Maryland Senate Bill 251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on February 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-02-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 10
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Altering the deadline by which a certificate of candidacy for an office to be filled by a special election is required to be filed; establishing the filing deadline for a certificate of candidacy for a special election of a write-in candidate; providing that a certain individual may not file a certificate of candidacy if there are 64 days or fewer before the date of the election; establishing a filing deadline for a certificate of nomination; providing that a certain judicial review be sought by a certain date; etc.

Election Law - Special Elections - Calendar Revisions

Sen. Paul Pinsky [D]

2020-01-30 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 133 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2020-01-24 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-03	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 10
2020-01-31	Senate	Returned Passed
2020-01-30	House	Third Reading Passed (133-0)
2020-01-30	House	Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted (131-0)
2020-01-30	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2020-01-30	House	Favorable Report by Ways and Means
2020-01-28	House	Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-27	House	Referred Ways and Means
2020-01-24	Senate	Third Reading Passed (40-0)
2020-01-23	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-01-23	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {794437/1 Adopted
2020-01-23	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2020-01-20	Senate	Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-20	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Election Law	11	401	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	5	303	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	5	703.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	6	210	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	8	710	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	8	711	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	9	207	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0251?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0251f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0251t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_10_sb0251t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0251_79443701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/sb0251_ehe.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/Senate/0097.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/0047.pdf