Maryland House Bill 1589 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Engrossed on March 14 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-15 - Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring every employer in the State to allow any employee, rather than any employee who claims to be a registered voter, in the State a certain period of absence from work to vote in an election, rather than only on election day; requiring the employee to provide reasonable proof to the employer in a timely manner that the employee voted or attempted to vote; prohibiting an employer from taking certain actions against an employee who exercises the right under certain provisions of law to be absent from work to vote; etc.

Election Law - Time Off for Employee Voting

Del. Julie Palakovich Carr [D]

2020-03-14 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 94 N: 35 NV: 3 Abs: 9) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-15	Senate	Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2020-03-14	House	Third Reading Passed (94-35)
2020-03-13	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2020-03-13	House	Favorable Report by Ways and Means
2020-02-25	House	Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-24	House	Rereferred to Ways and Means
2020-02-13	House	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

HB1589 (Carry Over) 2020-03-15 - Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Election Law	10	315	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1589?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1589f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1589t.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/0634.pdf