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SENATE BILL 645
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CF HB 945
By: Senator Kagan
Introduced and read first time: January 25, 2025
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 25, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Election Law – Gubernatorial Primary Election – Date 2
FOR the purpose of altering the date for the statewide primary election in the year of the 3
gubernatorial election; and generally relating to the date for primary elections. 4
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 5
Article – Election Law 6
Section 8–201 7
Annotated Code of Maryland 8
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 9
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 10
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 11
Article – Election Law 12
8–201. 13
(a) (1) There shall be a statewide primary election in every even–numbered 14
year. 15
(2) A primary election shall be held: 16
(i) in the year in which the Governor is elected, on the [last] 17
FOURTH Tuesday in June; and 18 2 SENATE BILL 645
(ii) in the year in which the President of the United States is elected, 1
on the fourth Tuesday in April. 2
(b) In Baltimore City, there shall be a primary election for municipal offices on 3
the fourth Tuesday in April in the year in which the President of the United States is 4
elected. 5
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 6
October 1, 2025. 7
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.