# Mark Chang

Mark Chang is a Democratic member of the Maryland House for district 32.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland House, district 32
- Serving since: 2015-01-14
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5393ab25-fbd9-455b-8da2-76c53e955823

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5393ab25-fbd9-455b-8da2-76c53e955823 (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

Chang reported $128.4K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.64 (standard error 0.02), from 477 donors and 1,196 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 49% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,779 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Maryland House 94.3%). Party unity 100% (97.0%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · Committee Amendments · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 30 bills: 30 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 0. 60.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland House 49.4%; rank 35 of 140).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1463: Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Constituent Services Liaison - Establishment (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1463/
- HB 1559: Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1559/
- HB 1358: Labor and Employment - Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1358/
- HB 1430: Maryland Public Charter School Program - School Facilities - Funding (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1430/
- HB 1267: Patuxent Research Refuge and Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - Zoning Classification (Protecting Patuxent Research Refuge Act) (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1267/
- HB 1059: State Department of Education - Asian American History - Accurate Instruction (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1059/
- HB 1020: State Police Retirement System - Mandatory Retirement Age - Alteration (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1020/
- HB 1003: Anne Arundel County Public Schools - Election Official Career and Technical Education Pilot Program (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1003/
- HB 903: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Donations to Food Banks and Other Charitable Entities (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB903/
- HB 911: Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB911/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $128.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/chang01
- Campaign site: https://www.markformaryland.com/
- X: https://x.com/marksoochang
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelegateMarkChang/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delegatemarkchang/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/i

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5393ab25-fbd9-455b-8da2-76c53e955823