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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Candidate Defeated in Primary Election - Write-In Candidacy in General Election Prohibited"
description: "Election Law - Candidate Defeated in Primary Election - Write-In Candidacy in General Election Prohibited"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 390"
citation: "Maryland SB 390 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Feldman", "Guzzone", "King", "Lee", "Peters", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/933f0bac-5465-442e-bd74-bc9cccc94b49"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0390?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "aabe9b9d1764aa82d3f0cb84a676940c90dbfce07f10c7196c6c3ca931a529c6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---
# Maryland SB 390 (2020) — Election Law - Candidate Defeated in Primary Election - Write-In Candidacy in General Election Prohibited
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Election Law - Candidate Defeated in Primary Election - Write-In Candidacy in General Election Prohibited** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_552_sb0390t.pdf)
2. **First - Election Law - Candidate Defeated in Primary Election - Write-In Candidacy in General Election Prohibited** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0390f.pdf)
3. **Third - Election Law - Candidate Defeated in Primary Election - Write-In Candidacy in General Election Prohibited** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0390t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **406** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1257** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-27** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-06** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 552 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/933f0bac-5465-442e-bd74-bc9cccc94b49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).