republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/sb-29.md

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Bill	Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures	Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	SB 29	Maryland SB 29 (2026)	bill		enacted	Kagan	3	14	2	2025-08-20	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/753038e9-6575-4fc6-8b9a-8789321a2e3e	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0029?ys=2026RS	0cca18a41d5f1fa1b8ae8aaa4043c894eb27010b6bb6c6a416a01311047eb4ca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 29 (2026) — Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 135–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kagan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-08-20 Pre-filed introduction
• 2026-01-14 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2026-01-16 Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
• 2026-02-02 Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-03 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-03 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-02-05 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-02-06 Referred Government, Labor, and Elections referral-committee
• 2026-03-24 Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-04-11 Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-11 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 Returned Passed
• 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 439 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/753038e9-6575-4fc6-8b9a-8789321a2e3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).