# Dalya Attar

Dalya Attar is a Democratic member of the Maryland Senate for district 41.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland Senate, district 41
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d848993b-65e9-4ea3-ab2a-dfaf796142cc

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d848993b-65e9-4ea3-ab2a-dfaf796142cc (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

Attar missed 25% of 2,119 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Maryland Senate (average 93.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.55 (standard error 0.03), from 370 donors and 1,095 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 65% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,119 roll calls. Attendance 75% (Maryland Senate 93.6%). Party unity 98.5% (94.9%). 5 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-04 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 57 bills: 57 reached committee, 37 passed one chamber, 33 passed both, 32 became law. Cosponsored 0. 64.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland Senate 60.0%; rank 20 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 720: Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act) (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB720/
- SB 825: Public Safety - Critical Infrastructure Protection (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB825/
- SB 878: Health Facilities - Certified Recovery Residences - Unannounced Inspections (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB878/
- SB 876: Recovery Residences - Certification - Requirement (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB876/
- SB 879: Baltimore City - Natural Resources - Archery Hunting Safety Zones (passed both chambers, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB879/
- SB 877: Baltimore City - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems Pilot Program - 41st Legislative District (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB877/
- SB 828: State Finance - Delinquent Federal Funds (Federal Obligations Enforcement Act) (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB828/
- SB 928: County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act) (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB928/
- 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 $78.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/attar01
- Campaign site: https://www.dalyaattar.com/
- X: https://x.com/dalyaattar41
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelegateDalyaAttar/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delegate_dalya_attar/?hl=en

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d848993b-65e9-4ea3-ab2a-dfaf796142cc