MD HB627 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 12 2024 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-03-19 - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on March 12 2024 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-03-19 - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Altering the definitions of "automatic voter registration agency" and "applicable transaction" for the purpose of designating the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services as an automatic voter registration agency and requiring the Department to register qualified individuals to vote when they are released from confinement at a State correctional facility; and requiring the Department to implement an automatic voter registration system on or before January 1, 2025.
Title
Election Law - Automatic Voter Registration - State Correctional Facilities
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-12 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 99 N: 39 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-03-08 - House - Floor Amendment 513522/1 (Delegate M. Morgan) Rejected (Y: 37 N: 95 NV: 3 Abs: 6) [FAIL]
2024-03-08 - House - Floor Amendment 513522/1 (Delegate M. Morgan) Rejected (Y: 37 N: 95 NV: 3 Abs: 6) [FAIL]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-19 | Senate | Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| 2024-03-12 | House | Third Reading Passed (99-39) |
| 2024-03-08 | House | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| 2024-03-08 | House | Floor Amendment {513522/1 (Delegate M. Morgan) Rejected (37-95) |
| 2024-03-07 | House | Motion Special Order until 3/8 (Delegate M. Morgan) Adopted |
| 2024-03-07 | House | Favorable with Amendments {213528/1 Adopted |
| 2024-03-06 | House | Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means |
| 2024-01-29 | House | Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2024-01-25 | House | First Reading Ways and Means |
Subjects
Correctional Institutions
Elections
Elections, State Board of
Public Safety and Correctional Services, Department of
Registration
Reports
Voting
Elections
Elections, State Board of
Public Safety and Correctional Services, Department of
Registration
Reports
Voting
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election Law | 3 | 203 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
