Maryland House Bill 535 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 57-0)
Status: Passed on April 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-24 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 151
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring a local board of elections to send, not later than 43 days before an election, a ballot to voters who have made a request and qualify to vote by absentee ballot; altering the procedures for the canvassing of and curing of errors on absentee and provisional ballots; prohibiting the tabulation of absentee ballot vote totals before the polls close; requiring that the statewide primary election and the primary election for the municipal offices of Baltimore City in 2024 be held on the second Tuesday in May; etc.

Election Law - Ballot Issuance, Processing, and Reporting Procedures and 2024 Primary Date

Del. Jessica Feldmark [D]	Del. Nick Allen [D]	Del. Marlon Amprey [D]	Sen. Dalya Attar [D]
Del. Vanessa Atterbeary [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Darryl Barnes [D]	Del. Sandy Bartlett [D]
Del. Kumar Barve [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Regina Boyce [D]	Del. Tony Bridges [D]
Del. Mark Chang [D]	Sen. Nick Charles [D]	Del. Brian Crosby [D]	Del. Charlotte Crutchfield [D]
Del. Eric Ebersole [D]	Del. Diana Fennell [D]	Del. Linda Foley [D]	Del. Catherine Forbes [D]
Del. Brooke Grossman [D]	Del. Pam Guzzone [D]	Del. Anne Healey [D]	Sen. Shaneka Henson [D]
Sen. Carl Jackson [D]	Del. Andre Johnson [D]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Dana Jones [D]
Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Del. Aaron Kaufman [D]	Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]
Del. Mary Lehman [D]	Sen. Sara Love [D]	Del. Bernice Mireku-North [D]	Del. David Moon [D]
Del. Cheryl Pasteur [D]	Del. Edith Patterson [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Andrew Pruski [D]
Del. Mike Rogers [D]	Del. Sheila Ruth [D]	Del. Emily Shetty [D]	Del. Gary Simmons [D]
Del. Karen Simpson [D]	Del. Stephanie Smith [D]	Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Del. Deni Taveras [D]
Del. Jen Terrasa [D]	Del. Karen Toles [D]	Del. Kriselda Valderrama [D]	Del. Joe Vogel [D]
Del. Courtney Watson [D]	Del. Melissa Wells [D]	Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]	Del. Nicole Williams [D]
Del. Chao Wu [D]

2023-04-08 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 100 N: 38 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-06 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 33 N: 13 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-06 - Senate - Floor Amendment 403529/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (Y: 13 N: 34 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2023-04-06 - Senate - Floor Amendment 353323/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (Y: 12 N: 35 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2023-03-10 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 99 N: 37 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-03-09 - House - Floor Amendment 733428/1 (Delegate Tomlinson) Rejected (Y: 39 N: 98 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [FAIL]
2023-03-09 - House - Floor Amendment 163525/1 (Delegate Kipke) Rejected (Y: 39 N: 97 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [FAIL]
2023-03-08 - House - Floor Amendment 843625/1 (Delegate Kipke) Rejected (Y: 37 N: 100 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-24	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 151
2023-04-08	House	Passed Enrolled
2023-04-08	House	Third Reading Passed (100-38)
2023-04-08	House	House Concurs Senate Amendments
2023-04-06	Senate	Third Reading Passed (33-13)
2023-04-06	Senate	Floor Amendment {403529/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (13-34)
2023-04-06	Senate	Floor Amendment {353323/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (12-35)
2023-04-05	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-04-05	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {853821/1 Adopted
2023-04-05	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2023-03-13	Senate	Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
2023-03-10	House	Third Reading Passed (99-37)
2023-03-09	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-09	House	Floor Amendment {733428/1 (Delegate Tomlinson) Rejected (39-98)
2023-03-09	House	Floor Amendment {163525/1 (Delegate Kipke) Rejected (39-97)
2023-03-08	House	Motion Laid Over (Delegate Kipke) Adopted
2023-03-08	House	Floor Amendment {163525/1 (Delegate Kipke)
2023-03-08	House	Floor Amendment {843625/1 (Delegate Kipke) Rejected (37-100)
2023-03-07	House	Motion Special Order until 3/8 (Delegate Kipke) Adopted
2023-03-07	House	Favorable with Amendments {343422/1 Adopted
2023-03-06	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
2023-02-01	House	Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-02-01	House	First Reading Ways and Means

SB379 (Crossfiled) 2023-04-24 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 152

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Election Law	11	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	11	302	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	11	303	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	11	303.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	11	402	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	9	306	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0535?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0535f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0535t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0535e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_151_hb0535e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0005/hb0535_34342201.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0005/hb0535_84362501.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0005/hb0535_16352501.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0005/hb0535_73342801.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0005/hb0535_85382101.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0005/hb0535_35332301.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0005/hb0535_40352901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0535_w&m.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0535_eee.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0201.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0218.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0219.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0292.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/1224.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0988.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0989.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0990.pdf