BILL INFO-2005 Regular Session-SB 478

2005 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 478

File Code: Elections Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1046

Sponsored By:: Senators Miller, Conway, Currie, Dyson, Exum, Frosh, Garagiola, Green, Hogan, Hollinger, Middleton, and Ruben

Entitled:: Election Law - Early Voting

Establishing a process to allow voters to vote in elections at early voting polling places in the State; specifying the time period in which early voting is allowed; requiring local boards of elections to establish the early voting polling places in each county; requiring the local boards in specified counties to establish at least a specified number of early voting polling places for each primary or general election; requiring the Governor to allocate specified resources to implement the Act; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action

2/4: First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
2/9: Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
3/17: Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
3/18: Favorable with Amendments; Laid Over (Senator Hooper) Adopted
3/19: Favorable with Amendments; Special Order 3/22 (Senator Mooney) Adopted
3/20: Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted; Floor Amendment (Senator Mooney) Rejected (14-33); Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/22: Third Reading Passed (35-12)
4/7: Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments; Senate Requests House Recede; Conference Committee Appointed ...; Senators Dyson, Pinsky, and Hollinger
4/9: Conference Committee Report Adopted; Third Reading Passed (34-9); Passed Enrolled

House Action

3/23: First Reading Ways and Means
3/30: Hearing 4/6 at 1:00 p.m.
4/8: Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
4/3: Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted; Floor Committee Amendment Adopted; Special Order next session (Delegate Hixson) Adopted
4/4: Floor Amendment (Delegate Cluster) Adopted; Floor Amendment (Delegate Parrott) Rejected; Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/5: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (84-51)
4/8: House Refuses to Recede; Conference Committee Appointed ...; Delegates Patterson, Cardin, and Ross
4/9: Motion vote previous question (Delegate Moe) Adopted; Conference Committee Report Adopted; Third Reading Passed (84-50)

Action after passage in Senate and House

5/20: Governor vetoed - Policy
1/11/2006: Senate - Motion Special Order until 1/12 Adopted
1/12/2006: Senate - Motion Special Order until later today (Senator Hollinger) Adopted; Senate - Motion override the Governors veto; Senate - Veto overridden (31-16)
1/17/2006: House - Motion override the Governors veto; House - Veto overridden (95-45); Became law per Maryland Constitution, Ch 5 of 2006 Session

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

APPROPRIATIONS

BALLOTS

ELECTIONS SUPERVISORS

ELECTIONS, STATE BOARD OF

RULES AND REGULATIONS

VOTING -see also- BALLOTS; ELECTIONS

Bill affects the following Statute:

Election Law

( 10-301.1 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available
Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format): Senate Number: 124735/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 21, 2005 at: 8:35 p.m. Status: Adopted Number: 463520/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 22, 2005 at: 1:02 p.m. Status: Rejected House Number: 455762/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 2005 at: 12:43 p.m. Status: Adopted Number: 553826/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 2005 at: 7:29 p.m. Status: Adopted Number: 723326/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 2005 at: 7:30 p.m. Status: Rejected Number: 795962/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 2005 at: 12:44 p.m. Status: Adopted
Conference Committee Documents (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format): Report Number: 033425/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 2005 at: 11:48 p.m. Status: Adopted Amendment Number: 033320/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 2005 at: 11:50 p.m. Status: Incomplete
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown): Senate March 20, 2005: Floor Amendment (Mooney) {463520/1 Rejected (14-33) March 22, 2005: Third Reading Passed (35-12) April 9, 2005: Third Reading Passed (34-9) House April 5, 2005: Third Reading Passed (84-51) April 9, 2005: Third Reading Passed (84-50)