republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2025/hb-41.md

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Bill	Election Law - Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party - Process	Election Law - Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party - Process	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2025	HB 41	Maryland HB 41 (2025)	bill		enacted		3	13	2	2024-09-19	2025-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/f099972c-176c-445e-949a-cc2d884f3485	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0041?ys=2025RS&search=True	8d9ad889d2d2950a67e673bc50f9c5b344e78bda12ed4e4b7906eaa780400074	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 41 (2025) — Election Law - Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party - Process

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Election Law - Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party - Process (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Election Law - Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party - Process (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Election Law - Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party - Process (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 123–14 (pass) · lower
• Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chair, Ways and Means Committee — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2024-09-19 Pre-filed introduction
• 2025-01-08 First Reading Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2025-01-08 Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2025-02-10 Favorable Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-11 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2025-02-14 Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2025-03-31 Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-02 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-03 Motion Special Order until 4/4 (Senator Ready) Adopted
• 2025-04-04 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2025-04-05 Returned Passed
• 2025-05-06 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 282 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f099972c-176c-445e-949a-cc2d884f3485. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).