| MD | SB29 | Pass | Altering the information that is required to be included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and with a question on the ballot; requiring that a certain summary included on the signature page of a petition se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 439 |
| MD | HB182 | Pass | Altering the procedures for the selection of presidential elector nominees and alternate presidential elector nominees; requiring the State Administrator of Elections to preside and serve as secretary at a certain meeting of certain presidential elec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 470 |
| MD | SB11 | Pass | Altering the day that a certain campaign finance report is due to be filed with the State Board of Elections; requiring that a certain campaign finance report cover a certain period of time; altering, from January 1 of the year of the election to Jul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 442 |
| MD | HB260 | Pass | Altering the day that a certain campaign finance report is due to be filed with the State Board of Elections; requiring that a certain campaign finance report cover a certain time period; and altering, from January 1 of the year of the election to Ju...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 443 |
| MD | SB153 | Pass | Altering the manner in which a campaign manager is appointed; requiring the candidate to appoint the chair and treasurer of an authorized candidate campaign committee; repealing the requirement that a campaign manager be a registered voter in the Sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 441 |
| MD | SB141 | Pass | Requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 |
| MD | SB237 | Pass | Altering the procedures for the selection of presidential elector nominees and alternate presidential elector nominees; requiring the State Administrator of Elections to preside and serve as secretary at a certain meeting of certain presidential elec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 469 |
| MD | HB357 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Elections and each municipality that has a website to display certain information relating to municipal elections on their websites; and requiring each municipality to include the date of the next regular municipal electi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 471 |
| MD | SB949 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Elections and each local board of elections to refer to absentee ballots that are delivered to a voter by the Internet as "print-at-home ballots" in all communications with voters and the general public; providing that ab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 440 |
| MD | SB848 | Pass | Requiring a municipality to submit to the State Board of Elections the qualifications to be a candidate for each office on the ballot in a municipal election, the date of a special election and each office on the special election ballot, the list of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 522 |
| MD | HB1448 | Pass | Requiring a municipality to submit to the State Board of Elections the qualifications to be a candidate for each office on the ballot in a municipal election, the list of qualified candidates for each office on the ballot in a municipal election, the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 523 |
| MD | SB241 | Pass | Requiring by January 1, 2028, the State Board of Elections and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to jointly develop and implement certain procedures and a certain electronic transmission process for the restoration of voter re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 427 |
| MD | HB115 | Pass | Requiring by January 1, 2028, the State Board of Elections and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to jointly develop and implement certain procedures and a certain electronic transmission process for the restoration of voter re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 428 |
| MD | HB1001 | Pass | Requiring a police officer who is on duty at a polling place to obey the authority of the State Administrator, the Deputy State Administrator, or a local election director; providing that, in a polling place, certain individuals have the authority to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 467 |
| MD | SB670 | Pass | Requiring a police officer who is on duty at a polling place to obey the authority of the State Administrator, the Deputy State Administrator, or a local election director; providing that in a polling place certain individuals have the authority to k...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 468 |
| MD | SB91 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Elections to designate a contact person for the Address Confidentiality Program; providing that the contact person acts as the contact for inquiries about the Program from local boards of elections and Program participant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 109 |
| MD | HB265 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Elections to designate a contact person for the Address Confidentiality Program; and providing the contact person acts as the contact for inquiries about the Program from local boards of elections and Program participants...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 108 |
| MD | HB44 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the information that is required to be included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and with a question on the ballot; requiring that a certain summary included on the signature page of a petition se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1069 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections and each local board of elections to refer to absentee ballots that are delivered to a voter by the Internet as "print-at-home ballots" in all communications with voters and the general public; providing that ab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB145 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB761 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that the General Assembly may authorize, by law, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain Internet gaming licenses; requiring certain implementation legislation to include certain criteria and specifications, subject...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1003 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education and the State Board of Elections, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to establish a pilot program in the county schools to prepare students for a career as an election official...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB408 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education and the State Board of Elections, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to establish a career and technical education pilot program in the county schools to prepare students for a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB845 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an election director of a local board of elections to immediately remove a registered voter from the statewide voter registration list when the local board receives a certain report that the registered voter is deceased; requiring the elect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1240 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "sporting event" for purposes of provisions of law governing sports wagering to include historical horse races; authorizing certain sports wagering facility licensees to accept wagers on historical horse races that are made...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1407 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to provide certain additional notice to voters using certain methods if there is an occurrence of federal judicial action regarding the timely receipt of absentee ballots with federal contests that preem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1255 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that the General Assembly may authorize, by law, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain Internet gaming licenses; requiring certain implementation legislation to include certain criteria and specifications, subject...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1289 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Task Force on the Implementation of Approval Voting and Ranked-Choice Voting; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2027.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB964 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the requirements that the Baltimore City centralized booking facility provide a ballot drop box to eligible voters; repealing the requirement that each local board of elections designate locations in the county at which ballot drop boxes wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1010 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations for the review, certification, and decertification of election-supporting technology and to review and evaluate election-supporting technology on or before January 1 each year; and requiring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1027 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to select, certify, and acquire a telephone voting system for absentee voting by voters who have attested to having a print disability; defining "print disability" as a condition that prevents or inhibits an ind...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | SB885 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming and online bingo operations in the State; requiring the Commission to regulate ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB948 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that the accessible online absentee ballot application provided by the State Board of Elections include certain information for voters that choose to receive an absentee ballot provided by the Internet; prohibiting certain voters on permane...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB800 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Task Force on the Implementation of Approval Voting and Ranked-Choice Voting; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2027.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB901 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to select, certify, and acquire a telephone voting system for absentee voting by certain voters who have attested to having a print disability that meets certain requirements; defining "print disability" as a co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB89 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to provide a toll-free voter hotline for incarcerated individuals to receive information about voting, request election-related materials, and report voting rights violations; and altering the circumstances unde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB73 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections, as part of the training program for election judges, to include instruction on best practices for assisting elderly voters and voters with disabilities; requiring the Board to establish guidelines for the local...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB236 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations for the review, certification, and decertification of election-supporting technology and to review and evaluate election-supporting technology on or before January 1 each year; and requiring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB52 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to provide a toll-free voter hotline for incarcerated individuals to receive information about voting, request election-related materials, and report voting rights violations; and altering the circumstances unde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-06
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB219 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering public notice requirements of the State Board of Elections, local boards of elections, and certain municipal corporations with respect to changes in administrative policy affecting voting rights; prohibiting acts of intimidation, deception, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-06
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB454 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to enroll the State in the federal Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlement (SAVE) Program for a certain purpose; requiring the State Board of Elections to establish a process to verify the U.S. citi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-06
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB499 | 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] | 2026-02-06
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB568 | Intro
Sine Die | Adding candidates for State Senator and member of the House of Delegates to the candidates authorized to receive public contributions from the Fair Campaign Financing Fund; establishing qualifications that a candidate for State Senator or member of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-06
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB871 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to implement an enhanced automatic voter registration system on or before January 1, 2029; establishing requirements regarding the transmission of enhanced automatic voter registration information by the Adm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | SB639 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "sporting event" for purposes of provisions of law governing sports wagering to include historical horse races; authorizing certain sports wagering facility licensees to accept wagers on historical horse races that are made...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB641 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Curbside Voting Pilot Program to test the viability of curbside voting in the State; establishing requirements governing curbside voting; and requiring the State Board to report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the Pi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB581 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the Baltimore County Board of Elections from removing an absentee ballot from a return envelope or ballot/return envelope or counting the ballot unless the return envelope or ballot/return envelope is signed by the voter and, except under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-28
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB207 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to include the option on the certificate of candidacy form for candidates for congressional offices to indicate that, if elected, the candidate and the candidate's spouse will not engage in certain stock trading...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB267 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the manner in which the chair of a campaign finance entity is appointed; providing that the treasurer is the financial steward of a campaign finance entity; altering requirements for assets received by or on behalf of a campaign finance enti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
