Maryland House Bill 26 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-03-04 - Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to adopt, by law, a ranked choice voting system or an open primary system for elections for certain city offices; requiring that certain procedures apply to an open primary system; authorizing a local law implementing ranked choice voting or open primaries to provide for certain matters; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to provide for the ballot format to be used in an election conducted by ranked choice voting; making the Act an emergency measure; etc.

Baltimore City - Ranked Choice Voting and Open Primaries

Del. Brooke Lierman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-04	House	Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means; Withdrawn
2019-01-07	House	Hearing 1/17 at 11:00 a.m.
2019-01-09	House	First Reading Ways and Means
2018-08-20	House	Pre-filed

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0026?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0026f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0006/hb0026.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/hb0026_w&m.pdf