republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/hb-176.md

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Bill	Election Law – Candidates – Revisions	Election Law – Candidates – Revisions	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	HB 176	Maryland HB 176 (2019)	bill	Elections Anne Arundel County Ballots Certifications Committees and Commissions Communications Data Education Boards of Elections Elections Supervisors Forms Notices Political Candidates Political Committees Political Parties Public Officials Signatures Time	enacted	Chair	1	14	2	2019-01-23	2019-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/d151aed9-69c4-47c6-9980-fd7dde94a234	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB176&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	b3ec143571cb772c6a8cd73948bde587cfaef50fba55026623d8019f77d28e1c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 176 (2019) — Election Law – Candidates – Revisions

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 141–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chair — primary (person)
• Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - State Board of Elections) — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-23 First Reading Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2019-01-24 Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-02-18 Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-20 Favorable with Amendments {505762/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-20 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-02-22 Third Reading Passed (141-0) passage
• 2019-02-25 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-28 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-04-02 Third Reading Passed (44-0) passage
• 2019-04-03 Returned Passed
• 2019-04-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 155 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d151aed9-69c4-47c6-9980-fd7dde94a234. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).