MD HB839 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Hearing: Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm House Ways and Means Hearing
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 29 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Hearing: Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm House Ways and Means Hearing
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [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.
Title
Election Law - Provisional Ballots - Nonpartisan Board of Education Contests
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-04 | House | Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2025-01-29 | House | First Reading Ways and Means |
Same As/Similar To
SB543 (Crossfiled) 2025-01-30 - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election Law | 11 | 303 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Maryland State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0839?ys=2025RS |
| Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0839f.pdf |
