File Code: Elections
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 634
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Hixson, Barve, Howard, N. King, Murphy, Olszewski, Rice, and F.
Turner
- Entitled:
-
Presidential Elections - Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by
National Popular Vote
Altering specified methods of nominating and electing presidential
electors; repealing a specified restriction governing elector voting;
entering the State of Maryland into the Agreement Among the States to
Elect the President by National Popular Vote; requiring a statewide
popular election for President and Vice President of the United
States; establishing a specified procedure for appointing presidential
electors in member states; providing for the withdrawal and
notification of member states under specified circumstances; etc.
House Action
- 1/25
- First Reading Ways and Means
- 1/30
- Hearing 2/6 at 11:00 a.m.
- 3/29
- Favorable Report by Ways and Means
- 3/25
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Special Order 3/30 (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted
- 3/26
- Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell)
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected (58-76)
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Shank)
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate McHale) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Shank) Rejected (35-95)
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/27
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Vaughn) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (85-54)
- 4/5
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/29
- First Reading Senate Rules
- 4/4
- Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/6
- Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/2
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/3
- Third Reading Passed (29-17)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 4/10
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 44
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
- Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
- Delegate Peter Murphy, District 28
- Delegate John A. Olszewski, Jr., District 6
- Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Elections -see also- Ballots; Camp Financ; Pol Cands; Voting
- Elections, State Board of
- Federal Government
- Governor
- Interstate Affairs
- Notices
- Political Candidates
- Voting -see also- Ballots; Elections
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Election Law
- (
8-503 ,
8-504 ,
8-505 ,
8-5A-01
)
- 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):
House
- Number: 523824/01 Offered on: March 30, 2007 at:
12:14 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 693628/01 Offered on: March 30, 2007 at:
11:49 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 26, 2007: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) Rejected (58-76)
- March 26, 2007: Floor Amendment (Shank) Rejected (35-95)
- March 27, 2007: Third Reading Passed (85-54)
Senate
- April 3, 2007: Third Reading Passed (29-17)