---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Contested Elections"
description: "Election Law - Contested Elections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "Maryland SB 101 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-21"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6afa0cde-32be-4815-97db-23bf3d37a140"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0101?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "376b44e68b604b9d91bcd96ac650b4a3bc3d86330eb6de3737886fb86714c6db"
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 101 (2022) — Election Law - Contested Elections

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Contested Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_625_sb0101t.pdf)
2. **First - Election Law - Contested Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0101f.pdf)
3. **Third - Election Law - Contested Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0101t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–22** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-21** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-01-13** Hearing canceled
- **2022-01-13** Hearing 1/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-02-08** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-02-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-15** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 625 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6afa0cde-32be-4815-97db-23bf3d37a140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).