Holidays And Special Dates
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days and Months - Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness [SB-504]
Requiring the Governor to proclaim annually June 27 as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day; and requiring the Governor to proclaim annually the month of June as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month.
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General Provisions – Commemorative Months – Caribbean Heritage Month [SB-472]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the month of August as Caribbean Heritage Month in recognition of the contributions that Caribbean Americans have made to the State; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe Caribbean Heritage Month in Maryland properly with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Early Voting Centers - Establishment and Hours [SB-461]
Increasing the number of early voting centers that certain counties are required to establish; requiring early voting centers to open at 8 a.m. during gubernatorial general elections; and requiring that, in a county with more than one voting center, the location of early voting centers be designated to maximize geographic dispersal and accessibility for the registered voters of that county.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law – Registration and Voting at Precinct Polling Places [SB-449]
Providing an exception to the voter registration deadline to allow an individual to appear at a precinct polling place in the individual's county of residence and apply to register to vote; requiring an applicant for a voter registration on election day to provide proof of residency; specifying the acceptable forms of proof of residency; requiring an election judge to determine whether an applicant for voter registration resides in the precinct and is qualified to become a registered voter; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Freedom of the Press Day [SB-397]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim June 28 as Freedom of the Press Day to commemorate the protected right of free press as identified in the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Primary Elections - Voting by Unaffiliated Voters [SB-385]
Altering the content requirements of the statewide voter registration application; altering the information that an electronic voter registration system is required to provide to a certain applicant; providing that a voter affiliated with a political party may vote only for the candidates of that political party in a primary election; authorizing a voter unaffiliated with a political party to vote in a primary election for certain candidates; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Voting Systems - Accessibility for Voters With Disabilities [SB-363]
Requiring each voter to use a ballot marking device that is accessible to voters with disabilities to vote at early voting centers and election day polling places to ensure that access is provided to voters with disabilities in accordance with a certain provision of law; applying the Act to all elections beginning with the statewide primary election held under a certain provision of law in 2022; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Early Voting Centers - Reduced Days of Operation [SB-32]
Altering the days each early voting center is required to be open for voting to be the second Thursday and second Friday before a primary or general election and the second Monday through the Thursday before a primary or general election.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Election Day - Opening Time for Polling Places [SB-154]
Altering the time a polling place is required to open on election day from 7 a.m. to 6 a.m.; and altering the time by which an election judge is required to arrive at and set up a polling place on election day.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Length of School Year - Adjustments [SB-131]
Clarifying that the authorization for a county board of education to extend the length of the school year for up to 5 school days beyond June 15 without approval from the State Board of Education or any other entity is not subject to additional conditions.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Community Control of School Calendars Act [SB-128]
Requiring county boards of education to annually set the start and end dates of the school year for schools in the county; removing a provision relating to extending the school year beyond June 15; requiring that a certain statement be mailed to voters if the Act is submitted to the qualified voters of the State at the next general election to be held in November 2020 for their approval or rejection; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Education - Opening Public Schools Before Labor Day - Public Local Laws and Referendum [SB-1006]
Authorizing the governing body of a county to adopt, subject to a certain provision of law, a public local law to exempt the public schools in the county from the requirements of the Starting the Public School Year After Labor Day Executive Order; requiring a certain governing body of a county to submit to the voters a certain public local law at a certain election before it becomes effective; requiring a certain question on the ballot to include certain words; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Freedom of the Press Day [HJR-9]
Designating June 28 as Freedom of the Press Day in Maryland to memorialize the lives lost on June 28, 2018, at the Capital Gazette offices.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Women Veterans Day [HJR-11]
Designating March 13 as Women Veterans Day.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
General Provisions – Commemorative Months – Caribbean Heritage Month [HB-893]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the month of August as Caribbean Heritage Month in recognition of the contributions that Caribbean Americans have made to the State; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe Caribbean Heritage Month in Maryland properly with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law – Early Voting Centers – Establishment [HB-79]
Authorizing all counties, rather than only counties with fewer than a certain number of registered voters, to establish one early voting center in addition to the number of early voting centers that the county is required to establish if the State Board of Elections, in collaboration with the local board of elections, and the governing body of the county agree to establish an additional early voting center
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - International Day of the Girl [HB-744]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim October 11 as the International Day of the Girl; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe the International Day of the Girl properly.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Missing Children Day [HB-7]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim May 25 as Missing Children Day.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Education - Public School Holidays - Veterans' Day [HB-587]
Requiring Veterans' Day to be a public school holiday.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Election Law - Early Voting - Reporting of Precinct Results [HB-578]
Requiring that a certain statement of election results required to be prepared by each local board of canvassers report election results by precinct that includes all votes cast by voters registered in each precinct who voted on an early voting day; and requiring that a certain report of election results by precinct made available by the State Board of Elections include all votes cast by voters registered in each precinct who voted on an early voting day.