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2022 SESSION

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HB 305 Elections; appointment of Commissioner of Elections, membership of Board, effective date.

Introduced by: Margaret B. Ransone | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Elections; State Board of Elections; membership; appointment of Commissioner of Elections. Makes the State Board of Elections responsible for appointing the Commissioner of Elections and removes the Governor's ability to appoint to the Department of Elections a deputy commissioner or a confidential policy advisor. The bill also increases the State Board of Elections from five members to seven and staggers those initial terms so that three members are appointed in 2023 and every four years thereafter, two members are appointed in 2024 and every four years thereafter, and two members are appointed in 2025 and every four years thereafter.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100777D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/11/22  House: Committee substitute printed 22106209D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/22/22  Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106858D-S1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 01/11/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100777D
• 01/11/22  House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/07/22  House: Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
• 02/08/22  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
• 02/11/22  House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
• 02/11/22  House: Committee substitute printed 22106209D-H1
• 02/13/22  House: Read first time
• 02/14/22  House: Read second time
• 02/14/22  House: Committee substitute agreed to 22106209D-H1
• 02/14/22  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB305H1
• 02/15/22  House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N)
• 02/15/22  House: VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N)
• 02/16/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/16/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 02/22/22  Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
• 02/22/22  Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106858D-S1
• 02/22/22  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 03/01/22  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
• 03/02/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/22  Senate: Read third time
• 03/03/22  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/03/22  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22106858D-S1
• 03/03/22  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB305S1
• 03/03/22  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N)
• 03/07/22  House: Senate substitute rejected by House 22106858D-S1 (0-Y 96-N)
• 03/07/22  House: VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N)
• 03/08/22  Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/22  Senate: Senate requested conference committee
• 03/09/22  House: House acceded to request
• 03/10/22  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 03/10/22  House: Delegates: Ransone, Adams, L.R., Adams, D.M.
• 03/10/22  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 03/10/22  Senate: Senators: Vogel, Ebbin, McClellan
• 03/12/22  House: Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455