# Jack Bailey

Jack Bailey is a Republican member of the Maryland Senate for district 29.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Maryland Senate, district 29
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d6ad9dff-6f4f-48c9-8806-d651a0d86f58

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d6ad9dff-6f4f-48c9-8806-d651a0d86f58 (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

48% of the 94 bills Bailey sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Maryland Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.48 (standard error 0.02), from 593 donors and 1,158 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 68% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (Maryland Senate 93.6%). Party unity 96.1% (94.9%). 38 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 94 bills: 94 reached committee, 45 passed one chamber, 40 passed both, 39 became law. Cosponsored 0. 47.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland Senate 60.0%; rank 38 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 991: Public Information Act - Inspectors General - Access of Public Records (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB991/
- SB 643: Natural Resources - Hunting - Management (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB643/
- SB 896: Vehicle Laws - Registration Fees - Alterations (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB896/
- SB 858: Department of Budget and Management - Audit and Finance Compliance Unit - Establishment (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB858/
- SB 807: Alcoholic Beverages - Class 8 Farm Brewery Licenses (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB807/
- SB 647: Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System and State Police Retirement System - Line-of-Duty Catastrophic Injury Disability (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB647/
- SB 607: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Public Safety Retirement Income - Amount (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB607/
- SB 638: Natural Resources - Maryland Heritage Areas Authority - Funding and Grants (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB638/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $91.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/bailey01
- Campaign site: https://senatorbailey.com/
- X: https://x.com/senatorjbailey
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorjackbailey/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorjackbailey
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-bailey-2595a319b

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d6ad9dff-6f4f-48c9-8806-d651a0d86f58