Legislation

Title: Election Law - Early Voting Centers
Sponsored by: Delegate Luedtke
Status: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 43
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

Synopsis

Altering the number of early voting centers counties are required to establish; clarifying the process by which one additional early voting center may be established in a county in excess of the number of required to be established; and requiring a local board of elections, in determining the location of centers, to take into account the accessibility of centers to historically disenfranchised communities, proximity to dense concentrations of voters, accessibility by public transportation, and equitable distribution of centers in the county.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Click to view Recorded Media

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Details

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2021

Bill imposes a local government mandate which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/29/2021 Legislative Date 1/29/2021 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Election Law - Early Voting Centers - Number Required Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/01/2021 Legislative Date 2/01/2021 Action Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/11/2021 Legislative Date 3/11/2021 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/12/2021 Legislative Date 3/04/2021 Action Favorable with Amendments {505960/1 Adopted Proceedings 23 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/12/2021 Legislative Date 3/04/2021 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 23 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Election Law - Early Voting Centers Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/16/2021 Legislative Date 3/05/2021 Action Third Reading Passed (100-36) Proceedings 24 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/17/2021 Legislative Date 2/26/2021 Action Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Proceedings 27 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/23/2021 Legislative Date 3/23/2021 Action Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/30/2021 Legislative Date 3/30/2021 Action Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/30/2021 Legislative Date 3/08/2021 Action Favorable Adopted Proceedings 35 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/30/2021 Legislative Date 3/08/2021 Action Second Reading Passed Proceedings 35 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/31/2021 Legislative Date 3/09/2021 Action Floor Amendment {693420/1 (Senator Simonaire) Rejected Proceedings 36 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/31/2021 Legislative Date 3/09/2021 Action Floor Amendment {383225/1 (Senator Simonaire) Rejected (17-30) Proceedings 36 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/31/2021 Legislative Date 3/09/2021 Action Floor Amendment {413023/1 (Senator Simonaire) Rejected Proceedings 36 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/31/2021 Legislative Date 3/09/2021 Action Third Reading Passed (33-14) Proceedings 36 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/01/2021 Legislative Date 3/16/2021 Action Returned Passed Proceedings 35AClick to view Recorded Media
Chamber Post Passage Calendar Date 4/09/2021 Legislative Date 4/09/2021 Action Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 43 Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Chapter - Election Law - Early Voting Centers Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/29/2021	1/29/2021	First Reading Ways and Means
			Text - First - Election Law - Early Voting Centers - Number Required
House	2/01/2021	2/01/2021	Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/11/2021	3/11/2021	Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
House	3/12/2021	3/04/2021	Favorable with Amendments {505960/1 Adopted	23 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/12/2021	3/04/2021	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	23 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Election Law - Early Voting Centers
House	3/16/2021	3/05/2021	Third Reading Passed (100-36)	24 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/17/2021	2/26/2021	Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs	27 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/23/2021	3/23/2021	Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs	Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/30/2021	3/30/2021	Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Senate	3/30/2021	3/08/2021	Favorable Adopted	35 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/30/2021	3/08/2021	Second Reading Passed	35 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/31/2021	3/09/2021	Floor Amendment {693420/1 (Senator Simonaire) Rejected	36 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/31/2021	3/09/2021	Floor Amendment {383225/1 (Senator Simonaire) Rejected (17-30)	36 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/31/2021	3/09/2021	Floor Amendment {413023/1 (Senator Simonaire) Rejected	36 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/31/2021	3/09/2021	Third Reading Passed (33-14)	36 Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/01/2021	3/16/2021	Returned Passed	35AClick to view Recorded Media
Post Passage	4/09/2021	4/09/2021	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 43
			Text - Chapter - Election Law - Early Voting Centers

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