House committee tacks redistricting language onto Senate elections bill

By: Bryan P. Sears, Steve Crane

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: March 25, 2026

Words: 1,008

Last Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago

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A House committee, without debate and without dissent, added redistricting language to a Senate elections bill Tuesday and sent it the full House, where it could be taken up as early as this week.

The amendment, offered in the House Government, Labor and Elections Committee by Del. Kris Fair (D-Frederick), would “authorize the General Assembly to grant original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court of Maryland to review the congressional districting of the state.”

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