---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Election Judges - Revisions"
description: "Election Law - Election Judges - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 700"
citation: "Maryland HB 700 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Jones", "Fair"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acef39f1-fbaa-4f43-9f23-f7d3f7e8c252"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0700?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7ff6bb7cfebebd8db6d9fffa380e2f1879485832fb272b3b82e3562d77e96a88"
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 700 (2024) — Election Law - Election Judges - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Election Judges - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_504_hb0700e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Election Judges - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0700e.pdf)
3. **First - Election Law - Election Judges - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0700f.pdf)
4. **Third - Election Law - Election Judges - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0700t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **120–18** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **117–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 504 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acef39f1-fbaa-4f43-9f23-f7d3f7e8c252`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).