Voter Preregistration For Minors [HB-21]
An Act relating to voter preregistration for minors at least 16 years of age; and relating to confidentiality of voter registration and preregistration records of minors at least 16 years of age.
HB-21: Voter Preregistration For Minors
Sponsored by: Rep. William Fields
Referred To Finance on 03/26/2025
Election Law - Municipal Elections - Administration [HB-322]
Authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to enter into memoranda of understanding with municipal corporations that allow the State Administrator to work collaboratively with a municipal corporation to support the administration of the municipal corporation's elections; authorizing the State Administrator to lease a voting system or other equipment used to administer an election for use in a municipal election; repealing the authority of a local board to lease a voting system to certain entities within the county; etc.
HB-322: Election Law - Municipal Elections - Administration
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 124 on 04/22/2025
Election Law - Curbside Voting - Pilot Program [HB-317]
Establishing the Curbside Voting Pilot Program to test the viability of curbside voting in the State; establishing requirements governing curbside voting; requiring the State Board and local board to communicate with voters and the general public, including signage at curbside voting locations, that curbside voting is primarily for certain voters with disabilities; and requiring the State Board to report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the Pilot Program by September 1, 2029.
HB-317: Election Law - Curbside Voting - Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans [HB-292]
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Requiring that certain funds for certain reserve accounts be deposited on or before the last day of each fiscal year; requiring the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association to prepare a certain funding plan subject to certain requirements; authorizing a reasonable deviation from certain reserve funding requirements following a certain financial hardship determination; requiring that certain updated reserve studies be prepared by a certain person; etc.
HB-292: Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Third Reading Passed (107-32) on 04/07/2025
You have voted HB-292: Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans.
You have voted SB-21: Prevent a member of a governing body from assisting in the canvass of the votes for an office for which the member is a candidate..
General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures [SB-171]
Establishing requirements for the filling of a vacancy in the office of Senator or Delegate in the General Assembly by a central committee of a political party under the Maryland Constitution relating to applications, public notice, public meetings, and voting; and requiring a member of the central committee who has applied to fill the vacancy to recuse themselves from voting on the individual to fill the vacancy.
SB-171: General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing Canceled on 02/03/2025
Election Law - Voter Registration List - Absentee Voters (Absentee Ballot Transparency Act of 2025) [HB-285]
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 the e-mail address and telephone number of each voter on the list, if the information is available.
HB-285: Election Law - Voter Registration List - Absentee Voters (Absentee Ballot Transparency Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures [HB-237]
Establishing requirements for the filling of a vacancy in the office of Senator or Delegate in the General Assembly by a central committee of a political party under the Maryland Constitution relating to applications, public notice, public meetings, and voting; and requiring a member of the central committee who has applied to fill the vacancy to recuse themselves from voting on the individual to fill the vacancy.
HB-237: General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/12/2025
You have voted SB-144: Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act).
SB-66: Election Law - Polling Place Procedures - Voting by Elderly Voters and Voters With Disabilities (Accessible and Expedited Voting Act of Maryland)
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing Canceled on 02/03/2025
You have voted SB-66: Election Law - Polling Place Procedures - Voting by Elderly Voters and Voters With Disabilities (Accessible and Expedited Voting Act of Maryland).
Election Law - Voter Registration - Age and Notification to Minors [HB-153]
Altering, from 16 years old to 15 years and 9 months old, the age at which an individual may register to vote; requiring that a voter notification card sent to an individual under the age of 18 years include information regarding when the individual will be eligible to vote; and requiring the election director in the county where a registered voter under the age of 18 years becomes eligible to vote under a certain provision of law to send a certain notice to the voter.
HB-153: Election Law - Voter Registration - Age and Notification to Minors
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2025
Election Law - Pretrial Detainees - Absentee Ballots [HB-253]
Requiring the State Board of Elections or the local boards of elections to automatically send an absentee ballot to each registered voter in pretrial detention in a correctional facility without the voter having to submit an absentee ballot application.
HB-253: Election Law - Pretrial Detainees - Absentee Ballots
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Harris
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/08/2025
Constitutional Amendment - Form of County Government - Requirement to Adopt Charter Home Rule [HB-28]
Requiring each county to adopt a charter by December 31, 2031, using a certain procedure; altering the method by which a county shall adopt a charter under certain circumstances; requiring the charter to provide for the election of members of the county council by the voters of councilmanic districts; limiting the applicability of certain Constitutional provisions governing code home rule counties; and requiring the amendment proposed by the Act be submitted to the qualified voters of the State for approval or rejection.
HB-28: Constitutional Amendment - Form of County Government - Requirement to Adopt Charter Home Rule
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Bouchat
Hearing 1/28 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025