State Board of Elections - Address Confidentiality Program - Designation of Contact Person
SB 91 requires Maryland's State Board of Elections to designate a specific contact person for the Address Confidentiality Program. This program protects survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, or human trafficking (who use a substitute address for privacy) by ensuring their actual address is used for voting purposes, while keeping their address confidential from public view. The bill mandates that local election offices must not disclose participant addresses except to law enforcement for official purposes or under a court order. It also establishes the contact person to handle implementation inquiries between election offices and program participants. The law takes effect June 1, 2026.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Sep 22, 2025
Signed Apr 14, 2026
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The bill was formally adopted and assigned a chapter number, moving it from a pre-filed draft to an enacted state law. The substantive text regarding the Address Confidentiality Program remains unchanged, preserving the requirement for the Secretary of State to protect survivors of domestic violence and other crimes by using their actual addresses for elections while restricting public access to those records.
Scope change
The bill's scope is now confirmed as active state law, transitioning from a proposed measure to an enacted statute.
TIMELINE
Added formal adoption status, committee report, and specific reading dates to the bill header.
TECHNICAL
Changed the document title from 'A BILL ENTITLED' to 'CHAPTER ______' to indicate the bill has been passed and is ready for codification.
Inserted explanatory notes clarifying that underlining indicates amendments to the bill text.
Removed the 'PRE-FILED' designation and associated formatting marks, confirming the bill is no longer in draft status.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 16, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 19, 2026
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Feb 16, 2026
D
Democratic36
94% Yea
R
Republican13
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Apr 14, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 109
executive
Apr 7, 2026
Upper · Passed
Returned Passed
upper
Apr 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Apr 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
lower
Apr 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
lower
Mar 19, 2026
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (132-0-10)
house of delegates
Feb 25, 2026
Committee
Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Feb 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable Adopted
upper
Feb 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (47-0-2)
senate
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
upper
Sep 22, 2025
Introduced
Pre-filed
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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