HB 1110

Did not advance

Election Law - Individuals Released from State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration

Sponsor: Jheanelle K. Wilkins (District 20)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: ElectionsStatus: Hearing 2/24 at 11:00 a.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to transmit a list that includes the name and new residential address of individuals released from incarceration at a State correctional facility to the State Board of Elections on a weekly basis; and requiring the State Board to automatically restore the voter registration of certain individuals released from State correctional facilities who were registered to vote in the State before being incarcerated.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 31FavorableUNF 5UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Downie, Yehesuah	Campaign Legal Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Antoine, Joannelobbyist	Common Cause Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Cross, Dr Cashenna A	Councilwoman At-Large, Glenarden	Oral
FAV	Hudson, Lee	Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA	Position only
FAV	Stinar, Braden	Disability Rights Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Davis, Emily	Fair Elections Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tyree, Nikki	LWVMD	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Norling, Richard	MD Sierra Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkins, Jheanelle	Maryland House of Delegates	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cooper, Monica	Maryland Justice Project	Oral
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Position only
FAV	Morris Desir, KESHIA	National Voting in Prison Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Duckett-Randolph, Neka	Out 4 Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Blaha, Katherine	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pham Linhoff, Christina	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Badeker, Melissa	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hauck, Barbara	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Palmisano, Erica	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Powell, Holly	Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoffman, Theresa M.	Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Keipper, Lindsay	Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Phelps Jr, Ken	The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland	Position only
FAV	Porter, Nicole	The Sentencing Project	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	Amanuel, Yanetlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Wilkins, Delegate Wilkinslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Ford, John	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fraser, Brytani	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Juberg, Arielle	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pereschuk, Alicia	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Wieland, Tom	Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.	Position only
UNF	Gross, Kenneth	Individual	Position only
UNF	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
UNF	Mauer, William	Individual	Position only
UNF	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Position only
INFO	Perrone, Erin	MD Association of Elections Officials	Written (PDF)
INFO	Feryus, Stephen	Maryland Association of Election Officials (MAEO)	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Campaign Legal CenterFAV 1

Common Cause MarylandFAV 1

Councilwoman At-Large, GlenardenFAV 1

Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAFAV 1

Disability Rights MarylandFAV 1

Fair Elections CenterFAV 1

LWVMDFAV 1

Maryland Association of Election Officials (MAEO)INFO 1

Maryland House of DelegatesFAV 1

Maryland Justice ProjectFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

MD Association of Elections OfficialsINFO 1

MD Sierra ClubFAV 1

National Voting in Prison CoalitionFAV 1

Out 4 JusticeFAV 1

Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.UNF 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)FAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice BaltimoreFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice- BaltimoreFAV 1

SURJFAV 2

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 3

The Episcopal Diocese of MarylandFAV 1

The Sentencing ProjectFAV 1

YearFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVAntoine, JoanneCommon Cause MarylandRegistered for: Common Cause Maryland

FAVAmanuel, YanetRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland