Maryland House Bill 682 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-04-01 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing the legislative body of a municipality to adopt a charter amendment that authorizes the legislative body of the municipality to submit to the qualified voters of the municipality at a regular or special municipal election a proposed charter amendment; lowering from 20% to a percentage no lower than 5% the required percentage of qualified voters of the municipality necessary to petition a proposed charter amendment to a referendum or to initiate a proposed charter amendment; etc.

Municipalities - Charter Amendments - Referendum and Signatures Required for Petitions

Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Ben Barnes [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Del. Barbara Frush [D]
Del. Tawanna Gaines [D]	Del. James Tarlau [D]	Sen. Alonzo Washington [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-01	House	Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation
2015-03-03	House	Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-12	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0682?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/hb/hb0682f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0002/hb0682.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/votes_comm/hb0682_env.pdf