| MD | SB271 | Pass | Altering the information that clerks of the circuit court for each county and administrative clerks for each District Court are required to report to the State Administrator of Elections to include the names and addresses, if available, of individual... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 430 |
| MD | SB417 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Elections to evaluate the performance of the State Administrator of Elections; requiring the State Administrator to provide a performance evaluation of the election director of each local board of elections to the local b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 579 |
| MD | SB480 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully making a threat to harm an election official or an immediate family member of an election official because of the election official's role in administering the election process; and establishing that ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 20 |
| MD | SB115 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a petitioner for a recount to select the method for conducting the recount; limiting the methods from which the selection must be made; requiring a local board of elections to preserve and store certain voter-verifiable paper records in a c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB29 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring that a special election be held at the same time as the regular statewide primary and general elections that are held in the second year of a term to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator in the General Assembly if the vacancy... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB460 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a payment to an individual as compensation received for serving as an election judge for a local board of elections in the State from being included when computing the wages required to be subtracted from an eligible claimant's weekly ben... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB557 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting an individual assisting a voter in marking or preparing a ballot at a polling place from assisting more than three unrelated voters during an election, unless the individual is an election judge, or from receiving compensation for assisti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |