# Chris West
Public lawmaker profile for the Negotiate The Future policy tracker.
Profile URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/17243
Party: R
Role: Sen
District: SD-042
States: MD
Tracked bills: 3
Latest activity: 2026-03-26
Summary: Chris West is a tracked R Sen in MD with 3 public bills. Focus areas include 2 AI, 2 Privacy bills. Latest tracked bill: SB8 Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations.
Machine-readable companions:
https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/profiles/17243/txt
https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/profiles/17243/json
Source links:
- Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Chris_West_(Maryland)
- Vote Smart: https://votesmart.org/candidate/149196/bio
- FollowTheMoney: https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=5796065

## Tracked bills (3)
### SB8 — Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/MD/2026/SB8
Jurisdiction: MD
Session year: 2026
Status: Engrossed
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-03-26
Text available: yes

### SB818 — Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024)
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/MD/2024/SB818
Jurisdiction: MD
Session year: 2024
Status: Passed
Categories: Privacy, AI
Updated: 2024-05-09
Text available: yes

### SB169 — Commercial Law – Consumer Protection – Biometric Data Privacy
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/MD/2023/SB169
Jurisdiction: MD
Session year: 2023
Status: Introduced
Categories: Privacy
Updated: 2023-01-21
Text available: yes