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HB 328

EnactedEmergency billCrossfile SB 907
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Elections - Polling Place Location Restrictions - Repeal

Sponsor: Dana Jones (District 30A)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: ElectionsStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 191 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Repealing restrictions on holding an election in a building used, owned, or occupied by an establishment that holds an alcoholic beverages license; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations regarding the use of a building or part of a building that is owned, occupied, or partially occupied by an establishment that holds an alcoholic beverages license as a polling place; and requiring certain regulations to prioritize the placement of polling places in a facility not owned by the holder of an alcoholic beverage license.

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Testimony (7)

MGA witness list
FAV 5FavorableUNF 2Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGarreis, DavidAnne Arundel County Board of Elections/Maryland Association of Election OfficialsOral
FAVDrayton, MorganlobbyistCommon Cause MDOral + Written (PDF)
FAVJones, DanaMaryland General AssemblyWritten (PDF)
FAVBerry, KatherineIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Jones, D., Delegate Jones, D.legislatorIndividualOral
UNFReichert-Price, SarahAllegany County Republican Women's ClubWritten (PDF)
UNFLove, WilliamIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDrayton, MorganCommon Cause MDRegistered for: Common Cause Maryland