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IntroducedOct 03, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 11, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Election Law - Affiliating With a Party and Voting - Unaffiliated Voters
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 12, 2026: Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 156
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 110
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Pippy
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Pruski
- Stonko
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Taveras
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Queen
- Taylor
- Alston
- Embry
- Kipke
- Roberson
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Fair
- Korman
- Roberts
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Tomlinson
- Barnes
- Foley
- Lewis
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Beauchamp
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lopez
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Behler
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ruth
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Sample-Hughes
- Wells
- Boafo
- Harrison
- Metzgar
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Boyce
- Healey
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Hill
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Chang
- Hinebaugh
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Nkongolo
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- Odom
- Smith
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Coley
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Conaway
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stein
- Young
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Ziegler
NO: 26
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (110-26)
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {483629/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- Jan 16, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
- Oct 03, 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 -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Wieland, Tom (Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.)
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Drayton, Morgan (Common Cause MD)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Turner, Rebecca
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Tyree, Nikki (LWVMD)
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Bradshaw, Leland (Maryland Forward Party)
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Lang, Alan
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, INFO -- Perrone, Erin (Maryland Association of Election Officials)
- GVC Testimony, INFO -- Pellittiere, Michael (Veterans for Maryland Voters)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Russell, Brandon
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Fair, Kris (Maryland General Assembly)
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