republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-621.md

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Bill	Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications	Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 621	Maryland HB 621 (2026)	bill		enacted	D. Jones Lehman Pruski Tomlinson	3	12	2	2026-01-30	2026-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/3fc093fc-d30a-4eeb-81fc-714a888fbf03	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0621?ys=2026RS	b2f8bcfee34af9c740bb8132d6193319d0432964986753ce56b6c62d1584b52f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 621 (2026) — Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Local Boards of Elections - Board Counsel - Qualifications (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading (Emerg) — 109–20 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading (Emerg) — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• D. Jones — primary (person)
• Lehman — primary (person)
• Pruski — primary (person)
• Tomlinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-30 First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-02 Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-03 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-03 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-03-04 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-05 Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2026-04-02 Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-03 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-08 Returned Passed
• 2026-04-28 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 256 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3fc093fc-d30a-4eeb-81fc-714a888fbf03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).