type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
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title |
description |
jurisdiction |
legislature |
session |
identifier |
citation |
classification |
subjects |
status |
primary_sponsors |
version_count |
action_count |
vote_count |
first_action |
last_action |
source |
source_identifier |
source_url |
source_hash |
vintage |
source_snapshot |
retrieved_at |
confidence |
tags |
| Bill |
Local Government - Municipal Elections - No-Excuse Absentee Voting |
Local Government - Municipal Elections - No-Excuse Absentee Voting |
us/states/md |
Maryland General Assembly |
2018 |
HB 829 |
Maryland HB 829 (2018) |
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| Municipalities |
| Ballots |
| Municipal Corporations |
| Voting |
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enacted |
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1 |
13 |
2 |
2018-02-02 |
2018-05-15 |
openstates |
ocd-bill/c9c47d34-b7f5-4ce7-af8c-3f12c343a84e |
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB829&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs |
9062f96d6c80327c921955dcdc288f45c75751a6c506c0d65ae6d54224307318 |
2026-07-01 |
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump |
2026-07-06 |
reported |
|
Maryland HB 829 (2018) — Local Government - Municipal Elections - No-Excuse Absentee Voting
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- On Third Reading — 135–0 (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — 35–11 (pass) · upper
- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Ali — cosponsor (person)
- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
- Clippinger — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Frick — cosponsor (person)
- Frush — cosponsor (person)
- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Korman — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- McMillan — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Reznik — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-02-02 First Reading Ways and Means
referral-committee
- 2018-02-06 Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2018-02-22 Favorable Report by Ways and Means
committee-passage-favorable
- 2018-02-23 Favorable Report Adopted
committee-passage-favorable
- 2018-02-23 Second Reading Passed
- 2018-02-27 Third Reading Passed (135-0)
passage
- 2018-02-28 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
referral-committee
- 2018-03-30 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
committee-passage-favorable
- 2018-03-30 Favorable Report Adopted
committee-passage-favorable
- 2018-03-30 Second Reading Passed
- 2018-04-02 Third Reading Passed (35-11)
passage
- 2018-04-03 Returned Passed
- 2018-05-15 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 746
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9c47d34-b7f5-4ce7-af8c-3f12c343a84e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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