File Code: Elections
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 5
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Gladden, Britt, Hughes, Jones, Kelley, McFadden,
Middleton, and Ruben
- Entitled:
-
Voters Rights Protection Act of 2005
Providing that an individual whose right to vote is challenged at the
polling place may establish the individual's identity by presenting a
specified identification; prohibiting a person from willingly or
knowingly influencing or attempting to influence a voter from going to
the polls to cast a vote through the use of specified means or
activities; prohibiting a person from willingly or knowingly engaging
in specified conduct; requiring a local board of elections to count
specified provisional ballots; establishing penalties; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/28
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/9
- Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/28
- Motion Special Order 3/29 (Senator Stoltzfus) Rejected
- Third Reading Passed (33-14)
- 4/7
- Returned Passed
House Action
- 3/27
- First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- 4/4
- Re-referred Ways and Means
- 4/5
- Hearing 4/6 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/8
- Favorable Report by Ways and Means
- 4/3
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Moe) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/4
- Third Reading Passed (104-29)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/20
- Governor vetoed - Policy
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- 1/11/2006
- Senate - Motion Special Order until 1/12 Adopted
- 1/12/2006
- Senate - Motion Special Order until 1/17 (Senator Harris) Rejected (15-32)
- Senate - Motion override the Governors veto
- Senate - Motion limit debate (Senator McFadden) Adopted (32-15)
- Senate - Veto overridden (33-14)
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- 1/17/2006
- House - Motion override the Governors veto
- House - Veto overridden (96-44)
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- Became law per Maryland Constitution, Ch 4 of 2006 Session
Sponsored by:
- Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
- Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
- Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
- Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- BALLOTS
- BRIBERY
- DISCRIMINATION
- ELECTIONS -see also- BALLOTS; CAMP FINANC; POL CANDS; VOTING
- ELECTIONS SUPERVISORS
- ELECTIONS, STATE BOARD OF
- FRAUD -see also- FORGERY
- HARASSMENT
- IDENTIFICATION
- PENALTIES
- PUBLIC INFORMATION
- REPORTS
- SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
- VOTING -see also- BALLOTS; ELECTIONS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Election Law
- (
10-312 ,
11-303 ,
16-201 ,
16-903 ,
16-1002
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
Senate
- Number: 474835/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 2005 at:
2:13 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 28, 2005: Third Reading Passed (33-14)
House
- April 4, 2005: Third Reading Passed (104-29)
