# Kris Valderrama

Kris Valderrama is a Democratic member of the Maryland House for district 26.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland House, district 26
- Serving since: 2007-01-10
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/dcd83c80-dab5-4c22-be2f-0b4081af2f77

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dcd83c80-dab5-4c22-be2f-0b4081af2f77 (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

Valderrama has served since 2007.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.03), from 219 donors and 1,195 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,779 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Maryland House 94.3%). Party unity 100% (97.0%). 0 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 46 bills: 46 reached committee, 23 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland House 49.4%; rank 79 of 140).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1300: African American Heritage Preservation Program and Maryland Commission for Women - Renaming and Alterations (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1300/
- HB 1299: Real Property - Residential Sales - Communications During Appraisal Process (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1299/
- HB 1059: State Department of Education - Asian American History - Accurate Instruction (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1059/
- HB 993: Real Property - Short-Term Rentals (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB993/
- HB 997: State Finance and Procurement - Prevailing Wage Rate - Calculation (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB997/
- HB 935: Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB935/
- HB 952: Consumer Protection - Companion Chatbots - Regulation (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB952/
- HB 706: State Finance - Delinquent Federal Funds (Federal Obligations Enforcement Act) (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB706/
- HB 643: Certified Public Accountants - Licensure - Qualifications (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB643/
- HB 488: Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress (passed one chamber, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB488/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $63.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 85% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/valderrama
- Campaign site: https://krisvalderrama.com/
- X: https://x.com/ValderramaforMD
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delkrisvalderrama/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kris.valderrama.9/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kriseldavalderrama/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kriselda-valderrama-lobo-1922208/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dcd83c80-dab5-4c22-be2f-0b4081af2f77