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type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024"
description: "Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 480"
citation: "Maryland SB 480 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Administration", "Bailey", "Beidle", "Brooks", "Charles", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Gile", "Hettleman", "Kagan", "Lam", "M. Washington", "McKay", "President", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Waldstreicher", "West", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da8e0380-1c60-4e6c-a7f2-64bb9277acbd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0480?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7bbd996eb44f122130b84abd70ac784604550d6af3487461802b0728c85666c2"
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 480 (2024) — Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_20_sb0480e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0480e.pdf)
3. **First - Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0480f.pdf)
4. **Third - Protecting Election Officials Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0480t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **11323** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **470** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Administration — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-22** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 20 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da8e0380-1c60-4e6c-a7f2-64bb9277acbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).