---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting"
description: "Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 182"
citation: "Maryland HB 182 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stein"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-08-01"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ec94559-f45d-4a66-af2f-8caa642051af"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0182?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "a2fd6997f6640b454b5779a72be8e575083a6f78362390a76f73b327f500ba54"
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 182 (2026) — Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_470_hb0182e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0182e.pdf)
3. **First - Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0182f.pdf)
4. **Third - Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0182t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **127–9** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-08-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 470 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ec94559-f45d-4a66-af2f-8caa642051af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).