---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Elections - Address Confidentiality Program - Designation of Contact Person"
description: "State Board of Elections - Address Confidentiality Program - Designation of Contact Person"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 265"
citation: "Maryland HB 265 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-22"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e246719c-7bd5-4b1d-8138-ec2a31fd7de8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0265?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "18f47a01296ecccc600e333c49568501588495789475668c71e2c2ece8f82286"
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 265 (2026) — State Board of Elections - Address Confidentiality Program - Designation of Contact Person

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Elections - Address Confidentiality Program - Designation of Contact Person** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_108_hb0265t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Elections - Address Confidentiality Program - Designation of Contact Person** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0265f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Elections - Address Confidentiality Program - Designation of Contact Person** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0265t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Government, Labor, and Elections Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Folden) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 108 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e246719c-7bd5-4b1d-8138-ec2a31fd7de8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).