Voting
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public-Private Partnerships [HB-1201]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Public-Private Partnership Oversight Review Board to review public-private partnership presolicitation reports and make certain recommendations; requiring a certain reporting agency to include in presolicitation reports for public-private partnerships with a total value that exceeds $500,000,000 presolicitation reports of certain contracts; requiring a reporting agency to submit a separate presolicitation report for each phase of a project that will develop in phases; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/13/2023
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Election Law – Voting – Proof of Identity [HB-1216]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the manner in which an election judge is required to establish the identity of a voter; requiring an election judge to refer a voter for provisional voting if the voter is unable to provide the required identification; and prohibiting a person from voting or attempting to vote under a false form of identification.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Election Law – Voter Registration List – Absentee Voters (Absentee Ballot Transparency Act of 2023) [HB-943]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections or a local board of elections, on request of a candidate, to provide the candidate with a list of registered voters who have requested an absentee ballot for an upcoming election; and requiring that the list of absentee voters provided include certain contact information for each voter.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Election Law - Polling Places - Establishing Voter Identity (Voter Privacy Act of 2023) [HB-926]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing a voter to establish the voter's identity at the request of an election judge at a polling place by presenting the voter's registration card, a valid Maryland driver's license, or certain other identification that contains a photograph.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation Investment Program - County Referendum - Authorization [HB-1080]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Elections ]
Authorizing the General Assembly to authorize a county referendum on a transportation investment program; requiring a transportation investment program submitted to referendum to include a list of projects that each have a cost of at least $20,000,000 and would be located in or serve a particular county; requiring that the transportation investment program be submitted to the qualified voters of the appropriate county for their adoption or rejection; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Ghrist
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) And Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Economic Development - Business Improvement Districts PG 407-23 [HB-1109]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Small Business ]
Authorizing Prince George's County to create certain business improvement districts intended to promote the general welfare of the residents, employers, employees, property owners, tenants, consumers, and general public with the geographic area of the districts; requiring the county to adopt certain local laws to provide for the creation and organization of a district; removing Prince George's County from the scope of law governing the establishment of business improvement districts; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 608 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Board of Education and School System Revisions PG 502-23 [HB-1079]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the duties and responsibilities of the Prince George's County Board of Education and certain officers of the county board; altering the voting authority of the student board member; requiring the county board to retain counsel and pay certain counsel fees and expenses incurred for defending a member in litigation involving a member's service in the member's official capacity on the county board under certain circumstances; altering certain procedures for the election of the student member of the county board; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 793 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Election Law - Voter Registration List - Right to Opt Out of the Sale of Personally Identifiable Information [HB-1212]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to establish, by regulation, a process by which an individual may opt out of the sale of personally identifiable information in the individual's voter registration record to any person other than an employee or a vendor of the State Board or a local board; and prohibiting personal information in an individual's voter registration record from being sold under certain provisions of law if the individual has opted out of disclosure.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Prince George's County - Commissioner Qualifications MC/PG 108-23 [HB-873]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring certain qualifications for a certain number of commissioners of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission from Prince George's County.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 4/10 At 12:00 P.m. on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Homeowners Associations - Recorded Liens - Voting Prohibition [HB-833]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
Authorizing a homeowners association to include in its governing documents a provision prohibiting a lot owner from voting at a meeting if the homeowners association has recorded a statement of lien on the lot owner's property and the amount necessary to release the lien has not been paid at the time of the meeting.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Election Law – Voting Systems – Sourced, Manufactured, and Assembled in the United States [HB-894]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Manufacturing ]
Prohibiting the State Board of Elections from certifying a voting system unless the State Board determines that the voting system is sourced, manufactured, and assembled in the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Voting Rights Act of 2023 - Counties and Municipalities [SB-878]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting local governments from impairing or diminishing the right of a protected class member to vote or influence election outcomes; establishing requirements on local governments regarding proposals for shifting methods of election and districting plans; requiring the Civil Rights Division of the Office of the Attorney General to approve or deny proposed local government remedies to address certain violations; establishing the Statewide Election Database and Information Office; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Bicounty Agencies - Commissioner Discipline, Disclosures, Training, and Ethics MC/PG 105-23 [HB-778]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing a bicounty commissioner and an applicant for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to submit certain financial statements to the Montgomery County Council electronically; authorizing the Council to discipline a Montgomery County commissioner under certain circumstances; prohibiting a Montgomery County commissioner from engaging in certain political activities while serving on the Commission; prohibiting the chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board from engaging in certain employment; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 239 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Constitutional Amendment - Alteration of Rate of Taxation - Legislation by General Assembly Required [HB-730]
[Taxes ]
[Inflation ]
Prohibiting the General Assembly from providing, by law, for the alteration of the rate of an existing State tax based on inflation or formula ; and prohibiting a certain alteration to a rate of State tax from taking effect unless the General Assembly, by legislation passed in a certain manner, explicitly approves the new tax rate.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations [HB-768]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the composition of the Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board; establishing an Executive Director for the Board; and altering the manner in which decisions are made regarding certain proposals for funding.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 470 on 05/08/2023
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Us President Elect. Popular Vote Compact [SB-61]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
An Act relating to an interstate compact to elect the President and Vice-President of the United States by national popular vote; and relating to the selection of electors for candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States and to the duties of those electors.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Wielechowski
Sta Rpt Recd Await Transmittal Nxt on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Elections - In-Person Voting - Proof of Identity [SB-567]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity by requiring the voter to present a valid government-issued photo identification or a valid nongovernment-issued photo identification, and a current bill, statement or check that states the voter's name and address as proof of identity; requiring a voter to vote a provisional ballot if the voter is unable to provide certain proof of identity; and prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully voting or attempting to vote under a false form of identification.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining [SB-680]
[Libraries ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Authorizing employees of county public libraries to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in other activities related to collective bargaining; requiring library employers and certified exclusive representatives to engage in good faith bargaining; establishing a collective bargaining process for employees of county public libraries; establishing a process for resolving impasses during collective bargaining; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act) [SB-870]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the formation of limited worker cooperatives; and creating rules and procedures for the formation, governance, conversion, and dissolution of limited worker cooperatives.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations [SB-865]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the composition of the Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board; establishing an Executive Director for the Board; and altering the manner in which decisions are made regarding certain proposals for funding.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 469 on 05/08/2023