# Bryan Simonaire

Bryan Simonaire is a Republican member of the Maryland Senate for district 31.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Maryland Senate, district 31
- Serving since: 2007-01-10
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b0d22b6f-68c0-4dd0-892c-7844e6830693

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b0d22b6f-68c0-4dd0-892c-7844e6830693 (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

Simonaire voted against the majority of Maryland Senate Republicans 90 times; party unity 80%, in the bottom tenth of the Maryland Senate (average 94.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.29 (standard error 0.01), from 466 donors and 1,143 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 88% (Maryland Senate 93.6%). Party unity 80% (94.9%). 90 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 75 bills: 75 reached committee, 57 passed one chamber, 47 passed both, 47 became law. Cosponsored 0. 76.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland Senate 60.0%; rank 9 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2102: Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Commission (Fair Districts for Maryland Act) (in committee, 2026-08-03) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB2102/
- SB 1006: Maryland State Flag Protection Act (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB1006/
- SB 957: Education - Career Ladder - National Board Certification Associated Salary Increases (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB957/
- SB 896: Vehicle Laws - Registration Fees - Alterations (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB896/
- SB 841: Utility RELIEF (Reducing Energy Load Inflation for Everyday Families) Act (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB841/
- SB 825: Public Safety - Critical Infrastructure Protection (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB825/
- SB 935: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Donations to Food Banks and Other Charitable Entities (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB935/
- SB 709: Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB709/
- SB 710: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Reemployment After Retirement - Exemption from Earnings Offset (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB710/
- SB 601: Cybersecurity - Standards and Compliance - Alterations (became law, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB601/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/simonaire
- Campaign site: https://www.simonaire.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simonaire

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b0d22b6f-68c0-4dd0-892c-7844e6830693