---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration"
description: "Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 115"
citation: "Maryland HB 115 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crutchfield", "Lehman", "Sample-Hughes", "Wells", "Wilkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-07-23"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e415f871-d734-4a7e-bb4d-d31ae62278fd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0115?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "98ad444f6db32d7108232b1864f75287606da4b351623b407fd7892a52536e9f"
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 115 (2026) — Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_428_hb0115t.pdf)
2. **First - Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0115f.pdf)
3. **Third - Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0115t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Grammer /743324/1 — **33–97** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **100–33** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **30–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 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** Motion Special Order until 03/18 (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
- **2026-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 428 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e415f871-d734-4a7e-bb4d-d31ae62278fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).