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IntroducedJan 15, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 06, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 09, 2026: Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 241
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors



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Votes
Actions
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
- Mar 06, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (31-13)
- Mar 04, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {903821/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {903821/1
- Motion Laid Over (Senator Salling) Adopted
- Mar 02, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Feb 09, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- Jan 16, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 15, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter RegistrationPDF
- Amendments {903821/1 (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter RegistrationPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE Testimony, INFO -- Clark, Tiffany (Office of the Attorney General)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Rosen-Cohen, Nancy (NCADD-Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Weinberg, David (Protect Democracy United)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Norling, Richard (MD Sierra Club)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Mnck, Marijane (Indivisible Howard County)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Cano, Christopher (SEIU Local 500)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Zelaya, Michelle (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Antoine, Joanne (Common Cause Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Orbe, Jr., Carlos (Maryland Latinos Unidos)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Ford, John
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Badeker, Melissa (SURJ Baltimore)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Hoffman, Theresa M. (Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Spaccasi, Olivia (ACLU-MD)
- EEE Testimony, INFO -- Kahl, Catherine (DPSCS)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Whittaker, Michelle (Ranked Choice Voting Maryland)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Briley, Marsha (Out For Justice)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Selden, Trina (Out for Justice)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Levi, Gwendolyn (Out For Justice)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Wilkins, Katherine (SURJ)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Miller, Cynthia (Third Act MD)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Yoder, Daryl
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Blaha, Katherine (SURJ)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- SWASC, UM (Social Work Advocates for Social Change)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Downie, Yehesuah (Campaign Legal Center)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Keipper, Lindsay (Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Wieland, Tom (Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Tyree, Nikki (LWVMD)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Davis, Emily (Fair Elections Center)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Stinar, Braden (Disability Rights Maryland)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Porter, Nicole (The Sentencing Project)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Eckel, Rianna (SURJ Baltimore)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Anderson, Owen (Ranked Choice Voting Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
