# Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson is a Republican member of the Maryland House for district 38A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Maryland House, district 38A
- Serving since: 2025-12-09
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0eeebd2a-0708-458e-85f4-74c8d2ebd0f8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0eeebd2a-0708-458e-85f4-74c8d2ebd0f8 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Anderson missed 20% of 1,483 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Maryland House (average 94.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.35 (standard error 0.03), from 0 donors and 136 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 49% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

1,483 roll calls. Attendance 80% (Maryland House 94.3%). Party unity 92.0% (97.0%). 57 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-04 · voted not voting · On Third Reading (Emerg) · HB 2101 Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 - Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2101/
- 2026-08-04 · voted not voting · On Third Reading (Const) · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted not voting · FLA Del. Grammer /423321/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted not voting · Motion to Suspend Rules from 1st to 2nd Rdg (Emerg) · HB 2101 Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 - Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2101/
- 2026-08-03 · voted not voting · Committee Amendments · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted not voting · FLA Del. Miller /863422/1 Ruled Out of Order Decision of the Chair · HB 2101 Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 - Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2101/
- 2026-08-03 · voted not voting · FLA Del. Schmidt /413029/1 Ruled out of order Decision of the Chair · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted not voting · FLA Del. Buckel /403926/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted not voting · FLA Del. Szeliga /633228/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted not voting · FLA Del. Long, R. /183623/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/

## Legislation (MD 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 45 bills: 45 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 0. 24.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland House 49.4%; rank 120 of 140).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1599: Chesapeake Bay - Enhancement Program and Maryland Seafood Industry Financial Assistance Fund - Established (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1599/
- HB 1495: Vehicle Laws - Registration Plates (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1495/
- HB 1499: Business Regulation - Home Improvement Contracts - Deposits (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1499/
- HB 1515: Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses - Employer Relocation (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1515/
- HB 1375: Health Insurance - Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Illnesses - Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1375/
- HB 1439: Real Property - Partition of Property - Liens and Purchase Price Adjustments (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1439/
- HB 1496: Vehicle Laws – Causing Serious Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1496/
- HB 1391: Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Testing and Inspection - Grounds for Failure (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1391/
- HB 1500: State Agencies - Adoption of Regulations - Required (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1500/
- HB 1507: Motor Vehicles - Enhanced Tinted Windows - Medical Exemption (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1507/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0eeebd2a-0708-458e-85f4-74c8d2ebd0f8