HB0115 — Election Law - Individuals Released From State Correctional Facilities - Automatic Restoration of Voter Registration
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2026. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
High chanceBased on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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5 sponsors
1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (5 D).
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Mixed recorded votes
2 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
Requiring by January 1, 2028, the State Board of Elections and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to jointly develop and implement certain procedures and a certain electronic transmission process for the restoration of voter registration for individuals released from incarceration at a State correctional facility; requiring the Department to transmit a list that includes the name and certain other information for individuals released from incarceration to the State Board of Elections on a monthly basis; etc.
Bill Text
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Read HB0115 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed with Amendments
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins · Primary
- Delegate Melissa Wells · Cosponsor
- Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes · Cosponsor
- Delegate Mary A. Lehman · Cosponsor
- Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 183 not signed on · 125 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins Democrat Voted No
Co-sponsors (4)
- Delegate Melissa Wells Democrat Voted No
- Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes Democrat Voted No
- Delegate Mary A. Lehman Democrat Voted No
- Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield Democrat Voted No
Not signed on (183)
183 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 183 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 64% | 28% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 89 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Republican | 3 | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 100 | 33 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 71% | 23% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (141)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 28 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Democrat | 0 | 89 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 33 | 97 | 0 | 11 |
| % of votes cast | 23% | 69% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (141)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB0115 do?
- Requiring by January 1, 2028, the State Board of Elections and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to jointly develop and implement certain procedures and a certain electronic transmission process for the restoration of voter registration for individuals released from incarceration at a State correctional facility; requiring the Department to transmit a list that includes the name and certain other information for individuals released from incarceration to the State Board of Elections on a monthly basis; etc.
- Who sponsors HB0115?
- HB0115 is sponsored by Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins (Democrat), Delegate Melissa Wells (Democrat), Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes (Democrat), Delegate Mary A. Lehman (Democrat), and Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB0115?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2026. Enacted.
- Where can I track HB0115?
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