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IntroducedAug 20, 2025
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 13, 2026: Referred Rules
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 44
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 134
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Crosby
- Jacobs
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Adams
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Szeliga
- Addison
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Allen
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Alston
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Toles
- Anderson
- Embry
- Kerr
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Arentz
- Fair
- Kipke
- Roberson
- Turner
- Arikan
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Baker
- Fisher
- Lewis
- Rose
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Rosenberg
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Long, R.
- Ross
- Wells
- Beauchamp
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lopez
- Ruff
- White Holland
- Behler
- Grammer
- Mangione
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Williams
- Boafo
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Buckel
- Harrison
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Cardin
- Hartman
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Chang
- Healey
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Woorman
- Chisholm
- Holmes
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Wu
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Young
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Odom
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Coley
- Hutchinson
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
NO: 0
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Rules
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (134-0)
- Apr 11, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Jan 16, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
- Aug 20, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and ElectionsPDF
- Video: Government, Labor, and ElectionsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Stinar, Braden (Disability Rights Maryland)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Shewbridge, Rylie (Fello)
- GVC Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Rice, Mat
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- London, Rachel (Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Wieland, Tom (Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.)
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Butkiewicz, Michael
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Fears, Valerie (IndivisibleHoCoMD)
- GVC Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Civic Design, Center for (Center for Civic Design)
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Drayton, Morgan (Common Cause MD)
- GVC Testimony, FWA -- Jackson, Josh
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Tyree, Nikki (LWVMD)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- CARRICK, SHARON
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Othman, Ronza (National Federation of the Blind of Maryland)
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