File Code: Elections
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 473/00 - CGM
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Petzold, Griffith, Barkley, Bates, D. Davis, Dumais,
Heller, Kaiser, Madaleno, Mandel, Moe, Montgomery,
Taylor, Bartlett, Boschert, Bozman, Cardin,
Cryor, C. Davis, Elmore, Gilleland, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Hixson,
Howard, King, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Patterson, Ramirez, and
Ross
- Entitled:
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Elections - Absentee Voting on Demand
Eliminating the circumstances that are required to exist for a voter
to qualify for voting by absentee ballot; and altering the methods for
receiving and submitting an application for an absentee ballot.
House Action
- 2/4
- First Reading Ways and Means
- 2/8
- Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/26
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order later today (Delegate Petzold) Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments
- Committee Amendment Withdrawn
- Substitute Committee Amendment Adopted
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed (132-0)
- 4/8
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/28
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/30
- Hearing 4/7 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/9
- Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/7
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/8
- Third Reading Passed (37-8)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/20
- Governor vetoed - Policy
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- 1/11/2006
- House - Motion Special Order until 1/12 (Delegate Barve) Adopted
- 1/12/2006
- House - Motion Special Order until 1/17 (Delegate Barve) Adopted
- 1/17/2006
- House - Motion override the Governors veto
- House - Veto overridden (97-41)
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- 1/18/2006
- Senate - Motion override the Governors veto
- Senate - Veto overridden (33-14)
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- Became law per Maryland Constitution, Ch 6 of 2006 Session
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
- Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
- Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A
- Delegate Gail H. Bates, District 9A
- Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33A
- Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B
- Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
- Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
- Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
- Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25
- Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
- Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
- Delegate Terry R. Gilleland, Jr., District 32
- Delegate Marshall T. Goodwin, District 40
- Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
- Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25
- Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
- Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
- Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
- Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
- Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
- Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
- Delegate Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
- Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
- Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C
- Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
- Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47
- Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
- Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- BALLOTS
- ELECTIONS -see also- BALLOTS; CAMP FINANC; POL CANDS; VOTING
- VOTING -see also- BALLOTS; ELECTIONS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Election Law
- (
9-304 ,
9-305 ,
10-102
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
House
- Number: 745763/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 26, 2005 at:
1:36 p.m. Status: Withdrawn
- Number: 745763/02 (PDF) Offered on: March 26, 2005 at:
1:36 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 26, 2005: Third Reading Passed (132-0)
Senate
- April 8, 2005: Third Reading Passed (37-8)
