School&election Bds; Voting; Elections [HB-63]
An Act relating to regional educational attendance area elections; relating to terms for members of regional school boards; relating to voter residence; relating to voter registration; relating to the inclusion of voter registration forms in permanent fund dividend applications; relating to election administration; relating to ballot counting; relating to absentee voting; relating to early voting; relating to voting by mail; relating to publication of election pamphlets; and relating to confidential information in voter registration records.
HB-63: School&election Bds; Voting; Elections
Sponsored by: Rep.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/22/2025
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [SB-429]
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Altering the definitions of "target per pupil foundation amount", "collaborative time per pupil amount", "compensatory education per pupil amount", "English learner per pupil amount", "special education per pupil amount", "growth in the target per pupil foundation amount", and "change in the per pupil amount"; directing county boards of education to provide certain funding to local workforce development boards to support the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students; etc.
SB-429: Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/02/2025
Anne Arundel County - Office of the Inspector General - Establishment [SB-440]
Requiring the Anne Arundel County Council to establish an Office of the Inspector General in the county; requiring the County Council to establish certain ordinances and include a projected budget for the Office of the Inspector General in the county's annual operating budget proposal; and establishing an Office of the Inspector General Advisory Board to select and appoint and, under certain circumstances, remove the Inspector General.
SB-440: Anne Arundel County - Office of the Inspector General - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Election Law - Influencing a Voter By Dissemination of a Deepfake - Prohibition [HB-525]
Prohibiting a person from, with fraudulent intent, influencing or attempting to influence a voter's decision whether or not to cast a vote or how to vote on a candidate or ballot issue by disseminating a deepfake; and defining "deepfake" as an image, an audio recording, or a video recording that has been intentionally created or manipulated with the use of generative artificial intelligence or other digital technology to create a realistic but false depiction of a person that an ordinary person would conclude is an actual representation.
HB-525: Election Law - Influencing a Voter By Dissemination of a Deepfake - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Rules on 04/04/2025
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [HB-504]
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Authorizing local governing bodies to exceed certain tax and revenue limitations for a certain purpose; altering the source of funds for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund to include the interest earnings of the Academic Excellence Fund; authorizing the Department to establish a national teacher recruitment campaign; establishing the Academic Excellence Program in the Department to address critical academic needs in public schools; requiring local school systems to develop certain countywide community school implementation plans; etc.
HB-504: Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 237 on 05/06/2025
Elections, Voting, Ballots [HB-43]
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An Act relating to elections; relating to voters; relating to the crime of unlawful interference with voting; and providing for an effective date.
HB-43: Elections, Voting, Ballots
Sponsored by: Rep. Bryce Edgmon
Cosponsor(s): Himschoot on 03/06/2025
Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting in Contests for Presidential Nomination and Certification of Election-Supporting Technology [SB-383]
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Authorizing the State Board of Elections, beginning with the 2028 statewide primary election, to use ranked-choice voting to conduct a contest for the nomination by a political party of a candidate for the office of President of the United States; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations for the review, certification, and decertification of election-supporting technology and to periodically review and evaluate election-supporting technology; etc.
SB-383: Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting in Contests for Presidential Nomination and Certification of Election-Supporting Technology
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
Voting Rights Act of 2025 - Counties and Municipal Corporations [SB-342]
Prohibiting the imposition or application of a method for electing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation that impairs the ability of members of a protected class to elect candidates of the members' choice or influence the outcome of an election by diluting or abridging the rights of voters who are members of a protected class; and providing for the application of the Act if the a court issues a certain holding.
SB-342: Voting Rights Act of 2025 - Counties and Municipal Corporations
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits [HB-426]
Requiring the State Board of Elections, in collaboration with the local boards of elections, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after each statewide election; authorizing the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after a special general election; authorizing the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct an automated software audit after a statewide election; authorizing a local board to conduct a risk-limiting audit of a local contest under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-426: Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 321 on 05/06/2025
SJR-503: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, clarifying that an individual must be a citizen of the United States to be eligible to vote.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phil Jensen
Delivered To The Secretary Of State S.j. 517 on 03/12/2025
You have voted SJR-503: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, clarifying that an individual must be a citizen of the United States to be eligible to vote..
Election Law - Statewide Voter Registration Application - Prepaid Postage [SB-323]
Requiring that a statewide voter registration application include a return envelope or envelope template with prepaid postage that an applicant may use to return the application to the State Board of Elections; requiring a statewide voter registration application to be accompanied by certain instructions for postage; and requiring the return envelopes or envelope templates to be preprinted with the address of the State Board for purposes of the returning the statewide voter registration application.
Relating To Public Agency Meetings. [SB-381]
Requires appointments and selections of heads of state divisions and agencies that require a board approval to be made through a publicly established process and timeline. Requires the approval of the process and timeline to appoint or select a new head of a state division or agency to be determined in an open meeting. Requires that votes to appoint or select heads of state divisions and agencies be conducted in an open meeting. Provides that any vote to appoint or select a head of a state division or agency cast in violation of the foregoing shall
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SB-381: Relating To Public Agency Meetings.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey
Reported From Gvo (stand. Com. Rep. No. 314) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Jdc. on 02/12/2025
Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits [SB-313]
Requiring the State Board of Elections, in collaboration with the local boards of elections, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after each statewide election; authorizing the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after a special general election; authorizing, rather than requiring, the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct an automated software audit after a statewide election; authorizing a local board to conduct a risk-limiting audit under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-313: Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 320 on 05/06/2025
HJR-5003: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring that a constitutional amendment receive an affirmative vote of sixty percent of the votes cast before the measure is enacted.
Sponsored by: Rep. Leslie Heinemann
Delivered To The Secretary Of State H.j. 536 on 03/12/2025
You have voted HJR-5003: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring that a constitutional amendment receive an affirmative vote of sixty percent of the votes cast before the measure is enacted..