File Code: Elections
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 28
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Cardin, Dumais, Hixson, Kaiser, Rice, Ross, George, and Shank
- Entitled:
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Honorable Lorraine M. Sheehan Act to Protect Voting Rights for Individuals
Under Guardianship for Mental Disability
Providing that an individual under guardianship for mental disability
is not qualified to be a registered voter if a specified court has
specifically found by clear and convincing evidence that the
individual cannot communicate, with or without accommodations, a
desire to participate in the voting process.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/9
- First Reading Ways and Means
- 2/12
- Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/18
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 3/9 at 2:00 p.m.
- 2/19
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- 3/23
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/24
- Third Reading Passed (125-14)
- 4/3
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/26
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/8
- Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/4
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/5
- Third Reading Passed (41-4)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/4
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 204
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
- Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
- Delegate Ron George, District 30
- Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
- Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
- Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15
- Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
- Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Courts -see also- Circuit; Appeals; District; Orphans`; etc.
- Developmental Disabilities
- Disabilities -see also- Blind; Deaf; Developmental
- Guardians
- Mental Health
- Registration -see also- Motor Vehicle Registration
- Voting -see also- Ballots; Elections
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Election Law
- (
3-102
)
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
Available
- Amendments:
House
- Number: 475069/01 Offered on: March 25, 2010 at:
10:55 a.m. Status: Adopted
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Committee Votes :
House
- Ways and Means
Senate
- Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 24, 2010: Third Reading Passed (125-14)
Senate
- April 5, 2010: Third Reading Passed (41-4)
