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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications"
+description: "Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 621"
+citation: "Maryland HB 621 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["D. Jones", "Lehman", "Pruski", "Tomlinson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fc093fc-d30a-4eeb-81fc-714a888fbf03"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0621?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "b2f8bcfee34af9c740bb8132d6193319d0432964986753ce56b6c62d1584b52f"
+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 621 (2026) — Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_256_hb0621t.pdf)
+2. **First - Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0621f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0621t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **109–20** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- D. Jones — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Pruski — primary (person)
+- Tomlinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-30** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 256 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fc093fc-d30a-4eeb-81fc-714a888fbf03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+