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Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 357: Municipalities - Election Dates - Reporting Requirements

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 357 is a bill introduced in the Maryland House on January 19, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Municipalities - Election Dates - Reporting Requirements. Primary sponsor: Julie Palakovich Carr (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 12, 2026): Approved by the Governor - Chapter 471.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Julie Palakovich CarrPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse17

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Approved by the Governor - Chapter 471
  2. Returned Passed
  3. Third Reading Passed
  4. Second Reading Passed
  5. Favorable Adopted
  6. Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
  7. Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
  8. Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
  9. Third Reading Passed
  10. Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  11. Favorable with Amendments {
  12. Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source