Maryland Senate Bill 647 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-02 - Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the State Board of Elections to maintain a page on its website that includes clear information about voter registration and voting by students enrolled in institutions of higher education, including links to information on voting by absentee ballot for students outside the State; requiring a public institution of higher education to designate a staff member as the student voting coordinator; requiring the student voting coordinator to develop and implement a plan to increase student voter registration; etc.

Election Law - Institutions of Higher Education - Voter Registration and Voting by Students (Student Voter Empowerment Act of 2020)

Sen. Clarence Lam [D]

Sen. Obie Patterson [D]

Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-02	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2020-02-05	Senate	Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-03	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

HB245 (Crossfiled) 2020-03-15 - Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Election Law	1	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	2	303	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	3	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	3	204	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	3	204.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0647?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0647f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/sb0647_ehe.pdf