Maryland House of Delegates · District 44B
Sheila Ruth
Where they sit
Every current delegate, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Sheila Ruth's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
On the November 3 ballot
Running for Maryland House of Delegates District 44B.
Also on the ballot: Aletheia McCaskill (Democratic), Domonic Martin (Republican)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current delegate, by party; the dot is Sheila Ruth.
Each tick is a current delegate, by party; the dot is Sheila Ruth.
Bills
The bills Sheila Ruth sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 51 |
| Passed both chambers | 6 |
| Became law | 6 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 90 of 141 in the House of Delegates (tied with 4 others) · 79 of 102 Democrats (tied with 2 others)
A bill's sponsor is its primary sponsor, the first name on it; co-sponsors aren't counted. Bills a committee, a county delegation, or the Speaker or Senate President on the Governor's behalf introduced aren't credited to anyone.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| HB 161 Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions |
Became law | March 18, 2026 |
| HB 1066 Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Workgroups |
Became law | March 17, 2025 |
| HB 277 Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement |
Became law | March 16, 2025 |
| HB 731 Wildlife - Protections and Highway Crossings |
Became law | March 15, 2025 |
| HB 22 (2024) Agriculture - Pollinator Habitat Plan - Requirements for State Highway Administration |
Became law | March 19, 2024 |
| HB 9 (2023) Equity in Transportation Sector - Guidelines and Analyses |
Became law | March 21, 2023 |
Budget projects
Maryland's budget bill doesn't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Maryland legislators.
Contested votes where they split
1 against the Speaker; 1 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 10, 2023 | SB 222: Environment - Reducing Packaging Materials - Producer Responsibility Third Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Sheila Ruth voted on each of the 5,565 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Speaker | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- mgaleg.maryland.gov
- sheila.ruth@house.maryland.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 326, Lowe House Office Building 6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
410-841-3802
Committees
- Government, Labor and Elections
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Maryland General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the Maryland General Assembly's floor vote records, Jan. 11, 2023 to Aug. 4, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections