CHAPTER NUMBER: 41
EMERGENCY BILL
File Code: Elections
- Sponsored By:
-
Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee
(By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
- Entitled:
-
Election Law - Protection of Voter's Confidential Information and
Secrecy of Absentee Ballot Results
Creating an exception to the requirement that an election judge verify
the address of a voter's residence for voters whose personal
information has been deemed confidential by the local board; requiring
an election judge to conduct a specified alternative verification if a
voter's personal information has been deemed confidential by the local
board; and providing that specified absentee ballot election results
may not be reported by precinct.
Senate Action
- 1/16
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Motion Rules Suspended Referred (Senator Green) Adopted
- Referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 1/25
- Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/13
- Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/14
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 2/16
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 3/30
- Returned Passed
House Action
- 2/17
- First Reading Ways and Means
- 3/22
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Favorable Report by Ways and Means
- 3/29
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/30
- Third Reading Passed (135-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/8
- Became Law without Governor's signature per Maryland Constitution - Chapter 41
Sponsored by:
- Ed., Health, & Environmental Affairs Com, Chairman
- Departmental
- Elections, State Board of
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- BALLOTS
- ELECTIONS -see also- BALLOTS; CAMP FINANC; POL CANDS; VOTING
- JUDGES
- PRIVACY
- VOTING -see also- BALLOTS; ELECTIONS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Election Law
- (
10-310 ,
11-402
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- February 16, 2006: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
House
- March 30, 2006: Third Reading Passed (135-0)