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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 SB 145 Maryland SB 145 (2020)
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Maryland SB 145 (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 — 450 (pass) · upper
  • On third reading — 3510 (pass) · upper
  • On Third Reading (Amend) — 10033 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Hester — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-10 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
  • 2020-01-15 Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
  • 2020-01-15 Hearing canceled
  • 2020-01-15 Hearing 1/28 at 2:00 p.m.
  • 2020-02-10 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-02-11 Favorable committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-02-11 Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
  • 2020-02-12 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-02-12 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  • 2020-02-14 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2020-02-17 Referred Ways and Means referral-committee
  • 2020-02-25 Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
  • 2020-03-14 Hearing canceled
  • 2020-03-15 Favorable Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-03-15 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-03-15 Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Mosby) Adopted
  • 2020-03-16 Floor Amendment {
  • 2020-03-16 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  • 2020-03-17 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2020-03-18 Senate Concurs House 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 37 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47274e89-3190-4723-a6ee-63e4c8f63e51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).