# Brian Crosby

Brian Crosby is a Democratic member of the Maryland House for district 29B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland House, district 29B
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d9828ed6-bdb0-414e-ba12-486b78362842

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9828ed6-bdb0-414e-ba12-486b78362842 (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

Crosby missed 33% of 2,779 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Maryland House (average 94.3%).

## What Crosby says (MD 2025–26 session)

10 classified statements: 10 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Crosby | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 30.0% | 10.4% | 42 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 30.0% | 39.2% | 531 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 10.0% | 2.9% | 34 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 10.0% | 1.0% | 7 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 67% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Economics and Public Finance 33% (State House Democrats 11%); Foreign Trade and International Finance 33% (State House Democrats 0.9%); Government Operations and Politics 33% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.30 (standard error 0.01), from 376 donors and 1,022 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,779 roll calls. Attendance 67% (Maryland House 94.3%). Party unity 93.8% (97.0%). 41 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 not voting · 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 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 43.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland House 49.4%; rank 97 of 140).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1124: Commercial Law - Consumer Protections - Health Care Financing (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1124/
- HB 1049: Credit Unions - Mergers and Consolidations - Alteration of Voting Requirement (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1049/
- HB 981: Investor-Owned Public Service Companies - Base Rate Proceeding - Equity Market Return (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB981/
- HB 653: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Public Safety Retirement Income - Amount (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB653/
- HB 613: Department of the Environment - Waivers for Living Shorelines and Nonstructural Shoreline Stabilization Measures - Regulations and Scoring System (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB613/
- HB 93: Home Builders - Model Homes and Contracts for the Intent to Purchase a New Home - Requirements (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB93/
- HB 1: Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Cost Recovery - Limitations (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1/
- HB 199: Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB199/
- HB 112: Property Tax - Agricultural Use Assessment - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB112/
- HB 100: Higher Education - Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Eligibility (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB100/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 78% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-06-23 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/BC4MD/status/1937210648863088984
- 2025-06-22 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/BC4MD/status/1936592858485584087
- 2025-03-11 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/BC4MD/status/1899451927403921596
- 2025-03-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/BC4MD/status/1897046244641661005
- 2025-02-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/BC4MD/status/1894212701162750247
- 2025-02-02 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/BC4MD/status/1885883292550824258
- 2025-01-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/BC4MD/status/1884817045339988193
- 2025-01-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/BC4MD/status/1882620642530668710
- 2025-01-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/BC4MD/status/1882783777371611141
- 2025-01-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/BC4MD/status/1882924882092273734

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/crosby01
- Campaign site: https://briancrosbymd.com/
- X: https://x.com/BC4MD
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bc4md/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brian.m.crosby/?hl=en
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delegatebriancrosby/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSNG2R8l9Mbklk-KEI-eeQQ/videos
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-m-crosby/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9828ed6-bdb0-414e-ba12-486b78362842