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SB 907

EnactedEmergency billCrossfile HB 328
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Elections - Polling Place Location Restrictions - Repeal

Sponsor: Bryan W. Simonaire (District 31)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: ElectionsStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 192 (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 (10)

MGA witness list
FAV 9FavorableUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDrayton, MorganlobbyistCommon Cause MDWritten (PDF)
FAVContino, KaraOffice of Senator SimonaireWritten (PDF)
FAVContino, KaraOffice of Senator SimonaireWritten (PDF)
FAVDiefenbach, LindaIndividualPosition only
FAVDitraglia, FrankIndividualPosition only
FAVElbourn, JamesIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Simonaire, Senator SimonairelegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Simonaire, Senator SimonairelegislatorIndividualOral
FAVWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only
UNFBritt, AdienaN/APosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDrayton, MorganCommon Cause MDRegistered for: Common Cause Maryland