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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Notice to Request Application [SB-93]
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Requiring the local board of elections to send a written notice regarding a request for a State-approved absentee ballot application with a specimen ballot and any other mailings to voters and eligible voters to further awareness of the option of mail-in voting, except under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 310 on 05/06/2025
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Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act) [HB-15]
Authorizing the formation of limited worker cooperative associations; and establishing rules and procedures for the formation, governance, conversion, and dissolution of limited worker cooperative associations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 198 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Voting Age - Board of Education Elections (Your School, Your Voice Act) [HB-52]
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Authorizing the General Assembly to provide by suitable enactment the authority of a county to lower the age at which an individual may vote in an election for members of an elected county board of education; authorizing a county to enact a local law that allows an individual who is at least 16 years old to vote in an election for members of an elected county board of education; submitting the amendment to the Maryland Constitution to the qualified voters of the State for adoption or rejection; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Polling Places - Establishing Voter Identity (Voter Privacy Act of 2025) [HB-115]
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 any identification card that contains a photograph of the voter and is issued by a political subdivision of the State, the State, the federal government, or any unit of a political subdivision of the State, the State, or the federal government.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting in Contests for Presidential Nomination and Certification of Election-Supporting Technology [HB-215]
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Municipal Elections - Administration [SB-88]
Authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to enter into memoranda of understanding with municipalities that allow the State Administrator to work collaboratively with a municipality to support the administration of the municipality's elections; and altering the deadline for municipalities to request that the State Board of Elections include on a ballot offices and questions to be voted on in a municipal election and the certification that must be included in the request.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Constitutional Amendment - Fee or Tax Rate Increases - Yea and Nay Vote of General Assembly Required (Taxpayer Disclosure and Protection Act) [HB-231]
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Prohibiting a certain increase of a State fee or the rate of a State tax from taking effect unless the General Assembly, by a yea and nay vote, explicitly approves the increased fee or tax rate; and requiring that the amendment to the Maryland Constitution be submitted to the qualified voters of the State at the next general election to be held in November 2026 for adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Notice to Request Application [HB-201]
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Requiring each local board of elections to include a written notice regarding how to request a State-approved absentee ballot application approved by the State Board of Elections with certain mailings to voters and eligible voters to further awareness of the option of absentee voting, except under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Referred Rules on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County, Frederick County, Howard County, and Washington County Boards of Education – Student Members – Alterations [SB-98]
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Altering certain provisions of law relating to the rights and privileges of student members of certain county boards of education; repealing the requirement that a student member of the Baltimore County Board of Education complete a certain training prior to voting on certain matters; adding a nonvoting student member to the Washington County Board of Education; and establishing a certain scholarship and reimbursement for certain activities of the student member of the Washington County Board of Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations – Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans [SB-63]
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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 that certain updated reserve studies be prepared by a certain person; 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; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Returned Passed on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Election Plan Requirements [SB-259]
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Requiring a local board of elections to submit an election plan to the State Board of Elections for approval at least 7 months before each statewide primary election; establishing requirements related to an election plan; and altering the requirements related to polling place plans, ballot drop box plans, and early voting center plans.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 281 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electric Companies - Regional Transmission Organizations - Report (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act) [HB-121]
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Requiring an electric company, other than a municipal electric utility, by February 1 each year, to submit a report to the Public Service Commission regarding each recorded vote cast by the electric company and any of its State affiliates at a meeting of a regional transmission organization.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Returned Passed on 04/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Elections - In-Person Voting - Proof of Identity [HB-91]
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: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Early Voting - Number of Days [SB-18]
Changing the number of days on which early voting centers are required to be open before a primary or general election by requiring early voting centers to be open through the second Monday, rather than the Thursday, before the election.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing Canceled on 02/03/2025
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Suspend Uniform Rules For Hb 129 [SCR-34]
Suspend Uniform Rules For Hb 129
Sponsored by: Sen.
Before Senate On Final Passage on 05/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting - Contests for Presidential Nomination [HB-1514]
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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; and requiring the State Board of Elections to develop and pay the cost of a certain voter education campaign under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair
Hearing Canceled on 03/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Absentee Ballot Application - Sending to Eligible Voters Before Primary Elections [HB-1489]
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Requiring each local board of elections to send the absentee ballot application approved by the State Board of Elections to each eligible voter at least 60 days before each statewide primary election, unless the voter has permanent absentee ballot status.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing Canceled on 03/13/2024
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Voter Preregistration For Minors [SB-232]
An Act relating to voter preregistration for minors at least 16 years of age.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Kawasaki
Dp: Kawasaki, Claman on 03/22/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Initiative Process [HB-1288]
Authorizing the people to petition to a vote a proposal to add to, amend, and repeal the public general laws or the Maryland Constitution under certain circumstances and establishing the Initiative process; and requiring the amendment to the Constitution proposed by the Act be submitted to the qualified voters of the State at the next general election to be held in November 2024 for adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Municipal Incorporation - County Commissioners or County Council - Required Approval of Referendum Request [HB-1436]
Requiring a certain organizing committee to make certain determinations and provide a certain report to the county commissioners or county council of a certain county regarding a proposed municipal incorporation; requiring the county commissioners or county council to approve a certain referendum request in a certain manner if a valid petition to incorporate an area as a municipality is presented by at least 40% of the registered voters who are residents of the area proposed to be incorporated; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Johnson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2024