Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB2100: Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress
Status: Signed into law, August 5, 2026
Clarifying that certain requirements apply only to districts for the election of members of the Senate of Maryland and the House of Delegates; authorizing the General Assembly to grant original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court of Maryland to review the congressional districting plan of the State; and providing that nothing in the Maryland Constitution provides applicable criteria for the boundaries of a congressional districting plan.
What the bill says
An act concerning Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress FOR the purpose of clarifying that certain requirements apply only to districts for the election of members of the Senate of Maryland and the House of Delegates; authorizing the General Assembly to grant original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court of Maryland to review the congressional districting plan of the State; and providing that nothing in the Maryland Constitution provides applicable criteria for the boundaries of a congressional districting plan…
From the chaptered text, August 6, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress FOR the purpose of clarifying that certain requirements apply only to districts for the election of members of the Senate of Maryland and the House of Delegates; authorizing the General Assembly to grant original jurisdiction to the Supreme Court of Maryland to review the congressional districting plan of the State; and providing that nothing in the Maryland Constitution provides applicable criteria for the boundaries of a congressional districting plan. BY proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution Article III - Legislative Department Section 4 BY proposing an addition to the Maryland Constitution Article III - Legislative Department Section 62 Preamble WHEREAS, Congressional districting in Maryland remains subject to the U.S. Constitution, federal law, and any Maryland statute expressly governing congressional districts; and WHEREAS, In Szeliga v. Lamone and Parrott v. Lamone, the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County held that Article III, § 4 districting standards apply to congressional districts, relying on Articles 7, 24, and 40 of the Declaration of Rights, though no Maryland constitutional provision expressly addresses congressional districting; and WHEREAS, This amendment clarifies the long-standing understanding and case law that Article III, § 4 of the Maryland Constitution governs only General Assembly districting plans, not congressional districting plans; and WHEREAS, Preserving Maryland's cohesive communities of …