---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Correctional Facilities - Voter Registration and Voting"
description: "Election Law - Correctional Facilities - Voter Registration and Voting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 222"
citation: "Maryland HB 222 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilkins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-11-01"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebdc3e18-701e-4767-a143-ea4d0f451e4e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0222?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7acae5ced22c41f39288d1981526f88a8738f5161adb3d0a7c5773b261821bd7"
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 222 (2021) — Election Law - Correctional Facilities - Voter Registration and Voting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Correctional Facilities - Voter Registration and Voting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_734_hb0222e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Correctional Facilities - Voter Registration and Voting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0222e.pdf)
3. **First - Value My Vote Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0222f.pdf)
4. **Third - Value My Vote Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0222t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **98–41** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Mautz /733327/1 — **43–85** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **34–11** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **95–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Ways and Means and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/19 at 1:30 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Mautz) Adopted
- **2021-03-20** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-10** 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 734 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebdc3e18-701e-4767-a143-ea4d0f451e4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).