Maryland House Bill 22 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-17 - Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a local board of elections from removing an absentee ballot from a return envelope or ballot/return envelope or counting the ballot unless the return envelope or ballot/return envelope is signed by the voter and, except under certain circumstances, a witness, and the local board verifies the voter's signature; and providing that the witness signature requirement does not apply to active duty uniformed services members serving overseas or their spouses or dependents who live overseas.

Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Signature Requirements and Verification

Del. Bob Long [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-17	House	Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-01-11	House	First Reading Ways and Means
2022-08-28	House	Pre-filed

HB22 (Carry Over) 2023-01-17 - Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
HB99 (Carry Over) 2022-01-06 - Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Election Law	9	303	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	9	310	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	9	310.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0022?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0022f.pdf