---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Authority at Polling Places, Early Voting Centers, and Counting Centers - Revisions"
description: "Election Law - Authority at Polling Places, Early Voting Centers, and Counting Centers - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1001"
citation: "Maryland HB 1001 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef5a3631-d259-455c-808e-482893d07715"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1001?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "59f2d62e5207f281f05cbe9754245c05b1c90f635022b0b1fbcb8acca1cc8170"
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 1001 (2026) — Election Law - Authority at Polling Places, Early Voting Centers, and Counting Centers - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Authority at Polling Places, Early Voting Centers, and Counting Centers - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_467_hb1001e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Authority at Polling Places, Early Voting Centers, and Counting Centers - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1001e.pdf)
3. **First - Election Law - Local Board of Elections Employees - Authority at Polling Places** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1001f.pdf)
4. **Third - Election Law - Authority at Polling Places - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1001t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 467 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef5a3631-d259-455c-808e-482893d07715`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).