---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law – Voter Registration Deadlines"
description: "Election Law – Voter Registration Deadlines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 172"
citation: "Maryland HB 172 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Crimes and Punishments", "Cybersecurity", "Data", "Elections", "Elections Supervisors", "Elections", "State Board of", "Ethics", "Fines", "Internet", "Penalties and Sentences", "Privacy", "Records", "Rules and Regulations", "Telecommunications and Information Technology", "Time", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf2e87fd-bb28-46a9-bd07-00b6f231fc2d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB172&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "2b32e8cd511c9f852c067d9cbe86e0d96eac61715365ad1548b1c12dc430e913"
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 172 (2019) — Election Law – Voter Registration Deadlines

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0172f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - State Board of Elections) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-23** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** Favorable with Amendments {595068/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-12** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Favorable with Amendments {854430/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 153 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf2e87fd-bb28-46a9-bd07-00b6f231fc2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).