# Gary Simmons

Gary Simmons is a Democratic member of the Maryland House for district 12B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland House, district 12B
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e420ea16-5cb8-49b4-ba37-e5b5876a02fc

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e420ea16-5cb8-49b4-ba37-e5b5876a02fc (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

Simmons has served since 2023.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.49 (standard error 0.03), from 256 donors and 585 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,779 roll calls. Attendance 95.8% (Maryland House 94.3%). Party unity 98.5% (97.0%). 14 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 184 bills: 184 reached committee, 100 passed one chamber, 68 passed both, 62 became law. Cosponsored 0. 54.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland House 49.4%; rank 63 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 1548: Real Property - Residential Lease - Terminology (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1548/
- 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 1463: Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Constituent Services Liaison - Establishment (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1463/
- HB 1505: Higher Education - Loan Repayment and Scholarships for Correctional Officers (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1505/
- HB 1472: Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1472/
- HB 1410: Income Tax - Credit for Paid Organ Donation Leave (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1410/
- HB 1521: Income Tax - Credit for Contributions, Volunteerism, and Employment Initiatives for At-Risk Youth (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1521/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $22.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/simmons01
- Campaign site: https://www.delegatesimmons12b.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Gary4Maryland/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelegateGarySimmons/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gary4md/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/del-gary-simmons-099b94279/?trk=public_post_main-feed-card_reshare-text
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-simmons-193b95a6/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e420ea16-5cb8-49b4-ba37-e5b5876a02fc