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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 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0645* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 645 | |
| 11 | 8 | G1 5lr2763 | |
| 12 | - | CF | |
| 9 | + | CF 5lr2765 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Senator Kagan | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 25, 2025 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 17 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: February 25, 2025 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | 18 | Election Law – Gubernatorial Primary Election – Date 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | ||
| 26 | 20 | FOR the purpose of altering the date for the statewide primary election in the year of the 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | gubernatorial election; and generally relating to the date for primary elections. 4 | |
| 28 | 22 | ||
| 29 | 23 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 5 | |
| 30 | 24 | Article – Election Law 6 | |
| 31 | 25 | Section 8–201 7 | |
| 32 | 26 | Annotated Code of Maryland 8 | |
| 33 | 27 | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 9 | |
| 34 | 28 | ||
| 35 | 29 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 10 | |
| 36 | 30 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 11 | |
| 37 | 31 | ||
| 38 | 32 | Article – Election Law 12 | |
| 39 | 33 | ||
| 40 | 34 | 8–201. 13 | |
| 41 | 35 | ||
| 42 | 36 | (a) (1) There shall be a statewide primary election in every even–numbered 14 | |
| 43 | 37 | year. 15 | |
| 44 | 38 | ||
| 45 | 39 | (2) A primary election shall be held: 16 | |
| 46 | 40 | ||
| 47 | 41 | (i) in the year in which the Governor is elected, on the [last] 17 | |
| 48 | - | FOURTH Tuesday in June; and 18 2 SENATE BILL 645 | |
| 42 | + | FOURTH Tuesday in June; and 18 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | (ii) in the year in which the President of the United States is elected, 19 | |
| 45 | + | on the fourth Tuesday in April. 20 | |
| 46 | + | 2 SENATE BILL 645 | |
| 49 | 47 | ||
| 50 | 48 | ||
| 49 | + | (b) In Baltimore City, there shall be a primary election for municipal offices on 1 | |
| 50 | + | the fourth Tuesday in April in the year in which the President of the United States is 2 | |
| 51 | + | elected. 3 | |
| 51 | 52 | ||
| 52 | - | (ii) in the year in which the President of the United States is elected, 1 | |
| 53 | - | on the fourth Tuesday in April. 2 | |
| 54 | - | ||
| 55 | - | (b) In Baltimore City, there shall be a primary election for municipal offices on 3 | |
| 56 | - | the fourth Tuesday in April in the year in which the President of the United States is 4 | |
| 57 | - | elected. 5 | |
| 58 | - | ||
| 59 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 6 | |
| 60 | - | October 1, 2025. 7 | |
| 61 | - | ||
| 62 | - | ||
| 63 | - | ||
| 64 | - | Approved: | |
| 65 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 66 | - | Governor. | |
| 67 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 68 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 69 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 70 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 53 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 4 | |
| 54 | + | October 1, 2025. 5 |