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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Authority at Polling Places, Early Voting Centers, and Counting Centers - Revisions"
description: "Election Law - Authority at Polling Places, Early Voting Centers, and Counting Centers - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 670"
citation: "Maryland SB 670 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ded9c074-8c7c-4961-9683-f41f73090d23"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0670?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6d014164690b53507186036dffeacb81b54e80ba41dfb228b76090586a6177d3"
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 670 (2026) — Election Law - Authority at Polling Places, Early Voting Centers, and Counting Centers - Revisions
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Election Law - Authority at Polling Places, Early Voting Centers, and Counting Centers - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_468_sb0670e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Authority at Polling Places, Early Voting Centers, and Counting Centers - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0670e.pdf)
3. **First - Election Law - Local Board of Elections Employees - Authority at Polling Places** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0670f.pdf)
4. **Third - Election Law - Authority at Polling Places - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0670t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **384** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **1340** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **411** (pass) · upper
## 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.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 468 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ded9c074-8c7c-4961-9683-f41f73090d23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).