---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law – Campaign Finance Entities – Termination"
description: "Election Law – Campaign Finance Entities – Termination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 310"
citation: "Maryland SB 310 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-28"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a85b5e03-ff84-416b-8a79-1ba0f175cce8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0310?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ec065af0c6dc1595b33372c4cc557e8f0c9645737c29b885bc0af66972f8326e"
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 310 (2021) — Election Law – Campaign Finance Entities – Termination

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law – Campaign Finance Entities – Termination** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_321_sb0310t.pdf)
2. **First - Election Law – Campaign Finance Entities – Termination** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0310f.pdf)
3. **Third - Election Law – Campaign Finance Entities – Termination** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0310t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-29** Hearing 1/14 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2021-01-05** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-05** Hearing 1/14 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2021-01-26** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-01-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-02** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 321 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a85b5e03-ff84-416b-8a79-1ba0f175cce8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).