| MD | SB99 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing unaffiliated voters to request to affiliate with a political party at an early voting center during a primary election and vote a provisional ballot for the voter's preferred political party.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Motion Recommit to Committee (Senator Kagan) Adopted |
| MD | SB129 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that each member of the State Board of Elections receive a stipend as provided in the State budget; requiring the State Administrator of Elections or the procurement officer for the State Board to disclose requests for proposals, invitation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB493 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that, in the 2028 statewide primary election, each contest for the nomination by a political party of a candidate for the office of President of the United States be conducted using ranked-choice voting; and requiring the State Board of Ele...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB1052 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each local board of elections to maintain certain records, including all election data, absentee ballot requests, and voter registration lists, for at least 10 years and organized by election year; requiring an election director or represen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB1029 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations for the secure storage and use of voter data from the list of registered voters and specifying procedures and requirements relating to electronic signatures; establishing and altering certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB1156 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Howard County Board of Education, in consultation with the Howard County Executive and the Howard County Council, to publish a model policy on or before January 1, 2025, concerning the inclusion and use of liquidated damages provisions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-11
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB1143 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempting nonprofit organizations qualified under ยง 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code from the requirement for a person providing lobbyist compensation to file a statement of political contributions with the State Board of Elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB598 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include a school principal as a member; and providing for the initial term of the principal member of the State Board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB772 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity by requiring the voter to present a valid government-issued photo identification or a valid nongovernment-issued photo identification, and a current bill, statement, or check that states the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB1130 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the governing body of Howard County to establish a system of public campaign financing for members of the county board of education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB1129 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Howard County Council to adopt a ranked-choice voting method for elections for the Howard County Board of Education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB1127 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each village community association for a village of Columbia to require each candidate for election to the village board or the Columbia Council who receives donations or makes disbursements to file reports of the donations and disbursement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB1131 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the terms of the members of the Howard County Board of Education; and establishing the Howard County Board of Education Compensation Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB605 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering automatic voter registration procedures at the Motor Vehicle Administration and the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange; establishing requirements regarding the transmission of automatic voter registration information by the Administration and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB660 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting local governments from denying or impairing the right of a protected class member to vote; establishing requirements on the State Board of Elections and local governments related to the provision of language-related assistance in local go...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB709 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to submit a report on the costs and resources required to process Internet-delivered absentee ballots during elections in the State to the Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee and the House Wa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB824 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each local board of elections to send the absentee ballot application approved by the State Board of Elections to each eligible voter at least 60 days before each statewide primary election, unless the voter has permanent absentee ballot st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB812 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the application of provisions of law that prohibit an individual from simultaneously being a candidate for more than one public office or office of a political party; and prohibiting individuals from simultaneously being a candidate for, or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB802 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to establish a process by which an individual with disabilities may return a marked absentee ballot to a local board of elections electronically.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB913 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the governing body of a county to adopt, by law, an approval voting method for elections for offices in the executive or legislative branches of county government.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB364 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from willfully or knowingly casting a ballot in a general election in more than one state in the same year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB523 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections, in collaboration with the local boards of elections, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after each statewide election; authorizing the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct a risk-limiti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB515 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering, from 16 years old to 15 years and 9 months old, the age at which an individual may register to vote.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB140 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing requirements for the filling of a vacancy in the office of Senator or Delegate in the General Assembly by a central committee of a political party under the Maryland Constitution relating to applications, public notice, public meetings, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB188 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the collective bargaining process for State employees, including by requiring the selection of a neutral arbitrator to oversee all aspects of collective bargaining, establishing a process of arbitration in the event of impasse, and providing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-09
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
