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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Election Law - Contested Elections"
+description: "Election Law - Contested Elections"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 291"
+citation: "Maryland HB 291 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kaiser"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-01-17"
+last_action: "2022-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0ce007a-5c92-43fd-9643-d704aa0a8914"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0291?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "0399013ba4f69aa09c325186f30912c7d6b81c4363f5d9a553f38766c5f8a9f3"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 291 (2022) — Election Law - Contested Elections
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Election Law - Contested Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_624_hb0291e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Contested Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0291e.pdf)
+3. **First - Election Law - Contested Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0291f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Election Law - Contested Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0291t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **114–17** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kaiser — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-17** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-19** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-02-25** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
+- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 624 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0ce007a-5c92-43fd-9643-d704aa0a8914`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+