Maryland House Bill 140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-2)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-15 - Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring that the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot provide, under certain circumstances, certain information in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by an individual who has attained no higher than a grade 6 level of reading comprehension; and requiring that a certain statement about the purpose of a question on the ballot be in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by an individual who has attained no higher than a grade 6 level of reading comprehension.

Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Plain Language Requirement

Del. Michele Guyton [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Regina Boyce [D]	Del. Catherine Forbes [D]
Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Del. Kevin Hornberger [R]	Del. Carl Jackson [D]	Del. Mary Lehman [D]
Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Brooke Lierman [D]	Del. Maggie McIntosh [D]	Del. Ric Metzgar [R]
Del. Julie Palakovich Carr [D]	Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-15	House	Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-15	House	First Reading Ways and Means

HB140 (Carry Over) 2020-01-15 - Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
SB56 (Crossfiled) 2020-03-16 - Hearing canceled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Election Law	6	201	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	7	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0140?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0140f.pdf