---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration"
description: "Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "Maryland SB 241 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Harris", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2a34a54-2ef1-4833-9faa-0f69890e4c65"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0241?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "e62d85296370b41bab30b3dfd240e216b0a1a250b2dca220e7f192c9c941182c"
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 241 (2026) — Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_427_sb0241t.pdf)
2. **First - Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0241f.pdf)
3. **Third - Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0241t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **31–13** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **97–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Motion Laid Over (Senator Salling) Adopted
- **2026-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 427 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2a34a54-2ef1-4833-9faa-0f69890e4c65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).