MD SB343 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 8 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-14 - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on March 8 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-14 - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring that certain required envelopes used by certain voters voting by absentee ballot to return their ballots include prepaid postage; requiring the State Board of Elections to reimburse each local board of elections for 50% of the costs of prepaid postage included on ballot/return envelopes or return envelopes provided to a voter voting by absentee ballot; and requiring that absentee ballots be accompanied by instructions for the postage of certain absentee ballot envelopes.
Title
Election Law - Voting by Absentee Ballot - Prepaid Postage for Return of Ballots
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2019-03-08 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (28-18) (Y: 29 N: 19 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-03-06 - Senate - Senate Floor - Favorable with Amendments Adopted (29-16) (Y: 30 N: 17 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-03-06 - Senate - Senate Floor - Floor Amendment {523221/1 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (17-30) (Y: 18 N: 31 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2019-03-06 - Senate - Senate Floor - Favorable with Amendments Adopted (29-16) (Y: 30 N: 17 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-03-06 - Senate - Senate Floor - Floor Amendment {523221/1 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (17-30) (Y: 18 N: 31 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-14 | House | Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2019-03-11 | House | First Reading Ways and Means |
| 2019-03-08 | Senate | Third Reading Passed (28-18) |
| 2019-03-06 | Senate | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| 2019-03-06 | Senate | Floor Amendment {523221/1 (Senator Hershey) Rejected (17-30) |
| 2019-03-06 | Senate | Floor Amendment {963122/1 (Senator Jennings) Rejected |
| 2019-03-06 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted (29-16) |
| 2019-03-06 | Senate | Committee Amendment Adopted |
| 2019-03-06 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments {794337/1 |
| 2019-03-05 | Senate | Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted |
| 2019-03-05 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments {794337/1 |
| 2019-03-04 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| 2019-01-31 | Senate | Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2019-01-31 | Senate | Hearing canceled |
| 2019-01-31 | Senate | Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2019-01-30 | Senate | First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
Subjects
Ballots
Communications
Elections
Elections Supervisors
Elections, State Board of
Local Government Mandates
Notices
Postal Service
Prices
Reimbursement Rates
Stamps and Coins
Voting
Communications
Elections
Elections Supervisors
Elections, State Board of
Local Government Mandates
Notices
Postal Service
Prices
Reimbursement Rates
Stamps and Coins
Voting
