# Ken Kerr

Ken Kerr is a Democratic member of the Maryland House for district 3.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland House, district 3
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/38379d8c-a63d-4e2b-88ee-ee6dcd646c95

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/38379d8c-a63d-4e2b-88ee-ee6dcd646c95 (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

79% of the 181 bills Kerr sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Maryland House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.50 (standard error 0.02), from 279 donors and 1,169 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,779 roll calls. Attendance 95.7% (Maryland House 94.3%). Party unity 99.7% (97.0%). 2 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 181 bills: 181 reached committee, 143 passed one chamber, 108 passed both, 105 became law. Cosponsored 0. 79.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland House 49.4%; rank 8 of 140).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1629: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Discharge of Patients and Referral Services - Standards (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1629/
- HB 1610: Education - School Bus - Fire Safety Standards (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1610/
- HB 1604: Public School System Contracts - Prohibited Provisions (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1604/
- HB 1585: Maryland Economic Development Corporation - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Project Management (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1585/
- HB 1462: Department of Social and Economic Mobility – Individuals With Disabilities (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1462/
- HB 1352: State Procurement - Worker Residency Requirements (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1352/
- HB 1353: Homeless Individuals - Fee and Examination Exemptions (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1353/
- HB 1091: Health Insurance and Dental Plan Organizations - Dentists - Assignment of Benefits and Reimbursement of Nonpreferred Providers (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1091/
- HB 1131: Public Health - Pregnancy Loss - Prohibited Actions (Pregnancy Outcome Protection Act) (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1131/
- HB 1173: State Procurement - Contractors and Vendors - Restrictions on Use of State Funds and Resources (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1173/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/kerr01
- X: https://x.com/Kerrfor3B
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KenKerrDelegate/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delegatekenkerr/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCih4-i5T6DSPsdgaocNoUvg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-kerr-01a43a11/Kerrfor3B

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/38379d8c-a63d-4e2b-88ee-ee6dcd646c95