HB 488 Maryland House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress

HB 488 establishes the geographic boundaries for Maryland's eight congressional districts for the 2026 elections. It specifies exact county and election district portions, using census tract data to define district lines where precincts are split, based on boundaries as they existed on January 13, 2026. This bill directly affects voters in Maryland's congressional districts by determining which communities are grouped together for electing U.S. Representatives. It replaces previous election law sections (8-702 through 8-709) and clarifies that certain districting rules apply only to state legislative districts, not congressional ones.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action Feb 4, 2026

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MODERATE

The bill was amended to add new sponsors and update its legislative status to show it has been adopted and is ready for the next reading. The substantive content of the bill itself, which establishes congressional district boundaries, remains unchanged from the original version.

TECHNICAL

New sponsors were added to the bill, including Amprey, Barnes, Bhandari, Boyce, Charkoudian, Feldmark, Fennell, Fraser-Hidalgo, Guyton, Hill, Holmes, D. Jones, Lehman, Lewis, Lopez, Qi, Rogers, Rosenberg, Shetty, Simmons, Smith, Solomon, Stewart, Taveras, Terrasa, Valderrama, Vogel, Wells, Williams, and Young.

Committee Report status was added showing the bill was approved with amendments.

House action status was added showing the bill was adopted.

Second reading date was added showing January 30, 2026.

Original sponsor list was replaced with an expanded list that includes the new sponsors.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 2, 2026

How they voted

100–37

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 142

Feb 2, 2026

D Democratic103

100 Yea 1 Nay 2

97% Yea

R Republican39

36 Nay 3

92% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Feb 4, 2026

Committee

Referred Rules

upper

Feb 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Third Reading Passed

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Kaufman) Adopted

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Introduced

Floor Amendment {

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Motion Laid Over (Delegate M. Morgan) Adopted

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Introduced

Floor Amendment {

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments Adopted

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Motion Special Order until 01/29 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Committee Amendment Adopted

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments {

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments Report by House Rules and Executive Nominations

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Committee

First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

lower

76 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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