# Scott Phillips

Scott Phillips is a Democratic member of the Maryland House for district 10.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland House, district 10
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bae5d58b-dc40-476e-8845-063ed7fd81bd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bae5d58b-dc40-476e-8845-063ed7fd81bd (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

Phillips sits at −0.82 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 77% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.82 (standard error 0.04), from 650 donors and 587 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,779 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (Maryland House 94.3%). Party unity 99.9% (97.0%). 2 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 194 bills: 194 reached committee, 99 passed one chamber, 66 passed both, 62 became law. Cosponsored 0. 51.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland House 49.4%; rank 78 of 140).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1371: Maryland-Africa and the Caribbean Investment and Development Program - Establishment (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1371/
- HB 1387: Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Fund Producer Commission Rate (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1387/
- HB 1488: Constitutional Language - Modernization (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1488/
- HB 1522: Traffic Control Signal Monitoring and Speed Monitoring Systems - Exemptions From Liability - Vehicle Rental Companies (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1522/
- HB 1386: Criminal Law - Distribution of Heroin or Fentanyl Causing Death or Serious Bodily Injury (Victoria, Scottie, Ashleigh, and Yader's Law) (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1386/
- HB 1359: Police Pursuits of Fleeing Suspects - Standards (Dimeka Thornton Act) (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1359/
- HB 1389: Public Health - Female Genital Mutilation (became law, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1389/
- HB 1491: Education - Interjurisdictional Safe Pathways Commission - Establishment (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1491/
- HB 1575: Correctional Services and Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Prohibitions (Community Trust Act) (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1575/
- HB 1477: Public Health - Ibogaine Clinical Research Grant Program - Establishment (Veterans Mental Health Innovations Act) (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1477/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $82.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 86% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/phillips02
- X: https://x.com/votensp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelNSPhillips/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delegatenscottphillips/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRjr1Eq7xnocp43j64shGA/about
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/n-scott-phillips-263668a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bae5d58b-dc40-476e-8845-063ed7fd81bd