---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law – Campaign Material – Definition"
description: "Election Law – Campaign Material – Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 216"
citation: "Maryland HB 216 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Ebersole", "Hettleman", "Hill", "Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddaacc2f-0da8-4557-9ad9-35d5cdc159ee"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0216?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6b1f912e723eed0736a1257b280b6a7f9be09715e60473909d61a7cb49586e99"
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 216 (2020) — Election Law – Campaign Material – Definition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law – Campaign Material – Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_110_hb0216t.pdf)
2. **First - Election Law - Campaign Material - Definition and Authority Line for Telephone Calls** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0216f.pdf)
3. **Third - Election Law – Campaign Material – Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0216t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-21** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-21** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **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 Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 110 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddaacc2f-0da8-4557-9ad9-35d5cdc159ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).