---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Elections - Campaign Finance Enforcement and Compliance - New State Positions"
description: "State Board of Elections - Campaign Finance Enforcement and Compliance - New State Positions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1222"
citation: "Maryland HB 1222 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b5a8b38-980f-4750-b2df-1de04c98547b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1222?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "edb3540b7a2a4552f2ce3df8d38760a9afe8329873ae1a71ec60e5617a7f8bd9"
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 1222 (2020) — State Board of Elections - Campaign Finance Enforcement and Compliance - New State Positions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Elections - Campaign Finance Enforcement and Compliance - New State Positions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_449_hb1222t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Elections - Campaign Finance Enforcement and Compliance - New State Positions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1222f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Elections - Campaign Finance Enforcement and Compliance - New State Positions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1222t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **104–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-20** Hearing canceled
- **2020-02-20** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 449 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b5a8b38-980f-4750-b2df-1de04c98547b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).