CHAPTER NUMBER: 587
File Code: Elections
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 118
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Collins and Craig (Commission to Revise the Election
Code)
- Entitled:
-
Election Law - Political Parties and Nomination of Candidates
Revising the requirements for the formation of a new political party
and for retaining political party status; authorizing specified
political parties to nominate candidates by petition or by convention;
etc.
Senate Action
- 1/21
- First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
- 1/23
- Hearing 2/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/19
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs
- 2/20
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Baker) Adopted
- 2/23
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order 2/25 (Senator Baker) Adopted
- 2/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/27
- Third Reading Passed (37-7)
- 4/7
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Collins, Pinsky, and Sfikas
- 4/9
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (38-1)
- 4/4
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/21
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 587
House Action
- 3/2
- First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
- 3/18
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:15 p.m.
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Commerce and Government Matters
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (123-9)
- 4/2
- House Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Arnick, Kittleman, and Malone
- 4/4
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (117-17)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6
- Senator David R. Craig, District 34
- Election Code, Comm. to Revise the
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ELECTIONS -see also- BALLOTS; CAMPAIGN FINANCING; VOTING
- PETITIONS
- POLITICAL CANDIDATES
- POLITICAL PARTIES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - 33 Election Code
- (
4-102 ,
4-103 ,
5-703
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 744911/1 (PDF) Offered on: February 25, 1998 at:
12:35 p.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 246363/2 (PDF) Offered on: April 2, 1998 at:
10:32 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Conference Committee Documents:
- Report Number: 743508/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 1998 at:
10:58 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Amendment Number: 903000/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 1998 at:
10:58 a.m. Status: Incomplete
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- February 27, 1998: Third Reading Passed (37-7)
- April 9, 1998: Third Reading Passed (38-1)
- House
- April 1, 1998: Third Reading Passed (123-9)
- April 4, 1998: Third Reading Passed (117-17)
