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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Election Plan Requirements"
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description: "Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Election Plan Requirements"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 259"
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citation: "Maryland SB 259 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-09-19"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1003f733-25ec-4822-a1fb-c976a49a358a"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0259?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "e83964754b22cb5eb8ecac62f5a1c6dc1467243c662e01adeb98037500b5cc93"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 259 (2025) — Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Election Plan Requirements
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Election Plan Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_281_sb0259e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Election Plan Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0259e.pdf)
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3. **First - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Election Plan Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0259f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Election Plan Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0259t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–2** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **117–19** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-09-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-02-03** Hearing canceled
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- **2025-02-03** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
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- **2025-02-24** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-25** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-25** Second Reading Passed
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- **2025-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-02-28** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-03** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
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- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
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- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 281 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1003f733-25ec-4822-a1fb-c976a49a358a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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