0:01 → 0:22(21s)
Chair opened the meeting and proposed moving forward while waiting for the vice chair, signaling the committee would first consider non‑Kagan bills and then Kagan bills. The chair framed the order of business and asked members to proceed.
The Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee reviewed and advanced several election-related bills: gender-neutral updates to Maryland law (Senate Bill 93), an emergency Voting Rights Act for counties and municipalities (Senate Bill 255), a criminal prohibition on malicious election deepfakes (Senate Bill 141), a constitutional amendment to require special elections to fill legislative vacancies (Senate Bill 5), and ballot-question plain-language requirements (Senate Bill 29). All measures carried out of committee; most were unanimous, with SB255 carrying 7–2 and SB93 carrying 9–1 in committee.
