MD HB67 | 2025 | Regular Session

Note: Carry Over of previous HB202

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 11)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-02-04 - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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 verify 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.

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Title

Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Signature Requirements and Verification

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2025-02-04HouseHearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-01-28HouseHearing canceled
2025-01-08HouseHearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-01-08HouseFirst Reading Ways and Means
2024-10-30HousePre-filed

Same As/Similar To

HB202 (Carry Over) 2024-01-29 - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
Election Law9303(n/a)See Bill Text
Election Law9310(n/a)See Bill Text
Election Law9310.1(n/a)See Bill Text

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