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Registered lobbyist

Sean Johnson

Maryland State Education Association · 410-263-6600 · on file 2025 to 2026
Clients on file
1
1 in Nov 2025 - Oct 2026
Reported compensation
$68,096
all years on file
Bills testified on
58
56 for · 15 against · 0 info
Got their outcome
33%
23 of 70 decided bills

Who they are and whom they represent

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Testimony on record

2026 Regular Session23 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 78
Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish Subclasses and Set Separate Rates for Land and Improvements to Land
FAVPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
HB 90
Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property
FAVPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
HB 455
Education - Certification of Scholarship Granting Organizations (Opting in on Opportunity Act)
UNFPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
HB 478
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Classroom Supplies Purchased by Teachers - Alteration
FAVPDFMaryland State Education AssociationEnacted
HB 562
Primary and Secondary Education - Maintenance of Effort - Inflation Adjustment (Maintenance of Effort Modernization Act)
FAVPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
HB 930
Income Tax – Decoupling From Federal Changes – Education Expenses
FAVPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
HB 976
Primary and Secondary Education - Funding Accuracy and Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment Count - Alterations and Report (Education Funding Accuracy Act)
UNFPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
HB 1078
Economic Development - Maryland Stadium Authority - Carroll Park Soccer Stadium and Facility
UNFPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
HB 1142
Task Force to Modernize County and Municipal Revenue Structures
FAVPDFMaryland State Education AssociationEnacted
HB 1142
Task Force to Modernize County and Municipal Revenue Structures
FAVPDFMaryland State Education AssociationEnacted
HB 1274
Education - Posthumous Diploma Awards - Established (Eric's Law)
FAVDid not advance
HB 1274
Education - Posthumous Diploma Awards - Established (Eric's Law)
FAVDid not advance
HB 1430
Maryland Public Charter School Program - School Facilities - Funding
UNFPDFMaryland State Education AssociationEnacted
HB 1430
Maryland Public Charter School Program - School Facilities - Funding
UNFPDFMaryland State Education AssociationEnacted
SB 170
Task Force on Education Funding and Student Population Growth
FAVPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
SB 224
Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property
FAVPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
SB 262
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Classroom Supplies Purchased by Teachers - Alteration
FAVPDFMaryland State Education AssociationEnacted
SB 262
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Classroom Supplies Purchased by Teachers - Alteration
FAVPDFMaryland State Education AssociationEnacted
SB 329
Education - Certification of Scholarship Granting Organizations (Opting in on Opportunity Act)
UNFPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
SB 457
Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish Subclasses and Set Separate Rates for Land and Improvements to Land
FAVPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
SB 712
Primary and Secondary Education - Funding Accuracy and Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment Count - Alterations and Report (Education Funding Accuracy Act)
UNFPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
SB 883
Economic Development - Maryland Stadium Authority - Carroll Park Soccer Stadium and Facility
UNFPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
SB 928
County Boards of Education - Student Electronic Communication Device Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)
FAVMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
2023 Regular Session2 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 2
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Union Dues
FAVMaryland State Education AssociationEnacted
HB 1211
Education - Compensatory Education - Maryland Neighborhood Tier System Calculation
FWAPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
2022 Regular Session2 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 1277
State Department of Education - Assessments - Study and Report
FAVMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
SB 362
Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education - Requirements
FAVMaryland State Education AssociationVetoed
2021 Regular Session3 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 1321
Labor and Employment - Right to Work
UNFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
HB 1372
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions
FWAMaryland State Education AssociationEnacted
SB 965
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Revisions
FWAMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
2020 Regular Session41 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 1
Built to Learn Act of 2020
FAVPDFmseaEnacted
HB 123
Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range
FAVMSEAEnacted
HB 123
Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range
FAVPDFMSEAEnacted
HB 163
Labor and Employment - Labor Organizations - Right to Work
UNFPDFMSEADid not advance
HB 245
Election Law - Institutions of Higher Education - Voter Registration and Voting by Students (Student Voter Empowerment Act of 2020)
FAVPDFmseaDid not advance
HB 302
Criminal Law - Deadly Weapons on School Property - Nonpublic Schools (No Weapons on Nonpublic School Property Act)
FAVPDFmseaDid not advance
HB 347
Education - Community and Local Accountability for Struggling Schools (CLASS) Act of 2020 - Innovation Schools
UNFmseaDid not advance
HB 348
AP Opportunities Act of 2020
FWAPDFmseaDid not advance
HB 403
Immigration Enforcement - Public Schools, Hospitals, and Courthouses - Policies
FAVPDFMSEADid not advance
HB 403
Immigration Enforcement - Public Schools, Hospitals, and Courthouses - Policies
FAVPDFmseaDid not advance
HB 695
Digital Advertising Gross Revenues - Taxation
FAVPDFmseaDid not advance
HB 732
Taxation – Tobacco Tax, Sales and Use Tax, and Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax
FAVPDFmseaVetoed
HB 743
Universal School Start Act of 2020
UNFPDFmseaDid not advance
HB 818
Redistricting and Apportionment - Population Count - Citizenship Status
FAVPDFmseaDid not advance
HB 1008
Education - Child Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention - Hiring Emergent Employees
FWAPDFmseaDid not advance
HB 1021
Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Seasonal Temporary Workers
UNFPDFmseaDid not advance
HB 1074
Education - Collective Bargaining - Certificated Employees - Class Size
FAVPDFmseaDid not advance
HB 1075
Public School Employees - Whistleblower Protection - Civil Actions
FAVPDFmseaDid not advance
HB 1075
Public School Employees - Whistleblower Protection - Civil Actions
FAVMSEADid not advance
HB 1134
Circuit Court and District Court of Maryland Employees – Collective Bargaining
FAVPDFmseaDid not advance
HB 1354
Sales and Use Tax and Personal Property Tax – Services, Aircraft Parts and Equipment, and Data Centers
FAVPDFmseaPassed both chambers
HB 1543
Environment – Climate Crisis and Education Act
FAVMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
HB 1543
Environment – Climate Crisis and Education Act
FAVPDFmseaDid not advance
HB 1543
Environment – Climate Crisis and Education Act
FAVPDFMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
HB 1628
Sales and Use Tax - Rate Reduction and Services
FAVPDFmseaDid not advance
HB 1628
Sales and Use Tax - Rate Reduction and Services
FAVMSEADid not advance
HJ 6
Participation by Maryland Residents in the 2020 Census
FAVPDFmseaDid not advance
SB 2
Taxation – Tobacco Tax, Sales and Use Tax, and Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax
FAVPDFMSEADid not advance
SB 3
Electronic Smoking Devices, Other Tobacco Products, and Cigarettes - Taxation and Regulation
FAVPDFMSEADid not advance
SB 217
Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range
FAVPDFMSEADid not advance
SB 241
Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Applicability
UNFPDFMSEADid not advance
SB 267
AP Opportunities Act of 2020
FWAPDFmseaDid not advance
SB 275
Education - Community and Local Accountability for Struggling Schools (CLASS) Act of 2020 - Innovation Schools
UNFmseaDid not advance
SB 388
Circuit Courts and District Court of Maryland Employees - Collective Bargaining
FAVPDFmseaDid not advance
SB 647
Election Law - Institutions of Higher Education - Voter Registration and Voting by Students (Student Voter Empowerment Act of 2020)
FAVPDFmseaDid not advance
SB 903
Immigration Enforcement - Public Schools, Hospitals, and Courthouses - Policies
FAVPDFmseaDid not advance
SB 912
Environment - Climate Crisis and Education Act
FAVPDFMSEADid not advance
SB 912
Environment - Climate Crisis and Education Act
FAVMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
SB 912
Environment - Climate Crisis and Education Act
FAVMaryland State Education AssociationDid not advance
SB 912
Environment - Climate Crisis and Education Act
FAVPDFMSEADid not advance
SB 1000
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Implementation
FWAMSEADid not advance