---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law – Early Voting Centers – Hours of Operation"
description: "Election Law – Early Voting Centers – Hours of Operation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 206"
citation: "Maryland HB 206 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f3e3e9d-e8cd-472f-9304-05d71fb18a1a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0206?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1679472632686d83cb6f0be9825bf42bf8bc4093cb976c161bee24bb35957336"
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 206 (2021) — Election Law – Early Voting Centers – Hours of Operation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law – Early Voting Centers – Hours of Operation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_660_hb0206e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Election Law – Early Voting Centers – Hours of Operation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0206e.pdf)
3. **First - Election Law – Early Voting Centers – Hours of Operation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0206f.pdf)
4. **Third - Election Law – Early Voting Centers – Hours of Operation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0206t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **111–24** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **119–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-09** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 660 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f3e3e9d-e8cd-472f-9304-05d71fb18a1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).