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SENATE BILL 444

CHAPTER NUMBER: 4
EMERGENCY BILL
File Code: Elections
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 675

Sponsored By:
Senators Hollinger, Astle, Britt, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Giannetti, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Hogan, Hughes, Jimeno, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Miller, Pinsky, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum

Entitled:
Elections - State Board of Elections - Membership Appointment Process and Authority over the State Administrator

Synopsis:

Altering the appointment process for the members of the State Board of Elections; requiring the Governor to appoint to the State Board an individual whose name is submitted by the State Central Committee of the principal political party entitled to the appointment; providing that the appointment of the State Administrator of Elections by the State Board is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate of Maryland; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/4
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
2/9
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2/15
Hearing cancelled
Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
3/11
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
3/14
Favorable with Amendments
Laid Over (Senator Dyson) Adopted
3/15
Favorable with Amendments
Special Order 3/16 (Senator Mooney) Adopted
Motion Reconsider Special Order until 3/16 (Senator Dyson) Adopted
Committee Amendment Withdrawn
Substitute Committee Amendment (Education Health and Environmental Affairs)
Special Order 3/16 (Senator Mooney) Adopted
3/16
Favorable with Amendments
Substitute Committee Amendment Adopted
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Jacobs) Rejected (14-32)
Floor Amendment (Senator Mooney) Rejected (15-31)
Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Rejected (15-31)
Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Rejected (15-30)
Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Rejected (14-32)
Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Rejected (14-32)
Floor Amendment (Senator Pipkin) Rejected (15-31)
Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley) Rejected (17-29)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/18
Third Reading Passed (32-15)
4/1
Returned Passed
House Action
3/21
First Reading Ways and Means
3/28
Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
3/31
Hearing cancelled
Favorable Report by Ways and Means
3/29
Favorable Report Adopted
Motion Special Order 4/1 (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected (43-89)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Haddaway)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Moe) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Haddaway) Rejected (47-87)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Bates)
Motion Laid Over (Delegate Bates)
Motion to keep bill & Amendments before House (Delegate Gordon) Adopted (90-47)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Bates) Rejected (43-91)
Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Moe) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected (45-91)
Second Reading Passed
3/30
Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Moe) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected (44-88)
Third Reading Passed (90-42)
4/9
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Moe) Adopted
Action after passage in Senate and House
4/11
Governor vetoed - Policy
Veto not sustained in Senate (32-15)
Veto not sustained in House (92-45)
Became Law per Maryland Constitution, Chapter 4

Sponsored by:

Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
Senator John C. Astle, District 30
Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 46
Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
Senator John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 21
Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Senator Patrick J. Hogan, District 39
Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer, District 12
Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Senator Rona E. Kramer, District 14
Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., District 27
Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES -see also- ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
ELECTIONS -see also- BALLOTS; CAMP FINANC; POL CANDS; VOTING
ELECTIONS, STATE BOARD OF
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
GENERAL ASSEMBLY -see also- AELR CMTE; LEG POLICY COMMITTEE.
POLITICAL COMMITTEES
POLITICAL PARTIES
PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC OFFICIALS -see also- ATTY GEN; COMP; CO ADMIN; etc
RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
RULES AND REGULATIONS

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Election Law
( 2-101 , 2-103 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
Senate
Number: 153722/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 2005   at: 11:36 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 283121/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 2005   at: 11:28 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 353522/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 2005   at: 11:40 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 414937/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 2005   at: 11:04 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 483020/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 2005   at: 11:31 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 503426/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 2005   at: 11:18 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 543026/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 2005   at: 11:44 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 564733/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 15, 2005   at: 11:34 a.m.     Status: Withdrawn
Number: 753728/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 2005   at: 11:49 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 823421/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 2005   at: 11:46 a.m.     Status: Rejected
House
Number: 123521/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: April 1, 2005   at: 12:21 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 253025/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 31, 2005   at: 11:00 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 523724/01 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 31, 2005   at: 10:55 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 963326/02 (WordPerfect / PDF)     Offered on: March 31, 2005   at: 10:48 a.m.     Status: Rejected

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
March 16, 2005: Floor Amendment (Jacobs) {503426/1 Rejected (14-32)
March 16, 2005: Floor Amendment (Mooney) {283121/1 Rejected (14-32)
March 16, 2005: Floor Amendment (Pipkin) {483020/1 Rejected (15-31)
March 16, 2005: Floor Amendment (Pipkin) {153722/1 Rejected (15-30)
March 16, 2005: Floor Amendment (Pipkin) {353522/1 Rejected (14-32)
March 16, 2005: Floor Amendment (Pipkin) {543026/1 Rejected (14-32)
March 16, 2005: Floor Amendment (Pipkin) {823421/1 Rejected (15-31)
March 16, 2005: Floor Amendment (Brinkley) {753728/1 Rejected (17-29)
March 18, 2005: Third Reading Passed (32-15)
House
March 29, 2005: Motion Special Order until 4/1 (ODonnell) Rejected (43-89)
March 29, 2005: Floor Amendment (Haddaway) Rejected (47-87)
March 29, 2005: Motion to keep bill & Amendments before House (Gordon) Adopted (90-47)
March 29, 2005: Floor Amendment (Bates) Rejected (43-91)
March 29, 2005: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) Rejected (45-91)
March 30, 2005: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) Rejected (44-88)
March 30, 2005: Third Reading Passed (90-42)


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