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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audit"
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description: "Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audit"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 1278"
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citation: "Maryland HB 1278 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections", "Auditors and Audits", "Ballots", "Elections", "Elections", "State Board of", "Electronic Government", "Records", "Reports", "Rules and Regulations", "Time", "Voting"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kaiser"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-02-09"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d05693b3-2b2c-475a-ae32-91cce178d73c"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1278&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
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source_hash: "cb208b326d18714a118089c3029f6ba0631a7eb15543dd55c55125f551e7b535"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 1278 (2018) — Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audit
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1278f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kaiser — primary (person)
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- A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
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- Ali — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-09** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-12** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {955868/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-03-16** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
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- **2018-03-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-19** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {754038/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
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- **2018-04-05** House Concur - Senate Amendments
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- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
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- **2018-04-05** Passed Enrolled
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- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 523 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d05693b3-2b2c-475a-ae32-91cce178d73c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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