Charles E. Sydnor III (born March 18, 1974) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate representing District 44 since 2020.

[1][3] From 2007 to 2013, Sydnor served on the Citizen's Advisory Committees of the Chesapeake Executive Council and the Baltimore Corridor Transit Study for the Red Line.

[7] During his tenure, he served as a member of the Judiciary Committee and chaired its civil law & procedure and criminal justice subcommittees.

[13] In 2016, Sydnor introduced a bill that would require police to obtain a warrant to use a stingray phone tracker, which can locate a cellphone's user within six feet.

[15] During the 2019 legislative session, after a suspect was arrested in the Golden State Killer murders by police who used consumer genealogical databases to identify him, Sydnor introduced a bill to prohibit police access to such databases to identify criminal suspects through DNA samples submitted by relatives.

[24] In May 2019, Sydnor condemned social media comments made by state Delegate Robin Grammer Jr. toward members of the Baltimore County Board of Education that contained racially-charged language.

[28] In 2021, Sydnor introduced legislation to add an appointed member of the Baltimore County Board of Education.

[31] During the 2019 legislative session, Sydnor voted against the End-of-Life Option Act, which would have provided palliative care to terminally ill adults.