---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Early Voting Centers - Bus Stops"
description: "Election Law - Early Voting Centers - Bus Stops"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 263"
citation: "Maryland HB 263 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-30"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/704057a5-b9bb-4a29-ae40-c194d4c2625c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0263?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "89ae3c57484b51a1053a9384e9ed91ebbf3b8c542f1ddeebb3732987ad524ff5"
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 263 (2026) — Election Law - Early Voting Centers - Bus Stops

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Early Voting Centers - Bus Stops** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_106_hb0263t.pdf)
2. **First - Election Law - Early Voting Centers - Bus Stops** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0263f.pdf)
3. **Third - Election Law - Early Voting Centers - Bus Stops** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0263t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **107–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Government, Labor, and Elections Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-30** 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.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Folden) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 106 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/704057a5-b9bb-4a29-ae40-c194d4c2625c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).