---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Campaign Finance - Enforcement"
description: "Election Law - Campaign Finance - Enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Maryland SB 15 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-09-22"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3124f86d-b2cd-40df-a07d-19bbbe78cdb0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0015?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c2826a936fd75a1bdf9a824790bf753b91fbb7c7c1c807fe24ba03eea4550e77"
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 15 (2022) — Election Law - Campaign Finance - Enforcement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Campaign Finance - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_642_sb0015e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Campaign Finance - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0015e.pdf)
3. **First - Election Law - Campaign Finance - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0015f.pdf)
4. **Third - Election Law - Campaign Finance - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0015t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- the Floor by Senator Cassilly. — **19–28** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **99–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-22** 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.
- **2022-02-15** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Motion Special Order until 2/17 (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
- **2022-02-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-02-17** Motion Laid Over (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
- **2022-02-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-02-18** Motion Special Order until 2/22 (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2022-02-22** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-02-22** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Referred Ways and Means Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2022-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ferguson) Adopted
- **2022-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 642 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3124f86d-b2cd-40df-a07d-19bbbe78cdb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).