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| Bill | Election Law - Absentee Ballots - State and Federal Requirements | Election Law - Absentee Ballots - State and Federal Requirements | us/states/md | Maryland General Assembly | 2026 | SB 949 | Maryland SB 949 (2026) |
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3 | 16 | 2 | 2026-02-06 | 2026-05-12 | openstates | ocd-bill/9116ec31-0ef0-4fdb-bdcf-7dce84e5f262 | http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0949?ys=2026RS | fd994abf7310ca36d78becb8edb11389424b65e0dfe1aa53a47bfae4eb9b1cf1 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Maryland SB 949 (2026) — Election Law - Absentee Ballots - State and Federal Requirements
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Chapter - Election Law - Absentee Ballots - State and Federal Requirements (committee substitute) — source
- First - Election Law - Canvassing of Absentee Ballots - Preemption by Federal Judicial Action (committee substitute) — source
- Third - Election Law - Absentee Ballots - State and Federal Requirements (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — 35–10 (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — 96–36 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Kagan — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-06 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
referral-committee - 2026-02-10 Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2026-04-10 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-10 Favorable with Amendments {
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-10 Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- 2026-04-10 Favorable with Amendments {
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-10 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed
passage - 2026-04-13 Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
referral-committee - 2026-04-13 Rereferred to Government, Labor, and Elections
- 2026-04-13 Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-13 Favorable Adopted
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-13 Second Reading Passed
- 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed
passage - 2026-04-13 Returned Passed
- 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 440
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9116ec31-0ef0-4fdb-bdcf-7dce84e5f262. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).