---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting"
description: "Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 237"
citation: "Maryland SB 237 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daa30806-254a-4840-b70f-52b1ccc6967b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0237?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "cb7daeae7a20cebe7efb9caf99794cb784b778111f68996056c47bff32882e91"
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 237 (2026) — Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_469_sb0237e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0237e.pdf)
3. **First - Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0237f.pdf)
4. **Third - Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0237t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **32–10** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 469 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daa30806-254a-4840-b70f-52b1ccc6967b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).