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IntroducedJan 16, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporations
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 05, 2026: Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 255
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
Actions
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {453628/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 03, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {453628/1
- Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- Feb 02, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Jan 19, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 16, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Norling, Richard (MD Sierra Club)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Montgomery Nguyen, Jean
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Ennis, Ella
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Johnson, Dara (American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Frost, Lesley (Nationa Council of Jewish Women, MD Action Team)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Wright, Marisa (Campaign Legal Center)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Nichols, Julia
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Wyatt, Lauren (Black Girls Vote, Inc.)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Rosenthal, Lore
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Solomon, Julie (self)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Tibbals, Trudy
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Agarin, Ufuoma (Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Hance, Rosa (Enhanced Impact LLC)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Dailey, Anne Marie
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Coe, Marcia
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Bailey Thupari, Angelica (Maryland Municipal League)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- flamholz, mindie
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Wilburn, Yates (FairVote Action)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Sydnor III, Charles (State Senator)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Tyree, Nikki (LWVMD)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Davis, Emily (Fair Elections Center)
- EEE Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Abell, AnnMarie (St. Mary’s County Democratic Central Committee)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Drayton, Morgan (Common Cause MD)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Shulman, Debbie
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Smalls, Cindy (AFSCME)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Rosen, Julie
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Childers, Harry
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Westervelt, Kendra (Kendra Westervelt)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Selden, Trina (Out for Justice)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Russell, Brandon
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Enagonio, Liz
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Shifrin, Jo
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Orbe, Jr., Carlos (Maryland Latinos Unidos)
- EEE Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Frederick, Rose
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Lioz, Adam (NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Greenberg, Marcia
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Santos, Tatiana (Indivisible Frederick Forward)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Wiener, Jana
- EEE Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Cano, Christopher (SEIU Local 500)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Walthour, Janice (St. Mary's County NAACP)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Antoine, Joanne (Common Cause Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Jones, Vicki (NAACP- Harford County Branch)


