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Bill Election Law Absentee Voting References in Public Communications and Prepaid Postage for Return of Ballots Election Law Absentee Voting References in Public Communications and Prepaid Postage for Return of Ballots us/states/md Maryland General Assembly 2020 HB 37 Maryland HB 37 (2020)
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Maryland HB 37 (2020) — Election Law Absentee Voting References in Public Communications and Prepaid Postage for Return of Ballots

Version chain

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

  1. Chapter - Election Law Absentee Voting References in Public Communications and Prepaid Postage for Return of Ballots (committee substitute) — source
  2. Enrolled - Election Law Absentee Voting References in Public Communications and Prepaid Postage for Return of Ballots (committee substitute) — source
  3. First - Election Law - References to Absentee Voting in Communications - Mail-In Voting (committee substitute) — source
  4. Third - Election Law - References to Absentee Voting in Communications - Mail-In Voting (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • On Third Reading — 9937 (pass) · lower
  • On Third Reading (Amend) — 450 (pass) · upper
  • On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 9733 (pass) · lower
  • Suspened Rule 24 to allow two readings of a bill in the same day — 3014 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-09-20 Pre-filed introduction
  • 2020-01-08 First Reading Ways and Means referral-committee
  • 2020-01-07 Hearing 1/16 at 1:30 p.m.
  • 2020-01-30 Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-01-30 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-01-30 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  • 2020-01-31 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2020-02-03 Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
  • 2020-03-16 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-03-16 Favorable committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-03-16 Motion Special Order until 3/17 (Senator Kagan) Adopted
  • 2020-03-18 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-03-18 Floor Amendment {
  • 2020-03-18 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  • 2020-03-18 Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Kagan)
  • 2020-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2020-03-18 House Concurs Senate Amendments
  • 2020-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2020-03-18 Passed Enrolled
  • 2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 36 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4bdfbac5-7e53-4e11-9185-2ef0267036eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).