2010 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 217

CHAPTER NUMBER: 271
File Code: Elections Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 292
Sponsored By:
Delegates Cardin, Ali, Elmore, Frick, Rice, Ross, Walker, and Ivey
Entitled:
Election Law - Voter Registration and Nomination by Petition - Requirements

Synopsis:

Altering the qualifications for voter registration to allow an individual who is at least 16 years old to register to vote; specifying that an individual under the age of 18 years may vote in specified primary elections but may not vote in any other elections; altering the deadline to request a change of party affiliation to coincide with the deadline for registering to vote for an election; altering the date on which the number of petition signatures required for a candidate to be nominated by petition is determined; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
1/22
First Reading Ways and Means
2/3
Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
3/27
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
3/24
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order next session (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected (41-89)
Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected (34-102)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/25
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Cane) Adopted
Third Reading Passed (97-43)
4/8
Returned Passed
Senate Action
3/27
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/10
Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/6
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
4/7
Special Order later today (Senator Kittleman) Adopted
Third Reading Passed (41-5)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/4
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 271

Sponsored by:

Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
Delegate Saqib Ali, District 39
Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
Delegate C. William Frick, District 16
Delegate Jolene Ivey, District 47
Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15
Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
Delegate Jay Walker, District 26

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Elections -see also- Ballots; Camp Financ; Pol Cands; Voting
Elections Supervisors
Minors -see also- Age of Majority; Youth
Petitions
Political Candidates
Political Parties
Registration -see also- Motor Vehicle Registration
Signatures
Voting -see also- Ballots; Elections

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Election Law
( 3-102 , 3-302 , 3-303 , 5-703 )

Documents

All documents except Roll Call Votes are displayed in PDF format:
Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
Fiscal and Policy Note: Available
Amendments:
House
Number: 673127/02     Offered on: March 27, 2010   at: 4:19 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 725165/01     Offered on: March 27, 2010   at: 12:47 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 913329/01     Offered on: March 27, 2010   at: 4:10 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Committee Votes :
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 24, 2010: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) {913329/1 Rejected (41-89)
March 24, 2010: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) {673127/2 Rejected (34-102)
March 25, 2010: Third Reading Passed (97-43)
Senate
April 7, 2010: Third Reading Passed (41-5)