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                        IntroducedJan 16, 2025
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                        Passed SenateMar 12, 2025
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                        Passed HouseApr 07, 2025
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                        Signed into LawMay 06, 2025
 
                    
                    
                    Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act)
                
                
            
        Last Action See all actions
                         executive • May 06, 2025: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 304
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
                        
                        
                        
            Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 337
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                Votes
                        YES: 47
                                                
                                        - Mr. President
 - Ellis
 - Hettleman
 - Lewis Young
 - Simonaire
 - Attar
 - Feldman
 - Jackson, C.
 - Love
 - Smith
 - Augustine
 - Folden
 - Jackson, M.
 - Mautz
 - Sydnor
 - Bailey
 - Gallion
 - James
 - McCray
 - Waldstreicher
 - Beidle
 - Gile
 - Jennings
 - McKay
 - Washington, A.
 - Benson
 - Guzzone
 - Kagan
 - Muse
 - Washington, M.
 - Brooks
 - Hayes
 - King
 - Ready
 - Watson
 - Carozza
 - Henson
 - Kramer
 - Rosapepe
 - West
 - Charles
 - Hershey
 - Lam
 - Salling
 - Zucker
 - Corderman
 - Hester
 
NO: 0
                                            OTHER: 0
YES: 137
                                                
                                        - Speaker
 - Ebersole
 - Johnson, S.
 - Pasteur
 - Stewart
 - Adams
 - Edelson
 - Jones, D.
 - Patterson
 - Stinnett
 - Addison
 - Embry
 - Kaiser
 - Pena-Melnyk
 - Stonko
 - Allen
 - Fair
 - Kaufman
 - Phillips
 - Szeliga
 - Alston
 - Feldmark
 - Kerr
 - Pippy
 - Taveras
 - Amprey
 - Fennell
 - Kipke
 - Pruski
 - Taylor
 - Arentz
 - Fisher
 - Korman
 - Qi
 - Terrasa
 - Arikan
 - Foley
 - Lehman
 - Queen
 - Toles
 - Atterbeary
 - Forbes
 - Lewis, J.
 - Reilly
 - Tomlinson
 - Bagnall
 - Fraser-Hidalgo
 - Lewis, R.
 - Roberson
 - Turner
 - Baker
 - Ghrist
 - Long, J.
 - Roberts
 - Valderrama
 - Barnes
 - Grammer
 - Long, R.
 - Rogers
 - Valentine
 - Beauchamp
 - Griffith
 - Lopez
 - Rose
 - Vogel
 - Behler
 - Guyton
 - Mangione
 - Rosenberg
 - Watson
 - Bhandari
 - Guzzone
 - Martinez
 - Ross
 - Wells
 - Boafo
 - Harris
 - McCaskill
 - Ruff
 - White Holland
 - Bouchat
 - Harrison
 - McComas
 - Ruth
 - Wilkins
 - Boyce
 - Hartman
 - Metzgar
 - Sample-Hughes
 - Williams
 - Buckel
 - Healey
 - Miller
 - Schindler
 - Wilson
 - Cardin
 - Hill
 - Mireku-North
 - Schmidt
 - Wims
 - Chang
 - Hinebaugh
 - Moon
 - Shetty
 - Wivell
 - Charkoudian
 - Holmes
 - Morgan, M.
 - Simmons
 - Wolek
 - Ciliberti
 - Hornberger
 - Morgan, T.
 - Simpson
 - Woods
 - Clippinger
 - Howard
 - Nawrocki
 - Smith
 - Woorman
 - Conaway
 - Hutchinson
 - Nkongolo
 - Solomon
 - Wu
 - Crosby
 - Ivey
 - Otto
 - Spiegel
 - Young
 - Crutchfield
 - Jacobs
 - Palakovich Carr
 - Stein
 - Ziegler
 - Cullison
 - Johnson, A.
 
NO: 0
                                            ABSENT: 1
                                                        Actions
            - May 06, 2025 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 304
 
 - Apr 07, 2025 | Senate
- Returned Passed
 
 - Apr 07, 2025 | House
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
 
 - Apr 03, 2025 | House
- Favorable Report by Ways and Means
 - Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
 
 - Mar 26, 2025 | House
- Hearing canceled
 - Hearing 3/26 at 2:15 p.m.
 
 - Mar 25, 2025 | House
- Hearing canceled
 - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
 
 - Mar 17, 2025 | House
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
 
 - Mar 13, 2025 | House
- Referred Ways and Means
 
 - Mar 12, 2025 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 
 - Mar 11, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {953626/1 Adopted
 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 
 - Mar 10, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
 
 - Jan 30, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
 
 - Jan 16, 2025 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
 
 
Bill Texts 
        
            - Text - First - Elections - Local Boards of Elections and Boards of Canvassers - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act)PDF
 - Amendments {953626/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
 - Text - Third - Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act)PDF
 - Text - Chapter - Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act)PDF
 
Documents
        
            - Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
 - Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
 - Vote - House - Committee - Ways and MeansPDF
 - Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
 - Video: Ways and MeansHTML
 - Witness ListHTML
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Brown-Krausz, Marna (Indivisible HOCOMD)
 - EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Drayton, Morgan (Common Cause MD)
 - EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Snyder, Rebecca
 - EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Kinnally, Kevin (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
 - EEE Testimony, INFO -- Feryus, Stephen (Maryland Association of Election Officials (MAEO))
 - EEE Testimony, FAV -- Kagan, Sen. Cheryl (Maryland State Senate)
 - EEE Testimony, FWA -- Justice, Gillian (Disability Rights Maryland)
 - EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
 - W&M Testimony, FAV -- Wieland, Tom (Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.)
 - W&M Testimony, FAV -- Donovan, Eamonn (Maryland Forward Party)
 - W&M Testimony, FAV -- Kagan, Sen. Cheryl (Maryland State Senate)
 - W&M Testimony, FWA -- Kinnally, Kevin (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
 

