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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures"
+description: "Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 29"
+citation: "Maryland SB 29 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-08-20"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/753038e9-6575-4fc6-8b9a-8789321a2e3e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0029?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "0cca18a41d5f1fa1b8ae8aaa4043c894eb27010b6bb6c6a416a01311047eb4ca"
+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 SB 29 (2026) — Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_439_sb0029t.pdf)
+2. **First - Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0029f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0029t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-08-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-16** Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
+- **2026-02-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-03** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-02-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-06** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 439 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/753038e9-6575-4fc6-8b9a-8789321a2e3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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