Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB680 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5	hb0680
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 680
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10	10	By: Delegates Grammer, Arikan, Chisholm, Fisher, McComas, M. Morgan,
11	11	Nawrocki, and Szeliga
12	12	Introduced and read first time: January 24, 2025
13	13	Assigned to: Ways and Means
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15	15	A BILL ENTITLED
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17	17	AN ACT concerning 1
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19	19	Municipal Elections – Voter Registration – List and Qualifications 2
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21	21	FOR the purpose of requiring each municipality to require voter registration for its 3
22	22	elections; prohibiting an individual from becoming registered to vote in a municipal 4
23	23	election if the individual is not a citizen of the United States; and generally relating 5
24	24	to voter registration in municipal elections. 6
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26	26	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7
27	27	Article – Election Law 8
28	28	Section 3–402 9
29	29	Annotated Code of Maryland 10
30	30	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11
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32	32	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 12
33	33	Article – Election Law 13
34	34	Section 3–403(a) and (g) 14
35	35	Annotated Code of Maryland 15
36	36	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16
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38	38	BY adding to 17
39	39	Article – Local Government 18
40	40	Section 4–108.6 19
41	41	Annotated Code of Maryland 20
42	42	(2013 Volume and 2024 Supplement) 21
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44	44	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 22
45	45	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 23
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47	47	Article – Election Law 24
48	48	2 HOUSE BILL 680
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51	51	3–402. 1
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53	53	This subtitle does not apply to a municipal corporation that: 2
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55	55	(1) [does not require voter registration for its elections; 3
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57	57	(2)] prior to January 1, 1990, used the voter registry supplied by the local 4
58	58	board as qualification for voting in municipal elections; or 5
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60	60	[(3)] (2) provides for the local board to conduct municipal elections. 6
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62	62	3–403. 7
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64	64	(a) A voter residing in a municipal corporation is considered to be registered for 8
65	65	elections in that municipal corporation if the voter is included on the statewide voter 9
66	66	registration list at an address within the municipal corporation. 10
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68	68	(g) This section may not be construed to prohibit a municipal corporation from 11
69	69	administering and maintaining a supplemental list of those individuals who are not on the 12
70	70	statewide voter registration list but who may otherwise be qualified to register to vote with 13
71	71	the municipal corporation. 14
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73	73	Article – Local Government 15
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75	75	4–108.6. 16
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77	77	(A) EACH MUNICIPALITY SHA LL REQUIRE VOTER REGISTRATION F OR ITS 17
78	78	ELECTIONS. 18
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80	80	(B) AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT BECOME REGISTERED TO VOTE IN A 19
81	81	MUNICIPAL ELECTION IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES. 20
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83	83	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 21
84	84	October 1, 2025. 22