CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
File Code: Elections
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Miller, Conway, Dyson, McFadden, Kasemeyer, Middleton, Currie,
Frosh, Britt, DeGrange, Exum, Forehand, Garagiola, Gladden, Hogan, Jones,
Kelley, Lenett, Madaleno, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Stone,
Astle, Klausmeier, and Kramer
- Entitled:
-
Elective Franchise - Early Voting and Polling Places
Authorizing the General Assembly to provide by suitable enactment a
process to allow qualified voters to vote at specified polling places,
and on specified days prior to specified election dates; providing
that provisions of specified Acts of the General Assembly may not take
effect; repealing provisions of law; and submitting the amendment to
the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or
rejection.
Senate Action
- 9/12
- Pre-filed
- 1/11
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 1/19
- Hearing 2/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 1/26
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 2/1 at 2:00 p.m.
- 2/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/9
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order 2/13 (Senator Della) Adopted
- 2/13
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Dyson) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley)
- Laid Over (Senator Della) Adopted
- 2/14
- Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley)
- Special Order 2/15 (Senator Dyson) Adopted
- 2/15
- Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley) Rejected (16-31)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Dyson) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Kittleman)
- Motion Special Order 2/16 (Senator Stoltzfus) Rejected (14-33)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Kittleman) Rejected (17-30)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/19
- Special Order later today Adopted (Senator Brinkley) Adopted
- Special Order 2/20 (Senator Brinkley) Adopted
- 2/20
- Third Reading Passed (31-16)
- 4/5
- Returned Passed
House Action
- 2/21
- First Reading Ways and Means
- 3/21
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/6
- Favorable Report by Ways and Means
- 4/1
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/2
- Third Reading Passed (107-32)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/17
- Approved by the Governor and
- became Chapter, subject to
- referendum
- - Chapter 513
Sponsored by:
- Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., District 27
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
- Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
- Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
- Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
- Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
- Senator Patrick J. Hogan, District 39
- Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
- Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer, District 12
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Senator Rona E. Kramer, District 14
- Senator Mike Lenett, District 19
- Senator Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
- Senator Douglas J. J. Peters, District 23
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
- Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
- Senator Jamie Raskin, District 20
- Senator James N. Robey, District 13
- Senator Jim Rosapepe, District 21
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Constitutional Amendments
- Elections -see also- Ballots; Camp Financ; Pol Cands; Voting
- General Assembly -see also- AELR Cmte; Leg Policy Committee.
- Referendum
- Voting -see also- Ballots; Elections
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Election Law
- (
10-301.1 ,
10-302
)
- Article - I Elective Franchise
- (
1 ,
3
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Attorney General Letter (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
Senate
- Number: 103423/01 Offered on: February 15, 2007 at:
10:35 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 283924/01 Offered on: February 15, 2007 at:
10:41 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 713426/01 Offered on: February 13, 2007 at:
10:31 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 774535/01 Offered on: February 13, 2007 at:
10:28 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 873823/01 Offered on: February 15, 2007 at:
10:44 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- February 15, 2007: Floor Amendment (Brinkley) {103423/1 Rejected (16-31)
- February 15, 2007: Motion Special Order until 2/16 (Stoltzfus) Rejected (14-33)
- February 15, 2007: Floor Amendment (Kittleman) {873823/1 Rejected (17-30)
- February 20, 2007: Third Reading Passed (31-16)
House
- April 2, 2007: Third Reading Passed (107-32)
