File Code: Elections
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 849
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Patterson, Bozman, Cryor, C. Davis, Gilleland,
Howard, King, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Ramirez, Ross, and Taylor
- Entitled:
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Election Law - Voting System - Study of Independent Verification
Systems
Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to study, review, and
evaluate independent verification systems, including at least one
system that includes a voter-verified paper audit trail, for the
voting system currently used in the State; requiring the study to be
conducted during specified municipal elections; authorizing the State
Administrator to seek assistance from specified individuals in
conducting the study; establishing an advisory committee to assist and
advise the State Administrator in a specified review; etc.
House Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Ways and Means
- 2/9
- Hearing 2/24 at 2:00 p.m.
- 3/26
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Special Order later today (Delegate Bobo) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Montgomery) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Montgomery) Rejected
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed (133-0)
- 4/8
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (132-1)
- Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
- 3/28
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/7
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/20
- Governor vetoed - Policy
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
- Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B
- Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
- Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
- Delegate Terry R. Gilleland, Jr., District 32
- Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
- Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
- Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
- Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
- Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C
- Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47
- Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
- Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
- ELECTIONS -see also- BALLOTS; CAMP FINANC; POL CANDS; VOTING
- ELECTIONS, STATE BOARD OF
- EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
- MONTGOMERY COUNTY
- MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS -see also- ANNAP; BALT; HAGER; OC
- PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
- REPORTS
- SUNSET
- VOTING -see also- BALLOTS; ELECTIONS
- WICOMICO COUNTY
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
House
- Number: 153224/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 26, 2005 at:
1:34 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 265964/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 26, 2005 at:
11:51 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 773726/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 26, 2005 at:
1:33 p.m. Status: Adopted
Senate
- Number: 744130/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 2005 at:
11:56 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 26, 2005: Third Reading Passed (133-0)
- April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed (132-1)
Senate
- April 7, 2005: Third Reading Passed (45-0)