MD SB 65
died on adjournmentElection Law - Campaign Finance - Exploratory Committees
Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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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
- —
Sponsors
- Kaganprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed
passage
2026-04-11
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-04-11
Floor Amendment {
2026-04-11
Favorable with Amendments {
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-11
Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-24
Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-13
Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
referral-committee
2026-02-12
Third Reading Passed
passage
2026-02-10
Second Reading Passed
2026-02-10
Favorable Adopted
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-09
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-16
Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
2026-01-14
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
referral-committee
2025-08-20
Pre-filed
introduction
Versions
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
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