MD SB495 | 2024 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Over of previous SB56
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 8 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-16 - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on March 8 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-16 - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring that a certain statement included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and a certain statement about the purpose of a question on the ballot be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by an individual who has attained not higher than a grade 6 level of reading comprehension.
Title
Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Plain Language Requirement
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-08 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 40 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-16 | House | Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2024-03-11 | House | Referred Ways and Means |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | Third Reading Passed (40-7) |
| 2024-03-06 | Senate | Second Reading Passed |
| 2024-03-06 | Senate | Favorable Adopted |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| 2024-01-25 | Senate | Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Same As/Similar To
SB56 (Carry Over) 2020-03-16 - Hearing canceled
HB1343 (Crossfiled) 2024-02-09 - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
HB1343 (Crossfiled) 2024-02-09 - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Subjects
Ballots
Communications
Elections
Elections, State Board of
Ethics
Federal Government
Language
Petitions
Signatures
Communications
Elections
Elections, State Board of
Ethics
Federal Government
Language
Petitions
Signatures
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election Law | 6 | 103 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Election Law | 6 | 201 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Election Law | 7 | 103 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
