MD HB839 | 2025 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on May 6 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-05-06 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 391
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Summary

Providing that a voter is qualified to vote a provisional ballot if the provisional ballot was cast because the voter claimed a different political party affiliation from the political party affiliation on record for the voter and the voter made a selection in a nonpartisan board of education contest; and requiring a local board of canvassers to count only the votes cast in a nonpartisan board of education contest for those provisional ballots.

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Title

Election Law - Provisional Ballots - Nonpartisan Board of Education Contests

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2025-04-07 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 46 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-03-11 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 128 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2025-05-06HouseApproved by the Governor - Chapter 391
2025-04-07HouseReturned Passed
2025-04-07SenateThird Reading Passed (46-1)
2025-04-05SenateSecond Reading Passed
2025-04-05SenateFavorable Adopted
2025-04-04SenateFavorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2025-03-12SenateReferred Education, Energy, and the Environment
2025-03-11HouseThird Reading Passed (128-12)
2025-03-05HouseFavorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2025-03-04HouseFavorable Report by Ways and Means
2025-02-04HouseHearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-01-29HouseFirst Reading Ways and Means

Same As/Similar To

SB543 (Crossfiled) 2025-03-26 - Hearing 3/26 at 2:15 p.m.

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
Election Law11303(n/a)See Bill Text

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