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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.

  1. Chapter - Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporations (committee substitute) — source
  2. Enrolled - Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporations (committee substitute) — source
  3. First - Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporations (committee substitute) — source
  4. Third - Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporations (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Motion to Limit Debate — 3313 (pass) · upper
  • Previous Question — 9037 (pass) · lower
  • FLA Del. Morgan, M. /123028/1 — 3492 (fail) · lower
  • On Third Reading (Emerg) — 3015 (pass) · upper
  • On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — 9119 (pass) · lower
  • FLA Del. Hornberger /493427/1 — 3586 (fail) · lower
  • FLA Del. Buckel /553021/1 — 3790 (fail) · lower
  • FLA Del. Morgan, M. /663122/1 — 3688 (fail) · lower
  • On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — 9435 (pass) · lower
  • FLA Del. Buckel /183626/1 — 3686 (fail) · lower
  • Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — 3214 (pass) · upper
  • FLA Del. Buckel /513920/1 — 3788 (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).