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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures"
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description: "Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 29"
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citation: "Maryland SB 29 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-08-20"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/753038e9-6575-4fc6-8b9a-8789321a2e3e"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0029?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "0cca18a41d5f1fa1b8ae8aaa4043c894eb27010b6bb6c6a416a01311047eb4ca"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 29 (2026) — Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_439_sb0029t.pdf)
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2. **First - Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0029f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0029t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kagan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-08-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-16** Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
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- **2026-02-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-03** Second Reading Passed
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- **2026-02-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
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- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 439 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/753038e9-6575-4fc6-8b9a-8789321a2e3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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