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Bill Election Law – Absentee Voting – References in Public Communications and Prepaid Postage for Return of Ballots Election Law – Absentee Voting – References in Public Communications and Prepaid Postage for Return of Ballots us/states/md Maryland General Assembly 2020 HB 37 Maryland HB 37 (2020)
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Maryland HB 37 (2020) — Election Law – Absentee Voting – References in Public Communications and Prepaid Postage for Return of Ballots

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Chapter - Election Law – Absentee Voting – References in Public Communications and Prepaid Postage for Return of Ballots (committee substitute) — source
  2. Enrolled - Election Law – Absentee Voting – References in Public Communications and Prepaid Postage for Return of Ballots (committee substitute) — source
  3. First - Election Law - References to Absentee Voting in Communications - Mail-In Voting (committee substitute) — source
  4. Third - Election Law - References to Absentee Voting in Communications - Mail-In Voting (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • On Third Reading — 99–37 (pass) · lower
  • On Third Reading (Amend) — 45–0 (pass) · upper
  • On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 97–33 (pass) · lower
  • Suspened Rule 24 to allow two readings of a bill in the same day — 30–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2019-09-20 Pre-filed introduction
  • 2020-01-08 First Reading Ways and Means referral-committee
  • 2020-01-07 Hearing 1/16 at 1:30 p.m.
  • 2020-01-30 Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-01-30 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-01-30 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  • 2020-01-31 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2020-02-03 Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
  • 2020-03-16 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-03-16 Favorable committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-03-16 Motion Special Order until 3/17 (Senator Kagan) Adopted
  • 2020-03-18 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-03-18 Floor Amendment {
  • 2020-03-18 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  • 2020-03-18 Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Kagan)
  • 2020-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2020-03-18 House Concurs Senate Amendments
  • 2020-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
  • 2020-03-18 Passed Enrolled
  • 2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 36 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4bdfbac5-7e53-4e11-9185-2ef0267036eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).