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| Bill | Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporations | Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporations | us/states/md | Maryland General Assembly | 2026 | SB 255 | Maryland SB 255 (2026) |
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Maryland SB 255 (2026) — Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporations
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Chapter - Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporations (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled - Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporations (committee substitute) — source
- First - Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporations (committee substitute) — source
- Third - Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporations (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Motion to Limit Debate — 33–13 (pass) · upper
- Previous Question — 90–37 (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Morgan, M. /123028/1 — 34–92 (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — 30–15 (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — 91–19 (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Hornberger /493427/1 — 35–86 (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Buckel /553021/1 — 37–90 (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Morgan, M. /663122/1 — 36–88 (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — 94–35 (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Buckel /183626/1 — 36–86 (fail) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — 32–14 (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Buckel /513920/1 — 37–88 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Harris — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-16 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2026-02-02 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-03 Favorable with Amendments {
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-03 Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- 2026-02-05 Favorable with Amendments {
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-05 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2026-02-10 Third Reading Passed
passage - 2026-02-11 Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-03-24 Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2026-04-10 Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-10 Favorable with Amendments {
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-10 Committee Amendment Withdrawn
- 2026-04-10 Substitute Committee Amendment {
- 2026-04-10 Favorable with Amendments Adopted
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-10 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2026-04-11 Floor Amendment {
- 2026-04-11 Floor Amendment {
- 2026-04-11 Floor Amendment {
- 2026-04-11 Floor Amendment {
- 2026-04-11 Floor Amendment {
- 2026-04-11 Floor Amendment {
- 2026-04-11 Third Reading Passed
passage - 2026-04-13 Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- 2026-04-13 Senate Requests House Recede
- 2026-04-13 Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kagan, Harris and Simonaire)
- 2026-04-13 Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- 2026-04-13 Senate Requests House Recede
- 2026-04-13 Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kagan, Harris and Simonaire)
- 2026-04-13 House Refuses Recede
- 2026-04-13 House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Wells, Fair and Stewart)
- 2026-04-13 House Refuses Recede
- 2026-04-13 House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Wells, Fair and Stewart)
- 2026-04-13 Conference Committee Report {
- 2026-04-13 Motion Limit Debate (Senator King) Adopted
- 2026-04-13 Conference Committee Report {
- 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed
passage - 2026-04-13 Conference Committee Report {
- 2026-04-13 Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Stein) Adopted
- 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed
passage - 2026-04-13 Passed Enrolled
- 2026-04-28 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 157
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0a8c0ac-0db9-4f35-81af-294fc1a817c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).