Committee assignments

• Member, Appropriations Committee, 2021–present (education & economic development subcommittee, 2022–present; oversight committee on pensions, 2022–present)
• Member, Ways and Means Committee, 2019–2021 (education subcommittee, 2019–2021; local revenues subcommittee, 2019–2020; racing & gaming subcommittee, 2021)

Other memberships

• Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2019–present
• Member, Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019–present
• Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2019–present
• Member, Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2021–present

Education

Smith supports, and voted in favor of passing in 2020, the Blueprint for Maryland's Future.^[8] She also supports a vaccine mandate for teachers.^[9]

Social issues

During the 2020 legislative session, Smith introduced legislation to ban discrimination based on hair texture.^[10] The bill passed and became law on May 8, 2020.^[11][12]

During the 2021 legislative session, Smith introduced legislation to require the state to use federal pandemic relief funding to pay electronic monitoring and home detention fees for select defendants. The bill passed and became law on May 30, 2021.^[13][14]

Taxes

During the 2020 legislative session, Smith introduced legislation to restructure the state's income tax brackets, restoring a higher 7 percent tax bracket for Marylanders with an annual income over $1 million.^[15]

Transportation

Smith opposed a proposal to build a Maglev from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.^[16]