2006 Regular Session
Elections (G1)
Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 55
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Montgomery
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- Election Law - Voting Systems - Verification and Accessibility
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Montgomery
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- Election Law - Optical Scan Voting System Required
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Boschert, Costa, Gilleland, and McMillan
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- Election Law - Identification of Voters
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate C. Davis
- Entitled
- Election Law - Voter Registration - Felons
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House: Ways and Means
HB 244
Status as of March 10, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hixson, Patterson, Barve, Bobo, Montgomery, Bozman, Bronrott, Cardin, C. Davis, Franchot, Healey, Heller, Mandel, Morhaim, Ramirez, Ross, Boschert, Cadden, Cryor, Doory, Feldman, Gilleland, Goodwin, Gordon, Howard, Kaiser, King, Lawton, Marriott, McIntosh, Pendergrass, and Quinter
- Entitled
- Election Law - Voting Systems - Voter-Verified Paper Records
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McConkey, Cardin, V. Clagett, Cluster, Dwyer, Gilleland, Montgomery, and Vaughn
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- Election Law - Polling Places in Privately Owned or Leased Buildings - Rules and Regulations
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bozman and Conway
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- Election Law - Worcester County Democratic Party Central Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frank, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Bromwell, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Haddaway, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kohl, McComas, McDonough, O'Donnell, Parrott, Shank, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Trueschler, Walkup, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Election Law - Identification of Voters
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Voters' Rights Protection Act - Clarification
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Simmons, Bobo, Feldman, McMillan, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Election Law - Campaign Contributions by Persons Engaged in Gaming Activity in the State
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bobo, Bozman, Bronrott, Cardin, Cryor, Dumais, Gordon, Heller, Kaiser, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, and Stern
- Entitled
- Campaign Finance - Affiliated Business Entities - Attribution of Contributions
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Marriott, Anderson, Benson, Bobo, Burns, Cane, Carter, C. Davis, Gaines, Goodwin, Haynes, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Jones, Kaiser, Kelley, Kirk, Mandel, Menes, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Paige, Parker, Patterson, Pugh, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Taylor, V. Turner, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Elections - Voter Registration Eligibility Requirements - Convicted Criminals
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Glassman
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- Election Law - Reporting of Slate Expenditures
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
- Entitled
- Election Law - Voter Registration
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ross, Rosenberg, and Patterson
- Entitled
- Election Law - Voting Opportunity Enhancements
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ross, Rosenberg, and Patterson
- Entitled
- Election Law - Polling Places on College Campuses
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kach, Aumann, Boteler, Cluster, Frank, Jennings, McDonough, and Trueschler
- Entitled
- Election Law - Baltimore County Republican Central Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Krebs
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- Election Law - Fund-Raising During the Legislative Session
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cardin, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott, V. Clagett, Cryor, C. Davis, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Gaines, Gordon, Gutierrez, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Kaiser, King, Krysiak, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Paige, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Rosenberg, Ross, Simmons, Stern, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Election Law - Public Campaign Financing Act for Candidates for the General Assembly
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Senate Rules
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Republican Party Central Committee and Democratic Party Central Committee - Composition PG 405-06
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dwyer, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Costa, Eckardt, Edwards, Frank, Gilleland, Impallaria, Kach, McComas, McConkey, McMillan, Miller, O'Donnell, Shewell, Smigiel, and Trueschler
- Entitled
- Election Law - Voter Identification
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Madaleno
- Entitled
- Elections - Study Commission on the Redistricting Process in Maryland
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dwyer, Aumann, Bates, Boschert, Boteler, Cadden, Cluster, Costa, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Frank, Gilleland, Impallaria, Kach, Krebs, Leopold, Mayer, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McMillan, Miller, O'Donnell, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Stocksdale, Trueschler, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Election Law - Voter Registration - Proof of Citizenship
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Patterson, Hixson , Cardin, King, McKee, Ross, Bozman, C. Davis, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Heller, Howard, Kaiser, Marriott, Ramirez, Rosenberg, and Conroy
- Entitled
- Election Law - Voter Bill of Rights
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg and Marriott
- Entitled
- Voter Rights Protection Act of 2006
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Quinter
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- Election Law - Campaign Materials - Advertisements That Include an Elected Official
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Zirkin, Aumann, Burns, Cane, Cardin, DeBoy, Jones, Malone, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, and Trueschler
- Entitled
- Election Law - Baltimore County - Polling Places on College Campuses
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Oaks, Carter, Anderson, C. Davis, Goodwin, Hammen, Kirk, Krysiak, McHale, Paige, and Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Election Law - County Offices or Baltimore City Municipal Offices - Election Dates
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frank and King
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- Election Law - Election Judges - Compensation
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Myers, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Boschert, Boteler, Cluster, Costa, Cryor, Dwyer, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Gilleland, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, Kohl, Krebs, Leopold, Mayer, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, McMillan, Miller, O'Donnell, Parrott, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, Walkup, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Election Law - Early Voting - Delayed Implementation
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Jennings, Boteler, Cluster, Frank, and Krebs
- Entitled
- Election Law - Voting Procedures - Identification
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bates, Aumann, Boteler, Cluster, Frank, Hogan, Miller, Shewell, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Election Law - Deadline for Certification of Ballot and Election Results
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
HB 1667
Status as of March 2, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McComas, Bartlett, Bates, Frank, Kohl, Krebs, McConkey, Miller, Shank, Shewell, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- The Initiative
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House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Montgomery County Delegation
- Entitled
- Election Law - Montgomery County Democratic Party Central Committee - Membership
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
- Entitled
- Election Law - Petition Verification
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
- Entitled
- Campaign Finance Reporting - Enforcement of Late Fees
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
- Entitled
- Campaign Finance Entities - Organization and Reporting
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
- Entitled
- Election Law - Representatives in Congress - Special Election
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
- Entitled
- Election Law - Campaign Finance Report Requirements - Ballot Issue Committees
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- 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
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Elections, State Board of)
- Entitled
- Election Law - Ballots - Certification of Questions and Nomination of Candidates
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
SB 140
Status as of February 1, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Frosh, Britt, Brochin, Dyson, Green, Grosfeld, and Pinsky
- Entitled
- Campaign Finance - Affiliated Business Entities - Attribution of Contributions
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 292
Status as of February 27, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Brochin, and Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Elections - Instant Runoff Method of Voting
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Voters' Rights Protection Act - Clarification
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
SB 569
Status as of April 4, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Britt, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Giannetti, Gladden, Grosfeld, Jones, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Election Law - Public Campaign Financing Act for Candidates for the General Assembly
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 681
Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Harris, Brinkley, Colburn, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Mooney, Munson, Pipkin, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Election Law - Fraudulent Registration and Voting - Penalties
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Hollinger
- Entitled
- Election Law - Voter Bill of Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
SB 713
Status as of April 4, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hollinger, Astle, Britt, Brochin, Conway, Dyson, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Green, Greenip, Grosfeld, Haines, Harris, Jacobs, Kelley, Kittleman, Mooney, Pinsky, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Election Law - Voting Systems - Voter-Verified Paper Records
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Harris and Haines
- Entitled
- Election Law - Baltimore County Republican Central Committee
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Voter Rights Protection Act of 2006
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
SB 803
Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kittleman, Greenip, and Harris
- Entitled
- Election Law - Qualification of Voters - Proof of Identity
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 804
Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kittleman, Colburn, Greenip, and Harris
- Entitled
- Election Law - Voter Identification
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 942
Status as of February 23, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Greenip, Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Della, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Jacobs, Kittleman, Mooney, Munson, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Election Law - Early Voting - Delayed Implementation
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- Election Law - Baltimore City Board of Elections - Compensation for Substitute Board Members and Election Judges
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senator Della
- Entitled
- Election Law - Baltimore City Democratic Party Central Committee - Membership
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
