# Arthur Ellis

Arthur Ellis is a Democratic member of the Maryland Senate for district 28.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland Senate, district 28
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ad59d051-2efb-495f-b032-524d21a95e50

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ad59d051-2efb-495f-b032-524d21a95e50 (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

Ellis missed 22% of 2,121 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Maryland Senate (average 93.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.68 (standard error 0.02), from 294 donors and 1,102 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 45% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 78% (Maryland Senate 93.6%). Party unity 98.6% (94.9%). 10 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · Suspended Rule 24 to allow two readings of a bill in the same day · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · Floor Amendment Salling /763427/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · Floor Amendment West /943226/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · Motion to limit debate · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · Floor Amendment Ready /393120/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · Floor Amendment Gallion /473622/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 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 · Suspended Rule 24 to allow two readings of a bill in the same day · 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 · Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · Floor Amendment Simonaire /713626/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/

## Legislation (MD 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 63 bills: 63 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 0. 38.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland Senate 60.0%; rank 43 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 962: January 6th Insurrectionists - Prohibition on Service in Certain Government Roles (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB962/
- SB 764: Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals - Report on Estimated Cost (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB764/
- SB 951: State Board of Physicians – Anesthesiologist Assistants – Licensing (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB951/
- SB 888: Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB888/
- SB 707: Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment) (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB707/
- SB 828: State Finance - Delinquent Federal Funds (Federal Obligations Enforcement Act) (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB828/
- SB 570: Public Health - Baby Food Testing - Definition of Baby Food (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB570/
- SB 569: Commercial Law - Online Data Privacy - Limits on Data Collection (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB569/
- SB 571: Commercial Law - Broadband Access - Low-Income Consumer Programs (Maryland Broadband Opportunity and Fairness Act) (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB571/
- SB 568: Health Occupations - Licensed Psychologists - Prescriptive Authority (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB568/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $35.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 79% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/ellis01
- Campaign site: https://www.arthurellis.us/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorEllis28
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenArthurEllis/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorarthurellis/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senarthurellis/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@electarthurellis7870?app=desktop
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthur-ellis-342aaaa0/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ad59d051-2efb-495f-b032-524d21a95e50