Maximum Contaminant Levels Action Plan (Third Reading Passed)
HB750 · 2026-04-13
Criminal Law – Obstruction or Interference With Exercise of Religious Beliefs – Prohibition (Third Reading Passed)
HB640 · 2026-04-13
Mandated Reports, Boards, and Commissions – Revisions (Third Reading Passed)
HB618 · 2026-04-13
Commercial Law – Self-Service Storage Facilities – Alterations (Third Reading Passed)
HB855 · 2026-04-13
Common Ownership Communities – Candidate or Proposition Signs – Display Period (Third Reading Passed)
HB357 · 2026-04-13
Municipalities – Election Dates – Reporting Requirements (Third Reading Passed)
SB18 · 2026-04-13
State Board of Social Work Examiners – Provisional License to Practice Social Work – Established (Third Reading Passed)
SB504 · 2026-04-13
Data Privacy – Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act) (Third Reading Passed)
HB1530 · 2026-04-13
Higher Education – Undocumented Students – Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility (Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Ready) Rejected)
HB1530 · 2026-04-13
Higher Education – Undocumented Students – Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility (Third Reading Passed)
HB663 · 2026-04-13
Department of the Environment – Federal Environmental Policy – Reporting (Third Reading Passed)
HB850 · 2026-04-13
Home Builders – Open House – Sales Representative Disclosure Requirements (Third Reading Passed)
HB1587 · 2026-04-13
Gaming – Operation of Electronic Instant Bingo Machines and Report by State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency (Third Reading Passed)
HB1563 · 2026-04-13
Emergency Room Services and Post-Acute Care – Coverage and Facility Studies (Third Reading Passed)
HB1286 · 2026-04-13
Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages – Barbershop and Beauty Salon License (Third Reading Passed)
HB328 · 2026-04-13
Bicounty Commissions – Public Ethics – Financial Disclosure Statements PG/MC 105-26 (Third Reading Passed)
HB282 · 2026-04-13
Adult Protective Services – Modifications (Third Reading Passed)
HB732 · 2026-04-13
Baltimore County Code of Public Local Laws – 2025 Edition – Legalization (Third Reading Passed)
SB311 · 2026-04-13
Education – The Blueprint for Maryland's Future – Revisions (Third Reading Passed)
HB625 · 2026-04-13
Human-Relevant Research Fund – Collection of Contributions – Responsible Entity (Third Reading Passed)
HB1149 · 2026-04-13
State Finance – Claims of the State – Settlement (Third Reading Passed)
HB833 · 2026-04-13
Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland – Reestablishment (Third Reading Passed)
HB456 · 2026-04-13
Howard County – Alcoholic Beverages – Gift Basket Permit Ho. Co. 2-26 (Third Reading Passed)
HB406 · 2026-04-13
Prince George's County – Alcoholic Beverages – Multiple Licenses Prohibition – Exceptions PG 313-26 (Third Reading Passed)
HB684 · 2026-04-13
Health Insurance – Material Changes to Provider Networks – Notification and Special Enrollment Period (Third Reading Passed)
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