Bill Commons

MD HB 44

died on adjournment

Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did MD HB 44 pass?

No. MD HB 44 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-13): Referred Rules

What is MD HB 44 about?

MD HB 44 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures”.

Who sponsors MD HB 44?

Feldmark is the primary sponsor of MD HB 44.

Introduced
2025-08-20
Latest action
2026-04-13 — Referred Rules
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Feldmarkprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-13

    Referred Rules

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-13

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  3. 2026-04-11

    Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

    committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2026-04-11

    Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-01-16

    Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.

  6. 2026-01-14

    First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-08-20

    Pre-filed

    introduction

Versions

  • Third - Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and ProceduresCompare
  • First - Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and ProceduresCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • On Third Reading

    2026-03-30 · pass · 134-0

    Member-level votes (141)
    • Speaker: yes
    • Conaway: yes
    • Ivey: yes
    • Pasteur: yes
    • Stinnett: yes
    • Acevero: yes
    • Crosby: yes
    • Jacobs: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stonko: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Crutchfield: yes
    • Johnson, A.: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Szeliga: yes
    • Addison: yes
    • Cullison: yes
    • Johnson, S.: yes
    • Pippy: yes
    • Taveras: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Jones, D.: yes
    • Pruski: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Alston: yes
    • Ebersole: yes
    • Kaiser: yes
    • Qi: yes
    • Terrasa: yes
    • Amprey: yes
    • Edelson: yes
    • Kaufman: yes
    • Queen: yes
    • Toles: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Embry: yes
    • Kerr: yes
    • Reilly: yes
    • Tomlinson: yes
    • Arentz: yes
    • Fair: yes
    • Kipke: yes
    • Roberson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Arikan: yes
    • Feldmark: yes
    • Korman: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Valderrama: yes
    • Bagnall: yes
    • Fennell: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Valentine: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Vogel: yes
    • Barnes: yes
    • Foley: yes
    • Long, J.: yes
    • Rosenberg: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Bartlett: yes
    • Forbes: yes
    • Long, R.: yes
    • Ross: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Beauchamp: yes
    • Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
    • Lopez: yes
    • Ruff: yes
    • White Holland: yes
    • Behler: yes
    • Grammer: yes
    • Mangione: yes
    • Ruth: yes
    • Wilkins: yes
    • Bhandari: yes
    • Griffith: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Sample-Hughes: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Boafo: yes
    • Guyton: yes
    • McCaskill: yes
    • Schindler: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Boyce: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • McComas: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Wims: yes
    • Buckel: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Mireku-North: yes
    • Shetty: yes
    • Wivell: yes
    • Cardin: yes
    • Hartman: yes
    • Moon: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Wolek: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Healey: yes
    • Morgan, M.: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Charkoudian: yes
    • Hinebaugh: yes
    • Morgan, T.: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Woorman: yes
    • Chisholm: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Nawrocki: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Ciliberti: yes
    • Hornberger: yes
    • Nkongolo: yes
    • Spiegel: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Clippinger: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Odom: yes
    • Stein: yes
    • Ziegler: yes
    • Coley: yes
    • Hutchinson: yes
    • Palakovich Carr: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Bouchat: not voting
    • Hill: not voting
    • Metzgar: not voting
    • Miller: not voting
    • Moreno: not voting
    • Ghrist: not voting
    • Jones, A.: absent

Related bills

  • Prior session: HB 816not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: SB 29

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