---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Administrator of Elections - Removal From Office"
description: "State Administrator of Elections - Removal From Office"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 863"
citation: "Maryland SB 863 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/107a6212-19e8-43f4-8079-458e528a3d0f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0863?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7cf7f0ad988a065ba40b06bcebbfe621fb045f929956989a115f2bbfd040dd24"
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 863 (2023) — State Administrator of Elections - Removal From Office

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Administrator of Elections - Removal From Office** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_153_sb0863t.pdf)
2. **First - State Administrator of Elections - Removal From Office** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0863f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Administrator of Elections - Removal From Office** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0863t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 153 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/107a6212-19e8-43f4-8079-458e528a3d0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).