2022 General Assembly Session Election Legislation
This year, our Democracy Task Force, Economic Justice Task Force, Gun violence Task Force and Health Care Task Force will not be active during the legislative sessions, but we will be tracking a number of relevant bills.
Subject | Bill Number | XFile Bill Number | Sponsor | Title | Status | Current Location | Synopsis |
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Congressional redistricting-2 | SB1012 | President | Congressional Districting Plan | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 16 | Establishing the composition of the eight districts in the State of Maryland for the election of members to the United States House of Representatives; and requiring that a certain question be submitted to the qualified voters of the State if the Act is petitioned to referendum under Article XVI of the Maryland Constitution. | ||
Redistricting | HJ0001 | SJ0003 | Speaker | Maryland Citizens' Legislative Districting Plan of 2022 | Failed: not referred to standing committee | Rules and Executive Nominations | Establishing a plan for legislative districts presented by the Governor pursuant to Article III, Section 5 of the Maryland Constitution; providing that this Joint Resolution shall be effective as a plan within the meaning of Article III, Section 5 of the Maryland Constitution only under certain circumstances; and providing that this Joint Resolution does not preclude the enactment by the General Assembly of a subsequent Joint Resolution setting forth the boundaries of legislative districts. |
Redistricting | HJ0002 | SJ0002 | Speaker | Legislative Districting Plan of 2022 | Failed: not referred to standing committee | Rules and Executive Nominations | Establishing a plan for legislative districts in accordance with the fourth and fifth sentences of Article III, Section 5 of the Maryland Constitution; and providing that the legislative districting plan presented to the General Assembly by the Governor may not become law in accordance with Article III, Section 5 of the Maryland Constitution. |
Redistricting | SJ0002 | HJ0002 | President | Legislative Districting Plan of 2022 | Enacted under Article III, Section 5 of the Maryland Constitution Assigned a resolution number - Joint Resolution 1 | Establishing a plan for legislative districts in accordance with the fourth and fifth sentences of Article III, Section 5 of the Maryland Constitution; and providing that the legislative districting plan presented to the General Assembly by the Governor may not become law in accordance with Article III, Section 5 of the Maryland Constitution. | |
Redistricting | SJ0003 | HJ0001 | President | Maryland Citizens' Legislative Districting Plan of 2022 | Failed: no vote in committee | Reapportionment and Redistricting | Establishing a plan for legislative districts presented by the Governor pursuant to Article III, Section 5 of the Maryland Constitution; providing that this Joint Resolution shall be effective as a plan within the meaning of Article III, Section 5 of the Maryland Constitution only under certain circumstances; and providing that this Joint Resolution does not preclude the enactment by the General Assembly of a subsequent Joint Resolution setting forth the boundaries of legislative districts. |
Secure elections | SB0738 | Senator Simonaire | Secure Elections Act of 2022 | Failed: no vote in committee | Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs | Requiring the State Board of Elections, in collaboration with the local boards of elections, to conduct an audit of absentee ballots cast in each statewide election; requiring that the audit consist of verifying the voter's signature for each ballot selected for audit; requiring that the audit be expanded if a certain threshold is exceeded; and requiring the State Board to adopt certain regulations that include the method for verifying voter signatures and a deadline for submission of a new signature as provided under the Act. | |
Voting Rights-Government Liability | HB0463 | Delegate Acevero | Civil Rights - Violation of Rights - Governmental Liability | Failed: no vote in committee | Judiciary | Establishing the civil liability of a police officer who deprives or allows another to deprive an individual of certain rights under the Maryland Declaration of Rights and the Maryland Constitution; requiring that the employer of a police officer indemnify the law enforcement officer against a judgment or settlement entered against the officer under the Act subject to certain exceptions; requiring that a civil action under the Act be filed within 2 years after the cause of action occurs; etc. | |
Voting rights | HB0538 | Delegate Rosenberg | Voters' Rights Protection Act of 2022 | Failed: no vote in committee | Ways and Means | Altering the days on which early voting centers are open before regularly scheduled primary and general elections to the second Thursday before a primary or general election through the Sunday, rather than the Thursday, before the election. | |
Voting rights | SB0413 | Senator Sydnor | Voting Rights Act of 2022 – Counties and Municipalities | Failed: no vote in committee | Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs | Prohibiting the imposition or application of a method for electing the governing body of a county or municipality that impairs the ability of members of a protected class to elect candidates of the members' choice or influence the outcome of an election by diluting or abridging the rights of voters who are members of a protected class. |