# Ron Watson
Public lawmaker profile for the Negotiate The Future policy tracker.
Profile URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/20934
Party: D
Role: Sen
District: SD-023
States: MD
Tracked bills: 5
Latest activity: 2026-03-26
Summary: Ron Watson is a tracked D Sen in MD with 5 public bills. Focus areas include 4 AI, 2 Privacy bills. Latest tracked bill: SB597 Higher Education - Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership.
Machine-readable companions:
https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/profiles/20934/txt
https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/lawmakers/profiles/20934/json
Source links:
- Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Ron_Watson
- Vote Smart: https://votesmart.org/candidate/150124/bio
- FollowTheMoney: https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=4926404

## Tracked bills (5)
### SB597 — Higher Education - Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/MD/2026/SB597
Jurisdiction: MD
Session year: 2026
Status: Engrossed
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-03-26
Text available: yes

### SB720 — Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act)
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/MD/2026/SB720
Jurisdiction: MD
Session year: 2026
Status: Engrossed
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-03-23
Text available: yes

### SB375 — County Boards of Education - Artificial Intelligence Training Program - Requirement
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/MD/2026/SB375
Jurisdiction: MD
Session year: 2026
Status: Introduced
Categories: AI
Updated: 2026-02-19
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

### SB335 — Commercial Law – Consumer Protection – Biometric Identifiers Privacy
URL: https://negotiatethefuture.org/policy-tracker/MD/2022/SB335
Jurisdiction: MD
Session year: 2022
Status: Introduced
Categories: Privacy
Updated: 2022-01-26
Text available: yes