MD HB1343 | 2024 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Over of previous HB140
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-09 - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-09 - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring that a certain statement included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and a certain statement about the purpose of a question on the ballot be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by an individual who has attained not higher than a grade 6 level of reading comprehension.
Title
Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Plain Language Requirement
Sponsors
Del. Dalya Attar [D] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2024-02-09 | House | Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
2024-02-09 | House | First Reading Ways and Means |
Same As/Similar To
SB495 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-16 - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
HB140 (Carry Over) 2020-01-15 - Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
HB140 (Carry Over) 2020-01-15 - Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
Subjects
Ballots
Communications
Elections
Elections, State Board of
Ethics
Federal Government
Language
Petitions
Signatures
Communications
Elections
Elections, State Board of
Ethics
Federal Government
Language
Petitions
Signatures
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
---|---|---|---|---|
Election Law | 6 | 103 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Election Law | 6 | 201 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Election Law | 7 | 103 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Maryland State Sources
Type | Source |
---|---|
Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1343?ys=2024RS |
Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1343f.pdf |