Absentee Voters Lists

HB0285

Delegate Long, R.

Election Law - Voter Registration List - Absentee Voters (Absentee Ballot Transparency Act of 2025)

Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.

Ways and Means

Requiring the State Board of Elections or a local board of elections, on request of a candidate, to provide the candidate with a list of registered voters who have requested an absentee ballot for an upcoming election; and requiring that the list of absentee voters provided include the e-mail address and telephone number of each voter on the list, if the information is available.

Accessible & Expedited Voting

SB0066

Senator Ellis

Election Law - Polling Place Procedures - Voting by Elderly Voters and Voters With Disabilities (Accessible and Expedited Voting Act of Maryland)

Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.

Education, Energy, and the Environment

Requiring the State Board of Elections to establish guidelines for the local boards of election to implement a process to accommodate and expedite voting for elderly voters and voters with disabilities at each early voting center and polling place; requiring the local boards to implement the guidelines and collect feedback on the process from elderly voters and voters with disabilities and make immediate adjustments to the process; etc.

Ballot Petition Modernization Act

HB0642

Delegate Ruth

Election Law - Registered Voter List and Petitions (Ballot Petition Modernization Act)

First Reading Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations for the secure storage and use of voter data from the list of registered voters and specifying procedures and requirements relating to electronic signatures; establishing and altering certain provisions governing the petition process, including provisions regarding the collection and invalidation of signatures, the use of electronic signatures, and attestations by petition circulators; etc.

Counties & Municiplities-Voting Rights

SB0342

Senator Sydnor

Voting Rights Act of 2025 - Counties and Municipalities

First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

Education, Energy, and the Environment

Prohibiting the imposition or application of a method for electing the governing body of a county or municipality that impairs the ability of members of a protected class to elect candidates of the members' choice or influence the outcome of an election by diluting or abridging the rights of voters who are members of a protected class.

Curbside Voting Pilot Program

HB0317

Delegate Williams

Election Law - Curbside Voting - Pilot Program

Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.

Ways and Means

Establishing the Curbside Voting Pilot Program to test the viability of curbside voting in the State; establishing requirements governing curbside voting; and requiring the State Board to report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the Pilot Program by September 1, 2029.

In-Person - Proof of Identity

HB0091

Delegate Long, R.

Elections - In-Person Voting - Proof of Identity

Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.

Ways and Means

Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity by requiring the voter to present a valid government-issued photo identification or a valid nongovernment-issued photo identification, and a current bill, statement, or check that states the voter's name and address as proof of identity; requiring a voter to vote a provisional ballot if the voter is unable to provide certain proof of identity; and prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully voting or attempting to vote under a false form of identification.

In-Person - Proof of Identity

HB0115

Delegate Long, R.

Election Law - Polling Places - Establishing Voter Identity (Voter Privacy Act of 2025)

Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.

Ways and Means

Authorizing a voter to establish the voter's identity at the request of an election judge at a polling place by presenting the voter's registration card, a valid Maryland driver's license, or any identification card that contains a photograph of the voter and is issued by a political subdivision of the State, the State, the federal government, or any unit of a political subdivision of the State, the State, or the federal government.

Local Election Boards - Open Meetings

HB0412

SB0337

Delegate Korman

Elections - Local Boards of Elections and Boards of Canvassers - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act)

Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.

Ways and Means

Requiring each local board of canvassers to make available on its website each open meeting agenda, a summary of any finalized documents, certain written testimony, and other materials on which the board will be voting; requiring each local board to provide live video streaming of each open meeting and to maintain a complete and unedited archived video recording of each open meeting for 5 years; requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations to ensure that the streaming requirements are met in a certain manner; etc.

Local Election Boards - Open Meetings

SB0337

HB0412

Senator Kagan

Elections - Local Boards of Elections and Boards of Canvassers - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act)

First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

Education, Energy, and the Environment

Requiring each local board of canvassers to make available on its website each open meeting agenda, a summary of any finalized documents, certain written testimony, and other materials on which the board will be voting; requiring each local board to provide live video streaming of each open meeting and to maintain a complete and unedited archived video recording of each open meeting for 5 years; requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations to ensure that the streaming requirements are met in a certain manner; etc.

Ranked Choice Voting

HB0215

SB0383

Delegate Fair

Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting in Contests for Presidential Nomination and Certification of Election-Supporting Technology

Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.

Ways and Means

Authorizing the State Board of Elections, beginning with the 2028 statewide primary election, to use ranked-choice voting to conduct a contest for the nomination by a political party of a candidate for the office of President of the United States; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations for the review, certification, and decertification of election-supporting technology and to periodically review and evaluate election-supporting technology; etc.

Ranked Choice Voting

SB0383

HB0215

Senator Kagan

Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting in Contests for Presidential Nomination and Certification of Election-Supporting Technology

First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

Education, Energy, and the Environment

Authorizing the State Board of Elections, beginning with the 2028 statewide primary election, to use ranked-choice voting to conduct a contest for the nomination by a political party of a candidate for the office of President of the United States; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations for the review, certification, and decertification of election-supporting technology and to periodically review and evaluate election-supporting technology; etc.

Special Elections

HB0075

SB0262

Chair, Ways and Means Committee

Election Law - Special Elections

Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.

Ways and Means

Altering requirements for scheduling special elections to fill vacancies in a county council or in the office of chief executive officer or county executive; authorizing the resolution of a county council establishing the date of a special election to fill a vacancy in the county council or in the office of chief executive officer or county executive to direct that a special primary election not be held and that the vacancy be filled solely through a special general election; etc.

Special Elections

SB0262

HB0075

Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee

Election Law - Special Elections

Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.

Education, Energy, and the Environment

Altering requirements for scheduling special elections to fill vacancies in a county council or in the office of chief executive officer or county executive; authorizing the resolution of a county council establishing the date of a special election to fill a vacancy in the county council or in the office of chief executive officer or county executive to direct that a special primary election not be held and that the vacancy be filled solely through a special general election; etc.

Statewide Voter Registration-Postage

HB0624

SB0323

Delegate Wells

Election Law - Statewide Voter Registration Application - Prepaid Postage

First Reading Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Requiring that a statewide voter registration application include a return envelope or envelope template with prepaid postage that an applicant may use to return the application to the State Board of Elections; and requiring return envelopes or envelope templates to be preprinted with the address of the State Board for purposes of returning the statewide voter registration application.

Statewide Voter Registration-Postage

SB0323

HB0624

Senator Kagan

Election Law - Statewide Voter Registration Application - Prepaid Postage

First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

Education, Energy, and the Environment

Requiring that a statewide voter registration application include a return envelope or envelope template with prepaid postage that an applicant may use to return the application to the State Board of Elections; requiring a statewide voter registration application to be accompanied by certain instructions for postage; and requiring the return envelopes or envelope templates to be preprinted with the address of the State Board for purposes of the returning the statewide voter registration application.

Student Voting

HB0052

Delegate Vogel

Election Law - Voting Age - Board of Education Elections (Your School, Your Voice Act)

Hearing held; awaiting committee vote

Ways and Means

Authorizing the General Assembly to provide by suitable enactment the authority of a county to lower the age at which an individual may vote in an election for members of an elected county board of education; authorizing a county to enact a local law that allows an individual who is at least 16 years old to vote in an election for members of an elected county board of education; submitting the amendment to the Maryland Constitution to the qualified voters of the State for adoption or rejection; etc.

Use of Fraud to Influence Voting

HB0525

SB0361

Delegate Feldmark

Election Law - Influence on a Voter's Voting Decision By Use of Fraud - Prohibition

Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.

Ways and Means

Prohibiting a person from using fraud to influence or attempt to influence a voter's voting decision; providing that fraud includes the use of synthetic media; and defining 'synthetic media' as an image, an audio recording, or a video recording that has been intentionally created or manipulated with the use of generative artificial intelligence or other digital technology to create a realistic but false image, audio recording, or video recording.

Use of Fraud to Influence Voting

SB0361

HB0525

Senator Hester

Election Law - Influence on a Voter's Voting Decision By Use of Fraud - Prohibition

First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

Education, Energy, and the Environment

Prohibiting a person from using fraud to influence or attempt to influence a voter's voting decision; and providing that fraud includes the use of synthetic media.