---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party - Process"
description: "Election Law - Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party - Process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 41"
citation: "Maryland HB 41 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-09-19"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f099972c-176c-445e-949a-cc2d884f3485"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0041?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8d9ad889d2d2950a67e673bc50f9c5b344e78bda12ed4e4b7906eaa780400074"
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 41 (2025) — Election Law - Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party - Process

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party - Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_282_hb0041t.pdf)
2. **First - Election Law - Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party - Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0041f.pdf)
3. **Third - Election Law - Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party - Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0041t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **123–14** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Ways and Means Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-10** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Motion Special Order until 4/4 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 282 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f099972c-176c-445e-949a-cc2d884f3485`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).