republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/sb-443.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	SB 443	Maryland SB 443 (2026)	bill		enacted	Carozza Hershey Kagan Mautz	3	13	2	2026-01-30	2026-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/3ec7448e-02d8-44e6-9fd4-ee2661dfcdc5	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0443?ys=2026RS	217a6d9907720d0dc95a44988b0b55773c0b9755d03a48ae9cbbf31c4212dc32	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 443 (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) — 115–18 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading (Emerg) — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carozza — primary (person)
• Hershey — primary (person)
• Kagan — primary (person)
• Mautz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-30 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-09 Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-10 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-10 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-03-12 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-13 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
• 2026-04-28 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 257 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ec7448e-02d8-44e6-9fd4-ee2661dfcdc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).