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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipalities - Election Dates - Reporting Requirements"
description: "Municipalities - Election Dates - Reporting Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 357"
citation: "Maryland HB 357 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a570c98-bb41-4786-a092-d029dd25ec9b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0357?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "31e7a168ac71052b68168a1c9cb68e8118b0983bc1cb6d16f87f6f51d22cd018"
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 HB 357 (2026) — Municipalities - Election Dates - Reporting Requirements
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Municipalities - Election Dates - Reporting Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_471_hb0357t.pdf)
2. **First - Municipalities - Election Dates - Reporting Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0357f.pdf)
3. **Third - Municipalities - Election Dates - Reporting Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0357t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1330** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-19** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-06** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-06** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-15** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 471 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a570c98-bb41-4786-a092-d029dd25ec9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).