---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Special Elections"
description: "Election Law - Special Elections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "Maryland SB 262 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-09-19"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa3c8fa5-2807-4f51-8129-fc53b66fb848"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0262?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0ea7bb6b9c6182366240a901a71ee48fb6649afeb5c0e67c3c57d7cf8169492a"
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 262 (2025) — Election Law - Special Elections

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Special Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_125_sb0262e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Special Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0262e.pdf)
3. **First - Election Law - Special Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0262f.pdf)
4. **Third - Election Law - Special Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0262t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **125–8** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-03** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-03** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 125 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa3c8fa5-2807-4f51-8129-fc53b66fb848`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).