MD SB 65

died on adjournment

Election Law - Campaign Finance - Exploratory Committees

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did MD SB 65 pass?

No. MD SB 65 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): Third Reading Passed

What is MD SB 65 about?

MD SB 65 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Election Law - Campaign Finance - Exploratory Committees”.

Who sponsors MD SB 65?

Kagan is the primary sponsor of MD SB 65.

Introduced: 2025-08-20
Latest action: 2026-04-13 — Third Reading Passed
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-08-20
Pre-filed
introduction
2026-01-14
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
referral-committee
2026-01-16
Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
2026-02-09
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-10
Favorable Adopted
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-10
Second Reading Passed
2026-02-12
Third Reading Passed
passage
2026-02-13
Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
referral-committee
2026-03-24
Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-04-11
Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-11
Favorable with Amendments {
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-11
Floor Amendment {
2026-04-11
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed
passage

Versions

Third - Election Law - Campaign Finance - Exploratory CommitteesCompare
First - Election Law - Campaign Finance - Exploratory CommitteesCompare
(document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

On Third Reading (Emerg)
2026-02-09 · pass · 44-0
Member-level votes (47)
- Mr. President: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Hershey: yes
- Lam: yes
- Smith: yes
- Attar: yes
- Feldman: yes
- Hester: yes
- Lewis Young: yes
- Sydnor: yes
- Augustine: yes
- Folden: yes
- Hettleman: yes
- Love: yes
- Waldstreicher: yes
- Bailey: yes
- Gallion: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Mautz: yes
- Washington, A.: yes
- Beidle: yes
- Gile: yes
- James: yes
- McKay: yes
- Washington, M.: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Guzzone: yes
- Jennings: yes
- Ready: yes
- Watson: yes
- Carozza: yes
- Harris: yes
- Kagan: yes
- Rosapepe: yes
- West: yes
- Charles: yes
- Hayes: yes
- King: yes
- Salling: yes
- Zucker: yes
- Corderman: yes
- Henson: yes
- Kramer: yes
- Simonaire: yes
- Muse: not voting
- Benson: absent
- McCray: absent
On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend)
2026-03-30 · pass · 99-35
Member-level votes (141)
- Speaker: yes
- Crutchfield: yes
- Jones, D.: yes
- Qi: yes
- Taveras: yes
- Acevero: yes
- Cullison: yes
- Kaiser: yes
- Queen: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Addison: yes
- Davis: yes
- Kaufman: yes
- Roberson: yes
- Terrasa: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ebersole: yes
- Kerr: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Toles: yes
- Alston: yes
- Edelson: yes
- Korman: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Turner: yes
- Amprey: yes
- Embry: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Rosenberg: yes
- Valderrama: yes
- Bagnall: yes
- Fair: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Ross: yes
- Vogel: yes
- Barnes: yes
- Feldmark: yes
- Long, J.: yes
- Ruff: yes
- Watson: yes
- Bartlett: yes
- Fennell: yes
- Lopez: yes
- Ruth: yes
- Wells: yes
- Behler: yes
- Foley: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Sample-Hughes: yes
- Wilkins: yes
- Bhandari: yes
- Forbes: yes
- McCaskill: yes
- Schindler: yes
- Williams: yes
- Boafo: yes
- Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
- Mireku-North: yes
- Shetty: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Boyce: yes
- Guyton: yes
- Moon: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Wims: yes
- Cardin: yes
- Guzzone: yes
- Moreno: yes
- Simpson: yes
- Wolek: yes
- Chang: yes
- Healey: yes
- Odom: yes
- Smith: yes
- Woods: yes
- Charkoudian: yes
- Hill: yes
- Palakovich Carr: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Woorman: yes
- Clippinger: yes
- Holmes: yes
- Pasteur: yes
- Spiegel: yes
- Wu: yes
- Coley: yes
- Ivey: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stein: yes
- Young: yes
- Conaway: yes
- Johnson, A.: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Ziegler: yes
- Crosby: yes
- Johnson, S.: yes
- Pruski: yes
- Stinnett: yes
- Adams: no
- Chisholm: no
- Hornberger: no
- McComas: no
- Rose: no
- Anderson: no
- Fisher: no
- Howard: no
- Metzgar: no
- Schmidt: no
- Arentz: no
- Ghrist: no
- Hutchinson: no
- Miller: no
- Stonko: no
- Arikan: no
- Grammer: no
- Jacobs: no
- Morgan, M.: no
- Szeliga: no
- Baker: no
- Griffith: no
- Kipke: no
- Nawrocki: no
- Tomlinson: no
- Beauchamp: no
- Hartman: no
- Long, R.: no
- Pippy: no
- Valentine: no
- Buckel: no
- Hinebaugh: no
- Mangione: no
- Reilly: no
- Wivell: no
- Bouchat: not voting
- Harrison: not voting
- Morgan, T.: not voting
- Nkongolo: not voting
- White Holland: not voting
- Ciliberti: not voting
- Jones, A.: absent

Related bills

Prior session: SB 27not in this corpus
Companion bill: HB 157

Official source

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0065?ys=2026RS

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:23:32.621655Z

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