HB 1178 — Municipalities - Annexation - Limitations
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-11
Requiring a municipality that is seeking to annex land that is located in a different legislative district than a legislative district in which the municipality or any part of the municipality is located to notify the members of the General Assembly for the district in which the land is located and for the district to which the land is being annexed by electronic communication and the United States Postal Service.
Latest action: — Approved by the Governor - Chapter 303
Sponsors (2)
- Andrea Fletcher Harrison (D, MD-24) — sponsor · 2026-02-11
- Karen Toles (D, MD-25) — cosponsor · 2026-02-11
Action timeline (10)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Hearing — Government, Labor, and Elections
- · house — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · senate — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
- · senate — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · senate — Third Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · senate — Hearing — Education, Energy, and the Environment
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
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Connected on the graph
2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 2 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate education, energy, and the environment | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House government, labor, and elections | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Fletcher Harrison (D, state_lower MD-24) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Karen Toles (D, state_lower MD-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate education, energy, and the environment · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House government, labor, and elections · md-leg