Maryland - Session 2026
Title: Election Law - Authority at Polling Places - Revisions
Requiring a police officer who is on duty at a polling place to obey the authority of a local election director; providing that in a polling place, a local election director has the authority to keep the peace and order the arrest of certain persons; requiring a local election director, while serving in a polling place, to protect certain rights of certain challengers and watchers; authorizing a local election director, while serving in a polling place, to deny admission of and eject certain challengers and watchers; etc.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-05 | Status | passed_lower |
| 2026-04-04 | Latest Action | In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 1003 | Anne Arundel County Public Schools - Election Official Career and Technical Education Pilot Program | introduced |
| HB 101 | Public Broadcasters - Debate for Candidates for Statewide Office - Required Participants | introduced |
| HB 1010 | Election Law - Certification of Election-Supporting Technology - Regulations, Review, and Evaluation | introduced |
| HB 1027 | Election Law - Telephone Voting System - Requirements | introduced |
| HB 1028 | Caroline County Board of Education - Member Compensation - Increase | introduced |
| HB 1049 | Credit Unions - Mergers and Consolidations - Alteration of Voting Requirement | passed_lower |
| HB 1066 | Municipal Elections - Qualified Electronic Transmission Systems - Authorization for Use | introduced |
| HB 1069 | Election Law - Canvassing of Absentee Ballots - Preemption by Federal Judicial Action | introduced |