File Code: Elections
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1046
- Sponsored By:
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Senators Miller, Conway, Currie, Dyson, Exum, Frosh, Garagiola,
Green, Hogan, Hollinger, Middleton, and Ruben
- Entitled:
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Election Law - Early Voting
Establishing a process to allow voters to vote in elections at early
voting polling places in the State; specifying the time period in
which early voting is allowed; requiring local boards of elections to
establish the early voting polling places in each county; requiring
the local boards in specified counties to establish at least a
specified number of early voting polling places for each primary or
general election; requiring the Governor to allocate specified
resources to implement the Act; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/4
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/9
- Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/17
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/18
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Hooper) Adopted
- 3/19
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order 3/22 (Senator Mooney) Adopted
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Mooney) Rejected (14-33)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (35-12)
- 4/7
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Dyson, Pinsky, and Hollinger
- 4/9
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (34-9)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 3/23
- First Reading Ways and Means
- 3/30
- Hearing 4/6 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Committee Amendment Adopted
- Special Order next session (Delegate Hixson) Adopted
- 4/4
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Cluster) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Parrott) Rejected
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/5
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (84-51)
- 4/8
- House Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Patterson, Cardin, and Ross
- 4/9
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Moe) Adopted
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (84-50)
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 later today (Senator Hollinger) Adopted
- Senate - Motion override the Governors veto
- Senate - Veto overridden (31-16)
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- 1/17/2006
- House - Motion override the Governors veto
- House - Veto overridden (95-45)
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- Became law per Maryland Constitution, Ch 5 of 2006 Session
Sponsored by:
- Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., District 27
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
- Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
- Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Senator Patrick J. Hogan, District 39
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- APPROPRIATIONS
- BALLOTS
- COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
- ELECTIONS -see also- BALLOTS; CAMP FINANC; POL CANDS; VOTING
- ELECTIONS SUPERVISORS
- ELECTIONS, STATE BOARD OF
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- VOTING -see also- BALLOTS; ELECTIONS
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Election Law
- (
10-301.1
)
- 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: 124735/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 21, 2005 at:
8:35 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 463520/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 22, 2005 at:
1:02 p.m. Status: Rejected
House
- Number: 455762/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 2005 at:
12:43 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 553826/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 2005 at:
7:29 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 723326/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 2005 at:
7:30 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 795962/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 8, 2005 at:
12:44 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Conference Committee Documents (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
- Report Number: 033425/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 2005 at:
11:48 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Amendment Number: 033320/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 2005 at:
11:50 p.m. Status: Incomplete
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 20, 2005: Floor Amendment (Mooney) {463520/1 Rejected (14-33)
- March 22, 2005: Third Reading Passed (35-12)
- April 9, 2005: Third Reading Passed (34-9)
House
- April 5, 2005: Third Reading Passed (84-51)
- April 9, 2005: Third Reading Passed (84-50)
