HB-139: Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the conditions under which a voter may cast an absentee ballot and how a voter may receive an absentee ballot application.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Reported Printed And Referred To State Affairs on 02/05/2025
You have voted HB-139: Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding the conditions under which a voter may cast an absentee ballot and how a voter may receive an absentee ballot application..
Prince George's County - District Council Zoning Laws - Override by Municipal Corporation [SB-832]
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Authorizing a municipal corporation in Prince George's County that is in the regional district to override, by a majority vote of the governing body of the municipal corporation, a certain zoning law made by the district council if the zoning law affects land within the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation.
SB-832: Prince George's County - District Council Zoning Laws - Override by Municipal Corporation
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations [SB-861]
Altering the composition of the Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board; providing that the Executive Director serves as a nonvoting member of the Board; altering the purpose of the Senator George C. Edwards Fund to provide grant or loan funding to create jobs and significant economic development opportunities in the region; altering the criteria that the Board must consider when awarding certain grant and loan funding from the fund; etc.
SB-861: Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 379 on 05/06/2025
Corporations and Associations - Cooperative Limited Equity Housing Corporations - Establishment [SB-927]
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Authorizing a Maryland nonstock corporation to convert to a cooperative limited equity housing corporation subject to certain requirements; requiring a cooperative limited equity housing corporation for certain households to receive notice to vacate a portion of a certain residential rental facility; requiring a cooperative limited equity housing corporation to reimburse certain households for moving expenses; etc.
HB-1208: Designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phil Jensen
Signed By The Governor On March 31, 2025 H.j. 553 on 03/31/2025
You have voted HB-1208: Designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter..
Calvert County Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Collective Bargaining [SB-767]
Providing that full-time deputy sheriffs and correctional deputies at the rank of major and below in the Calvert County Sheriff's Office have the right to organize and negotiate with the County Administrator of Calvert County and the Calvert County Sheriff with regard to certain wages and employee benefits in a certain manner.
SB-767: Calvert County Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Collective Bargaining
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 132 on 04/22/2025
Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program [HB-983]
Establishing the Language Assistance Program; requiring a local board of elections to participate in the Program if the State Board determines that there is a significant need for language assistance to voters in the county in a language other than English; requiring the State Board to designate, not later than February 1 of the year of the election, certain languages other than English in which a local board that is required to participate in the Program must provide assistance to voters; etc.
HB-983: Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 278 on 05/06/2025
School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact [HB-959]
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Entering into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing licensed school psychologists who hold multistate licenses to provide school psychological services in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission; providing for the withdrawal from the Compact; and providing the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar legislation in seven other states.
HB-959: School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
Continuing Care Providers - Governing Bodies - Membership [HB-938]
Requiring the appointment of an alternate subscriber member to the governing body of a continuing care provider; and authorizing the alternate subscriber member to attend all meetings of the governing body and vote only if the regular subscriber is unable to fulfill the subscriber's duties as a regular member of the governing body.
HB-938: Continuing Care Providers - Governing Bodies - Membership
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 331 on 05/06/2025
Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program [SB-685]
Establishing the Language Assistance Program; requiring a local board of elections to participate in the Program if the State Board determines that there is a significant need for language assistance to voters in the county in a language other than English; requiring the State Board to designate, no later than February 1 of the year of the election, certain languages other than English in which a local board that is required to participate in the Program must provide assistance to voters; etc.
SB-685: Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 277 on 05/06/2025
Election Law - Incarcerated Individuals - Voter Hotline and Voting Eligibility (Voting Rights for All Act) [SB-647]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to provide a certain voter hotline for incarcerated individuals; and altering the circumstances under which an individual is not qualified to be a registered voter for the purpose of allowing individuals convicted of a felony and serving a court-ordered sentence of imprisonment for the conviction to register to vote.
SB-647: Election Law - Incarcerated Individuals - Voter Hotline and Voting Eligibility (Voting Rights for All Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
HB-781: Election Law - Polling Place Procedures - Voting by Elderly Voters and Voters With Disabilities (Accessible and Expedited Voting Act of Maryland)
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
Third Reading Passed (137-1) on 03/17/2025
You have voted HB-781: Election Law - Polling Place Procedures - Voting by Elderly Voters and Voters With Disabilities (Accessible and Expedited Voting Act of Maryland).
Election Law - Provisional Ballots - Nonpartisan Board of Education Contests [HB-839]
Providing that a voter is qualified to vote a provisional ballot if the provisional ballot was cast because the voter claimed a different political party affiliation from the political party affiliation on record for the voter and the voter made a selection in a nonpartisan board of education contest; and requiring a local board of canvassers to count only the votes cast in a nonpartisan board of education contest for those provisional ballots.
HB-839: Election Law - Provisional Ballots - Nonpartisan Board of Education Contests
Sponsored by: Rep. Kent Roberson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 391 on 05/06/2025
HB-1127: Require that notice of a county's canvass, post-election audit, and testing of automatic tabulating equipment be posted to the secretary of state's website.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Perry
Signed By The Governor On March 31, 2025 H.j. 553 on 03/31/2025
You have voted HB-1127: Require that notice of a county's canvass, post-election audit, and testing of automatic tabulating equipment be posted to the secretary of state's website..