republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2020/sb-390.md

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Bill	Election Law - Candidate Defeated in Primary Election - Write-In Candidacy in General Election Prohibited	Election Law - Candidate Defeated in Primary Election - Write-In Candidacy in General Election Prohibited	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2020	SB 390	Maryland SB 390 (2020)	bill		enacted	Augustine Feldman Guzzone King Lee Peters Zucker	3	12	2	2020-01-27	2020-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/933f0bac-5465-442e-bd74-bc9cccc94b49	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0390?ys=2020RS&search=True	aabe9b9d1764aa82d3f0cb84a676940c90dbfce07f10c7196c6c3ca931a529c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 390 (2020) — Election Law - Candidate Defeated in Primary Election - Write-In Candidacy in General Election Prohibited

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Election Law - Candidate Defeated in Primary Election - Write-In Candidacy in General Election Prohibited (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Election Law - Candidate Defeated in Primary Election - Write-In Candidacy in General Election Prohibited (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Election Law - Candidate Defeated in Primary Election - Write-In Candidacy in General Election Prohibited (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 40–6 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 125–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Augustine — primary (person)
• Feldman — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Lee — primary (person)
• Peters — primary (person)
• Zucker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-27 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2020-03-06 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-09 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-09 Second Reading Passed
• 2020-03-11 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-12 Referred Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2020-03-15 Favorable Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-15 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-17 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-18 Returned Passed
• 2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 552 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/933f0bac-5465-442e-bd74-bc9cccc94b49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).