---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Special Elections - Calendar Revisions"
description: "Election Law - Special Elections - Calendar Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Maryland SB 251 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pinsky"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-02-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b1ae675-46c8-4bc4-ae56-fe83f1b9868a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0251?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "83d137598f2b05929a09c7a333bedb83c80200dea6d210fe4e3e3a7a05a4f7b1"
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 251 (2020) — Election Law - Special Elections - Calendar Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Special Elections - Calendar Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_10_sb0251t.pdf)
2. **First - Election Law - Special Elections - Calendar Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0251f.pdf)
3. **Third - Election Law - Special Elections - Calendar Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0251t.pdf)

## Votes

- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Emerg) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pinsky — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-01-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-01-27** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-30** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-30** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2020-01-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Returned Passed
- **2020-02-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 10 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b1ae675-46c8-4bc4-ae56-fe83f1b9868a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).