republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2024/hb-585.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024"
description: "Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 585"
citation: "Maryland HB 585 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Administration", "Allen", "Amprey", "Anderton", "Bagnall", "Bartlett", "Bhandari", "Boafo", "Bouchat", "Boyce", "Charkoudian", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "D. Jones", "Davis", "Ebersole", "Embry", "Fennell", "Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Grossman", "Guyton", "Guzzone", "Harris", "Harrison", "Henson", "Hill", "Ivey", "J. Long", "Jackson", "Kaufman", "Lopez", "Love", "McCaskill", "Munoz", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Pruski", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Ruff", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Solomon", "Speaker", "Spiegel", "Stewart", "T. Morgan", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Toles", "Turner", "Valderrama", "Watson", "White Holland", "Williams", "Wu"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4b0560e-74cf-4c6e-a852-dbfec7c003bc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0585?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9351b645ff283f31dded81340b4bc4f65180b3113b6aecb7d3048ce044be5586"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 585 (2024) — Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_21_hb0585e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0585e.pdf)
3. **First - Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0585f.pdf)
4. **Third - Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0585t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **109–25** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **109–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Administration — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Bouchat — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Munoz — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 21 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4b0560e-74cf-4c6e-a852-dbfec7c003bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).