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HOUSE BILL 488
G1, P5 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 6lr2700

By: Delegates Wilson, Addison, Allen, Bartlett, Behler, Boafo, Chang, Coley,
Crutchfield, Cullison, Davis, Ebersole, Embry, Fair, Foley, Forbes, Guzzone,
Harrison, Healey, Ivey, Kaufman, Korman, J. Long, Martinez,
Mireku–North, Moon, Moreno, Odom, Palakovich Carr, Pasteur, Patterson,
Pena–Melnyk, Phillips, Roberts, Ruff, Ruth, Simpson, Spiegel, Stein,
Stinnett, Taylor, Toles, White Holland, Wilkins, Wims, Wolek, and Woorman
Woorman, Amprey, Barnes, Bhandari, Boyce, Charkoudian, Feldmark,
Fennell, Fraser –Hidalgo, Guyton, Hill, Holmes, D. Jones, Lehman, Lewis,
Lopez, Qi, Rogers, Rosenberg, Shetty, Simmons, Smith, Solomon, Stewart,
Taveras, Terrasa, Valderrama, Vogel, Wells, Williams, and Young
Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2026
Assigned to: Rules and Executive Nominations
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: January 30, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Election Districts – General Assembly and Representatives in Congress 2

FOR the purpose of clarifying that certain requirements apply only to districts for the 3
election of members of the Senate of Maryland and the House of Delegates; 4
authorizing the General Assembly to grant original jurisdiction to the Supreme 5
Court of Maryland to re view the congressional districting of the State; altering 6
districts for the election of Representatives in Congress for certain elections; and 7
generally relating to election districts. 8

BY proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution 9
Article III – Legislative Department 10
Section 4 11

BY proposing an addition to the Maryland Constitution 12
Article III – Legislative Department 13
Section 62 14
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BY proposing an addition to the Maryland Constitution 1
Article XVIII – Provisions of Limited Duration 2
Section 6 3

BY repealing 4
Article – Election Law 5
Section 8–702 through 8–709 6
Annotated Code of Maryland 7
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 8

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 9
That: 10

(a) Notwithstanding Title 8, Subtitle 7 of th e Election Law Article, the 11
congressional districting plan set forth in this section shall be used to elect the State’s 12
Representatives in Congress from the State’s eight congressional districts in 2026. 13

(b) (1) The descriptions of congressional district s in this section include the 14
references indicated. 15

(2) (i) The references to: 16

1. election districts and wards are to the geographical 17
boundaries of the election districts and wards as they existed on January 13, 2026; and 18

2. precincts are to the geographical boundaries of the 19
precincts as they existed on January 13, 2026, and as reviewed and corrected by the 20
Maryland Department of Planning. 21

(ii) Where precincts are split between congressional districts, census 22
tract and block numbers, as i ndicated in P.L. 94 –171 data or shown on the P.L. 94 –171 23
census block maps provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and referred to in this 24
subtitle, are used to define the boundaries of congressional districts. 25

(c) (1) The first congressional district consists of the following counties: 26

(i) Caroline County; 27

(ii) Dorchester County; 28

(iii) Kent County; 29

(iv) Queen Anne’s County; 30

(v) Somerset County; 31

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(vi) Talbot County; 1

(vii) Wicomico County; and 2

(viii) Worcester County. 3

(2) The district also includes the following parts of Anne Arundel County: 4

(i) election district 4; 5

(ii) election district 1, precincts 5, 6, 19 through 25, 98, and 99; 6

(iii) election district 2, precincts 1, 4, 9, 21, 23, and 24; 7

(iv) election district 5, precincts 1, 2, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 8
and 35 through 37; 9

(v) election district 6, precincts 1 through 10, 12 through 16, 18 10
through 23, and 25 through 35; 11

(vi) election district 7, precincts 17, 18, 20, 24, and 99; 12

(vii) that part of election district 1, precinct 7 that consists of census 13
tract 7512.00, blocks 2034 through 2036 and 2039 through 2041; 14

(viii) that part of election district 1, precinct 9 that consists of the 15
following: 16

1. census tract 7 508.01, blocks 4010, 4018, 4019, and 4025 17
through 4030; and 18

2. census tract 9800.00, blocks 1010 through 1015, 1017, 19
1018, and 1020; 20

(ix) that part of election district 2, precinct 7 that consists of the 21
following: 22

1. census tract 7402.04, blocks 2000 and 2001; 23

2. census tract 7509.00, blocks 3032 through 3035; and 24

3. census tract 7514.00, blocks 2000 through 2009, 2011 25
through 2031, 2036, 2040, 2046, and 2047; 26

(x) that part of election district 2, precinct 17 that consists of census 27
tract 7410.00, blocks 2000 through 2010, 2020, and 2021; 28

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(xi) that part of election district 5, precinct 23 that consists of census 1
tract 7308.00, blocks 1015 through 1019 and 1021 through 1036; 2

(xii) that part of election district 5, precinct 27 that consists of census 3
tract 7311.06, block 2006; 4

(xiii) that part of election district 6, precinct 24 that consists of the 5
following: 6

1. census tract 7026.02, blocks 1003, 1004, 1006 through 7
1063, 3011 through 3019, and 3021; and 8

2. census tract 9900.00, blocks 25, 29, 30, and 46; 9

(xiv) that part of election district 7, precinct 13 that consists of census 10
tract 7517.00, blocks 1022, 1024, 1026, and 1027; and 11

(xv) that part of election district 7, precinct 15 that consists of t he 12
following: 13

1. census tract 7022.04, block 1000; and 14

2. census tract 7022.05, blocks 1000, 1006 through 1008, 15
2016, 3000, 3002, and 3005. 16

(3) The district also includes the following parts of Howard County: 17

(i) election district 6; 18

(ii) election district 1, precincts 1 through 3, 6 through 9, 12 through 19
18, and 21; and 20

(iii) election district 5, precincts 5, 6, and 20. 21

(d) (1) The second congressional district consists of the following parts of Anne 22
Arundel County: 23

(i) election district 3; 24

(ii) election district 1, precincts 1 through 4, 8, and 10 through 18; 25

(iii) election district 2, precincts 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10 through 16, 18 26
through 20, and 22; 27

(iv) election district 5, precincts 3 through 16, 19, 21, 24, 29, 31, 33, 28
and 34; 29

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(v) election district 6, precincts 11 and 17; 1

(vi) that part of election district 1, precinct 7 that consists of the 2
following: 3

1. census tract 7503.00, blocks 1000 through 1013, 2000 4
through 2011, and 2014 through 2016; and 5

2. census tract 7512.00, blocks 2000 through 2009, 2011 6
through 2015, 2023, 2024, 2030 through 2033, 2042, and 2043; 7

(vii) that part of election district 1, precinct 9 that consists of the 8
following: 9

1. census tract 7508.01, blocks 1007 through 1010, 3009, 10
3010, 3012 through 3019, 4000 through 4009, 4011 through 4017, 4020 through 4024, and 11
4031; and 12

2. census tract 9800.00, blocks 1001, 1002, 1008, and 1016; 13

(viii) that part of election district 2, precinct 7 that consists of the 14
following: 15

1. census tract 7304.01, blocks 2000 through 2010, 2012, and 16
3000 through 3023; 17

2. census tract 7402.05, blocks 1000 through 1004; 18

3. census tract 7509.00, blocks 2026, 2036, 2037, 2045 19
through 2049, 2056, 2057, 3009 through 3011, 3014, 3029 through 3031, and 3036; and 20

4. census tract 7514.00, block 2010; 21

(ix) that part of election district 2, precinct 17 that consists of the 22
following: 23

1. census tract 7305.10, blocks 2005 and 2008 through 2012; 24

2. census tract 7305.12, blocks 1002 through 1004 and 1006; 25

3. census tract 7305.13, blocks 1000 through 1003 and 2000 26
through 2010; and 27

4. census tract 7305.14, blocks 1000 through 1011 and 2000 28
through 2005; 29

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(x) that part of election district 5, precinct 23 that consists of census 1
tract 7308.00, blocks 1002 and 1005 through 1013; and 2

(xi) that part of election district 5, precinct 27 that consists of the 3
following: 4

1. census tract 7311.06, blocks 1000, 1002, 1003, 2002 5
through 2005, and 2013; and 6

2. census tract 7311.07, blocks 2013, 2017, and 2018. 7

(2) The district also includes the following parts of Baltimore City: 8

(i) wards 1, 2, 23, and 24; 9

(ii) ward 3, precinct 3; 10

(iii) ward 6, precinct 5; 11

(iv) ward 25, precincts 5 through 16; 12

(v) ward 26, precincts 1 through 14 and 34; and 13

(vi) that part of ward 21, precinct 4 that consists of census tract 14
2101.00, block 1039. 15

(3) The district also includes the following parts of Baltimore County: 16

(i) election districts 12 and 15; 17

(ii) election district 1, precincts 2 through 4, 10 through 15, 17, 18, 18
20, and 22; 19

(iii) election district 2, precincts 8, 11 through 14, 16 through 18, 20, 20
24, 25, 30, and 32; 21

(iv) election district 11, precinct 24; and 22

(v) election district 13, precincts 2 through 9. 23

(4) The district also includes the following parts of Harford County: 24

(i) election district 6; 25

(ii) election district 1, precincts 1 through 3, 5, and 10 through 22; 26

(iii) election district 2, precincts 3 through 10; 27
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(iv) that part of election district 2, precinct 1 that consists of census 1
tract 3022.00, block 2034; 2

(v) that part of election district 2, precinct 2 that consists of census 3
tract 3022.00, block 2019; and 4

(vi) that part of election district 3, precinct 9 that consists of census 5
tract 3034.00, blocks 2011 and 2012. 6

(e) (1) The third congressional district consists of Cecil County. 7

(2) The district also includes the following parts of Baltimore City: 8

(i) ward 13, precincts 1 through 4 and 12; 9

(ii) ward 27, precincts 38 through 47, 49, 50, 62 through 67, and 69; 10

(iii) that part of ward 12, precinct 1 that consists of the following: 11

1. census tract 1201.00, blocks 2000 through 2007, 3000 12
through 3002, 4000, and 4001; and 13

2. census tract 2711.02, block 1028; 14

(iv) that part of ward 12, precinct 4 that consists of census tract 15
1201.00, block 4002; 16

(v) that part of ward 27, precinct 34 that consists of census tract 17
2712.00, blocks 3009 through 3011 and 3014 through 3020; 18

(vi) that part of ward 27, precinct 37 that consists of the following: 19

1. census tract 2711.01, blocks 1000 through 1005, 3000 20
through 3004, 3006, and 3008 through 3013; and 21

2. census tract 2711.02, blocks 1000 through 1 011, 1014 22
through 1017, 1020 through 1023, 1026, and 1027; and 23

(vii) that part of ward 27, precinct 51 that consists of census tract 24
2717.00, block 1000. 25

(3) The district also includes the following parts of Baltimore County: 26

(i) election districts 4, 5, 6, and 7; 27

(ii) election district 2, precincts 15, 19, 21, 26, 27, and 29; 28
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(iii) election district 3, precincts 2 and 5 through 16; 1

(iv) election district 8, precinct 17; 2

(v) election district 9, precincts 1 through 6, 10 thr ough 14, 16, 29, 3
and 30; 4

(vi) that part of election district 9, precinct 15 that consists of census 5
tract 4913.00, blocks 1004 through 1015, 2000 through 2005, and 2009 through 2012; 6

(vii) that part of election district 9, precinct 17 that consists of census 7
tract 4912.02, blocks 1001, 1002, 1011 through 1019, 1021, 1022, and 1024; 8

(viii) that part of election district 9, precinct 27 that consists of the 9
following: 10

1. census tract 4903.02, blocks 1000 through 1007; and 11

2. census tract 4912.01, blocks 1000 through 1008; and 12

(ix) that part of election district 10, precinct 1 that consists of census 13
tract 4101.00, blocks 1000 through 1011, 2000, 2013, and 2014. 14

(4) The district also includes the following parts of Carroll County: election 15
districts 4, 5, 8, and 14. 16

(5) The district also includes the following parts of Harford County: 17

(i) election districts 4 and 5; 18

(ii) election district 1, precincts 4 and 6 through 9; 19

(iii) election district 3, precincts 1 through 8 and 10 through 17; 20

(iv) that part of election district 2, precinct 1 that consists of the 21
following: 22

1. census tract 3021.00, blocks 1000 through 1019 and 2000 23
through 2015; 24

2. census tract 3022.00, blocks 1000 through 1011, 2000 25
through 2014, 2021, 2022, and 2052 through 2054; and 26

3. census tract 3053.00, block 2020; 27

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(v) that part of election district 2, precinct 2 that consists of census 1
tract 3022.00, blocks 2020, 2023 through 2026, 2028, 2030, and 2039 through 2041; and 2

(vi) that part of election district 3, precinct 9 that consists of the 3
following: 4

1. census tract 3033.00, blocks 2002, 2003, 2010 through 5
2016, 3000 through 3010, and 4000 through 4011; 6

2. census tract 3034.00, blocks 1000 through 1024, 2000 7
through 2010, and 3000 through 3018; 8

3. census tract 3035.01, blocks 1002 and 1017; 9

4. census tract 3035.02, blocks 1002 through 1008 and 1010; 10
and 11

5. census tract 3038.01, block 2030. 12

(6) The district also includes the following parts of Howard County: 13

(i) election districts 2, 3, and 4; 14

(ii) election district 1, precincts 4, 5, 10, 11, 19, and 20; and 15

(iii) election district 5, precincts 1 through 4, 7 through 19, and 21 16
through 24. 17

(f) (1) The fourth congressional district consist s of the following parts of 18
Montgomery County: 19

(i) election district 5, precincts 1 through 6, 8 through 13, 15 20
through 19, and 21 through 24; 21

(ii) election district 13, precincts 1, 2, and 49; 22

(iii) that part of election district 13, precinct 56 that consists of the 23
following: 24

1. census tract 7032.06, block 1008; 25

2. census tract 7032.14, blocks 1001, 1004, 3007, and 3008; 26

3. census tract 7032.15, blocks 1000, 1003 through 1008, 27
2000 through 2005, and 2007; and 28

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4. census tract 7032.23, blocks 1005, 1006, 1012 through 1
1017, 1020, and 2003; and 2

(iv) that part of election district 13, precinct 61 that consists of the 3
following: 4

1. census tract 7014.07, blocks 1017 and 1020; 5

2. census tract 7032.20, blocks 2003, 3000, 3001, 3003, 3004, 6
and 3006; 7

3. census tract 7032.21, blocks 1000 through 1007, 2000 8
through 2011, and 3000 through 3010; and 9

4. census tract 7032.23, blocks 1007 through 1010. 10

(2) The district also includes the following parts of Prince George’s County: 11

(i) election districts 2, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 21; 12

(ii) election district 1, precincts 1 through 5, 7, and 8; 13

(iii) election district 5, precincts 2 through 7 and 9 through 11; 14

(iv) election district 6, precincts 1 through 31 and 97 through 99; 15

(v) election district 9, precincts 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12, 13, 16, and 17; 16

(vi) election district 13, precincts 1 through 3, 7, 8, 14, 16 through 20, 17
22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 33, 35, and 99; 18

(vii) election district 14, precincts 2, 8, 21, and 99; 19

(viii) election district 15, precinct 7; 20

(ix) election district 20, precincts 1 through 8, 10 through 15, 18, 19, 21
21 through 24, 97, and 99; 22

(x) that part of election district 1, precinct 6 that consists of the 23
following: 24

1. census tract 8074.04, blocks 2000 through 2011, 2013 25
through 2017, 2019 through 2021, 2035, 2036, and 2053 through 2058; and 26

2. census tract 8074.08, blocks 1004 through 1006, 3045 27
through 3059, and 3061 through 3063; 28

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(xi) that part of election district 5, precinct 8 that consists of census 1
tract 8013.09, block 1011; 2

(xii) that part of election district 9, precinct 3 that consists of census 3
tract 8019.04, blocks 1006, 1012, 1013, 1015, and 1035 through 1037; 4

(xiii) that part of electio n district 10, precinct 5 that consists of the 5
following: 6

1. census tract 8001.05, blocks 1011 and 2000; 7

2. census tract 8001.06, block 1011; 8

3. census tract 8002.03, blocks 1000 through 1012, 2000 9
through 2012, and 2014 through 2032; 10

4. census tract 8002.12, block 1008; and 11

5. census tract 8074.07, block 4001; and 12

(xiv) that part of election district 10, precinct 6 that consists of census 13
tract 8074.08, block 3038. 14

(g) (1) The fifth congressional district consists of the following counties: 15

(i) Calvert County; 16

(ii) Charles County; and 17

(iii) St. Mary’s County. 18

(2) The district also includes the following parts of Anne Arundel County: 19

(i) election district 7, precincts 1 through 12, 14, 16, 19, 21 through 20
23, and 25; 21

(ii) that part of election district 6, precinct 24 that consists of census 22
tract 9900.00, blocks 28, 31, and 32; 23

(iii) that part of election district 7, precinct 13 that consists of census 24
tract 7023.00, blocks 1004, 3000 through 3002, and 3008 through 3015; and 25

(iv) that part of election district 7, precinct 15 that consists of census 26
tract 7022.05, blocks 1001 through 1005, 1009, 1010, 2009 through 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 27
2023, 2024, 3001, 3003, 3004, and 3006 through 3009. 28

(3) The district also includes the following parts of Prince George’s County: 29
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(i) election districts 3, 4, 7, 8, and 11; 1

(ii) election district 5, precincts 1 and 12 through 14; 2

(iii) election district 6, precinct 32; 3

(iv) election district 9, precincts 6 through 9, 11, 14, 15, and 18 4
through 20; 5

(v) election district 10, precincts 1 through 4 and 7 through 14; 6

(vi) election district 13, precincts 4 through 6, 9 through 13, 15, 21, 7
23, 24, 30 through 32, 34, and 36; 8

(vii) election district 14, precincts 1, 3 through 7, 9 through 20, and 9
22 through 26; 10

(viii) election district 15, precincts 1 through 6 and 8; 11

(ix) election district 20, precincts 9, 16, 17, 20, 25, and 98; 12

(x) that part of election district 1, precinct 6 tha t consists of census 13
tract 8074.08, blocks 1000 through 1003 and 3060; 14

(xi) that part of election district 5, precinct 8 that consists of the 15
following: 16

1. census tract 8013.02, blocks 1000 through 1019 and 2002 17
through 2019; and 18

2. census tract 8013.10, blocks 2007 and 3015; 19

(xii) that part of election district 9, precinct 3 that consists of the 20
following: 21

1. census tract 8007.01, blocks 3036 and 3037; 22

2. census tract 8011.05, blocks 1000 through 1011 and 2000 23
through 2018; 24

3. census tract 8011.06, blocks 1000 through 1009, 2000 25
through 2003, and 3000 through 3012; 26

4. census tract 8012.11, block 1000; and 27

5. census tract 8022.01, block 1048; 28
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(xiii) that part of election district 10, precinct 5 that consists of census 1
tract 8001.05, blocks 1000 and 1001; and 2

(xiv) that part of election district 10, precinct 6 that consists of the 3
following: 4

1. census tract 8002.16, blocks 1000 through 1013, 2002 5
through 2004, 2006, and 2021; and 6

2. census tract 8002.18, blocks 1001, 1002, and 3000 through 7
3004. 8

(h) (1) The sixth congressional district consists of the following counties: 9

(i) Allegany County; 10

(ii) Garrett County; and 11

(iii) Washington County. 12

(2) The district also includes the following parts of Frederick County: 13

(i) election districts 1 through 7, 10, 11, 12, 14 through 16, and 20 14
through 26; 15

(ii) election district 9, precincts 3 and 6; 16

(iii) election district 13, precinct 3; and 17

(iv) that part of election district 13, precinct 1 that consists of the 18
following: 19

1. census tract 7517.01, blocks 1000 through 1006, 1017, 20
1018, 1022, 2012, 2014, and 3002; 21

2. census tract 7735.00, blocks 2000, 2004, and 2005; and 22

3. census tract 7756.00, blocks 2011, 2012, 2023, and 2024. 23

(3) The district also includes the following parts of Montgomery County: 24

(i) election districts 3, 10, and 11; 25

(ii) election district 2, precincts 1 through 5, 7, 8, 10, and 11; 26

(iii) election district 4, precincts 12, 23, and 32; 27
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(iv) election district 6, precincts 1 through 11, 13, 15, 17, and 18; 1

(v) election district 9, precincts 1, 3, 5 through 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 2
18, 20, 24 through 30, 34, 35, 39 through 41, 45, and 46; 3

(vi) that part of election district 4, pr ecinct 20 that consists of the 4
following: 5

1. census tract 7010.02, blocks 1009 through 1013, 3009, and 6
3010; 7

2. census tract 7012.10, blocks 2000 through 2012 and 3000 8
through 3010; 9

3. census tract 7012.20, blocks 1001, 1012, 1014, 1016 10
through 1019, 1021 through 1034, 1037 through 1041, 2001, 2027, and 2028; and 11

4. census tract 7060.07, block 1001; 12

(vii) that part of election district 9, precinct 2 that consists of the 13
following: 14

1. census tract 7007.18, blocks 3001 through 3015 and 4004; 15

2. census tract 7007.27, blocks 1000 through 1010; 16

3. census tract 7007.28, blocks 2000, 2001, 2013 through 17
2015, and 2019 through 2024; 18

4. census tract 7007.31, blocks 1000 through 1018; 19

5. census tract 7007.32, blocks 1000 through 1018 and 2000 20
through 2005; 21

6. census tract 7008.37, blocks 1000 and 3000; and 22

7. census tract 7008.39, blocks 3000, 3001, 3007, and 3008; 23

(viii) that part of election district 9, precinct 32 that consists of census 24
tract 7007.29, block 1004; and 25

(ix) that part of election district 9, precinct 44 that consists of census 26
tract 7008.28, blocks 1014 and 1018. 27

(i) (1) The seventh congressional district consists of the following parts of 28
Baltimore City: 29
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(i) wards 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, and 28; 1

(ii) ward 3, precincts 1 and 2; 2

(iii) ward 6, precincts 1 through 4; 3

(iv) ward 12, precincts 2, 3, and 5 through 13; 4

(v) ward 13, precincts 5 through 11 and 13; 5

(vi) ward 21, precincts 1, 2, 3, and 5; 6

(vii) ward 25, precincts 1 through 4 and 17; 7

(viii) ward 26, precincts 15 through 33; 8

(ix) ward 27, precincts 1 through 33, 35, 36, 48, 52 through 61, and 9
68; 10

(x) that part of ward 12, precinct 1 that consists of the following: 11

1. census tract 1201.00, blocks 1004 through 1010 and 1012 12
through 1024; and 13

2. census tract 2711.02, block 1029; 14

(xi) that part of ward 12, precinct 4 that consists of the following: 15

1. census tract 1202.01, blocks 1000 through 1017; and 16

2. census tract 1202.02, blocks 1001 through 1003, 2000 17
through 2004, and 3000 through 3008; 18

(xii) that part of ward 21, precinct 4 that consists of the following: 19

1. census tract 2101.00, blocks 1003 through 1011, 1015 20
through 1028, 1030 through 1038, and 1043; 21

2. census tract 2102.00, blocks 1027 and 1030 through 1035; 22
and 23

3. census tract 2503.01, blocks 1003, 1007, 1008, 1035, and 24
2000 through 2002; 25

(xiii) that part of ward 27, precinct 34 that consists of the following: 26

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1. census tract 2708.05, blocks 3000 through 3009 and 4001 1
through 4009; and 2

2. census tract 2710.02, blocks 3000 and 3001; 3

(xiv) that part of ward 27, precinct 37 that consists of census tract 4
2711.02, blocks 1018 and 1019; and 5

(xv) that part of ward 27, precinct 51 that consists of census tract 6
2717.00, block 1001. 7

(2) The district also includes the following parts of Baltimore County: 8

(i) election district 14; 9

(ii) election district 1, precincts 1, 5 through 9, 16, 19, 21, 23, and 24; 10

(iii) election district 2, precincts 1 through 7, 9, 10, 22, 23, 28, 31, and 11
33; 12

(iv) election district 3, precincts 1, 3, and 4; 13

(v) election district 8, precincts 1 through 16 and 18 through 30; 14

(vi) election district 9, precincts 7 through 9, 18 through 26, 28, and 15
31 through 33; 16

(vii) election district 10, precincts 2 through 6; 17

(viii) election district 11, precincts 1 through 23, 25, and 26; 18

(ix) election district 13, precinct 1; 19

(x) that part of election district 9, precinct 15 that consists of census 20
tract 4914.01, blocks 2010, 2011, 2015, 3000, 3001, and 3004 through 3007; 21

(xi) that part of election district 9, precinct 17 that consists of the 22
following: 23

1. census tract 4912.01, block 1017; 24

2. census tract 4912.02, blocks 1000, 1023, and 1025; 25

3. census tract 4915.00, blocks 1000 through 1011 and 3000; 26
and 27

4. census tract 4916.00, blocks 3008, 3009, 3016, and 3017; 28
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(xii) that part of election district 9, precinct 27 that consists of census 1
tract 4916.00, blocks 1000 through 1004, 1006, and 1007; and 2

(xiii) that part of election district 10, precinct 1 that consists of census 3
tract 4101.00, blocks 2001 through 2012, 2015 through 2023, 3000 through 3004, 3012, and 4
3017 through 3022. 5

(j) (1) The eighth congressional district consists of the following parts of 6
Carroll County: election districts 1 through 3, 6, 7, and 9 through 13. 7

(2) The district also includes the following parts of Frederick County: 8

(i) election districts 8 and 17 through 19; 9

(ii) election district 9, precincts 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7; and 10

(iii) that part of election district 13, precinct 1 that consists of the 11
following: 12

1. census tract 7517.01, blocks 1016, 2003, 2009 through 13
2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 3000, 3001, and 3003 through 3005; 14

2. census tract 7517.02, blocks 1015, 1016, 3015, and 3016; 15

3. census tract 7519.05, block 3009; and 16

4. census tract 7756.00, blocks 1000 through 1014, 2000 17
through 2007, 2010, and 3000 through 3009. 18

(3) The district also includes the following parts of Montgomery County: 19

(i) election districts 1, 7, 8, and 12; 20

(ii) election district 2, precincts 6 and 12; 21

(iii) election district 4, precincts 1 through 11, 13 through 19, 21, 24 22
through 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 38, 42, and 43; 23

(iv) election district 5, precinct 14; 24

(v) election district 6, precinct 14; 25

(vi) election district 9, precincts 4, 9, 12, 14, 21, 22, 31, 33, 36 through 26
38, 42, 43, and 47; 27

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(vii) election district 13, precincts 3 through 8, 10, 11, 13 through 16, 1
18 through 25, 27 through 29, 31 through 40, 42 through 47, 50 through 55, 57 through 59, 2
63 through 65, 67 through 69, and 71; 3

(viii) that part of election district 4, precinct 20 that consists of census 4
tract 7012.20, block 1010; 5

(ix) that part of election district 9, precinct 2 that consists of census 6
tract 7007.18, blocks 1003, 1004, 4000 through 4003, and 4012; 7

(x) that part of election district 9, precinct 32 that consists of the 8
following: 9

1. census tract 7007.20, blocks 2006 and 3002 through 3005; 10
and 11

2. census tract 7007.29, blocks 1005 and 1007; 12

(xi) that part of election district 9, precinct 44 that consists of the 13
following: 14

1. census tract 7008.36, block 2000; and 15

2. census tract 7008.38, blocks 2002 through 2008, 2012, and 16
2013; 17

(xii) that part of election district 13, precinct 56 that consists of the 18
following: 19

1. census tract 7032.14, blocks 3001 through 3006; and 20

2. census tract 7032.15, blocks 1001 and 1002; and 21

(xiii) that part of election district 13, precinct 61 that consists of the 22
following: 23

1. census tract 7013.08, block 1004; 24

2. census tract 7032.16, block 2001; 25

3. census tract 7032.19, block 1000; and 26

4. census tract 7032.20, blocks 2000 through 2002, 2004 27
through 2008, 3002, and 3005. 28

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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, (Three –fifths of all the members 1
elected to each of the two Houses concurring), That it be proposed that the Maryland 2
Constitution read as follows: 3

Article III – Legislative Department 4

4. 5

Each legislative district FOR THE ELECTION OF A MEMBER OF THE SENATE AND 6
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES shall consist of adjoining territory, be compact 7
in form, and of substantially equa l population. Due regard shall be given to natural 8
boundaries and the boundaries of political subdivisions. 9

62. 10

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL HAVE T HE POWER TO GRANT OR IGINAL 11
JURISDICTION TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MARYLAND TO REVIEW TH E 12
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTING OF THE STATE. 13

Article XVIII – Provisions of Limited Duration 14

6. 15

(A) (1) THIS SECTION SHALL AP PLY ONLY TO ELECTIONS FOR THE 16
STATE’S REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS THAT ARE HELD AFTER THE STATEWIDE 17
GENERAL ELECTION HEL D IN 2026 AND BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE O F 18
LEGISLATION ESTABLIS HING DISTRICTS FOR T HE ELECTION OF THE STATE’S 19
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS FOLLOWING THE 2030 DECENNIAL CENSUS. 20

(2) THIS SECTION TEMPORAR ILY IS PART OF ARTICLE III – 21
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT, SECTION 49 OF THE CONSTITUTION. 22

(3) THIS SECTION SHALL EX PIRE ON THE EFFECTIV E DATE OF 23
LEGISLATION ESTABLIS HING DISTRICTS FOR T HE ELECTION OF TH E STATE’S 24
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS FOLLOWING THE 2030 DECENNIAL CENSUS. 25

(B) THE STATE IS DIVIDED INTO EIGHT DISTRICTS FOR THE ELECTION OF 26
THE STATE’S REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS. 27

(C) (1) THE DESCRIPTIONS OF C ONGRESSIONAL DISTRIC TS IN THIS 28
SECTION INCLUDE THE REFERENCES INDICATED. 29

(2) (I) THE REFERENCES TO: 30

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1. ELECTION DISTRICTS AN D WARDS ARE TO THE 1
GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES OF THE ELECTION DISTRICTS AND WARDS AS THEY 2
EXISTED ON JANUARY 13, 2026; AND 3

2. PRECINCTS ARE TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL 4
BOUNDARIES OF THE PRECINCTS AS THEY EXISTED ON JANUARY 13, 2026, AND AS 5
REVIEWED AND CORRECTED BY THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING. 6

(II) WHERE PRECINCTS ARE S PLIT BETWEEN CONGRESSIONAL 7
DISTRICTS, CENSUS TRACT AND BLO CK NUMBERS, AS INDICATED IN P.L. 94–171 8
DATA OR SHOWN ON THE P.L. 94–171 CENSUS BLOCK MAPS PROVIDED BY THE U.S. 9
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS AND REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION, ARE USED TO DEFINE 10
THE BOUNDARIES OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. 11

(D) (1) THE FIRST CONGRESSION AL DISTRICT CONSISTS OF THE 12
FOLLOWING COUNTIES: 13

(I) CAROLINE COUNTY; 14

(II) DORCHESTER COUNTY; 15

(III) KENT COUNTY; 16

(IV) QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY; 17

(V) SOMERSET COUNTY; 18

(VI) TALBOT COUNTY; 19

(VII) WICOMICO COUNTY; AND 20

(VIII) WORCESTER COUNTY. 21

(2) THE DISTRICT ALSO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF ANNE 22
ARUNDEL COUNTY: 23

(I) ELECTION DISTRICT 4; 24

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCTS 5, 6, 19 THROUGH 25, 98, 25
AND 99; 26

(III) ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCTS 1, 4, 9, 21, 23, AND 24; 27

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(IV) ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCTS 1, 2, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 1
26, 28, 30, 32, AND 35 THROUGH 37; 2

(V) ELECTION DISTRICT 6, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 10, 12 3
THROUGH 16, 18 THROUGH 23, AND 25 THROUGH 35; 4

(VI) ELECTION DISTRICT 7, PRECINCTS 17, 18, 20, 24, AND 99; 5

(VII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCT 7 THAT 6
CONSISTS OF CENSUS T RACT 7512.00, BLOCKS 2034 THROUGH 2036 AND 2039 7
THROUGH 2041; 8

(VIII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCT 9 THAT 9
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 10

1. CENSUS TRACT 7508.01, BLOCKS 4010, 4018, 4019, 11
AND 4025 THROUGH 4030; AND 12

2. CENSUS TRACT 9800.00, BLOCKS 1010 THROUGH 13
1015, 1017, 1018, AND 1020; 14

(IX) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCT 7 THAT 15
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 16

1. CENSUS TRACT 7402.04, BLOCKS 2000 AND 2001; 17

2. CENSUS TRACT 7509.00, BLOCKS 3032 THROUGH 18
3035; AND 19

3. CENSUS TRACT 7514.00, BLOCKS 2000 THROUGH 20
2009, 2011 THROUGH 2031, 2036, 2040, 2046, AND 2047; 21

(X) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCT 17 THAT 22
CONSISTS OF CENSUS T RACT 7410.00, BLOCKS 2000 THROUGH 2010, 2020, AND 23
2021; 24

(XI) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCT 23 THAT 25
CONSISTS OF CENSUS T RACT 7308.00, BLOCKS 1015 THROUGH 1019 AND 1021 26
THROUGH 1036; 27

(XII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCT 27 THAT 28
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 7311.06, BLOCK 2006; 29

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(XIII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 6, PRECINCT 24 THAT 1
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 2

1. CENSUS TRACT 7026.02, BLOCKS 1003, 1004, 1006 3
THROUGH 1063, 3011 THROUGH 3019, AND 3021; AND 4

2. CENSUS TRACT 9900.00, BLOCKS 25, 29, 30, AND 46; 5

(XIV) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 7, PRECINCT 13 THAT 6
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 7517.00, BLOCKS 1022, 1024, 1026, AND 1027; AND 7

(XV) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 7, PRECINCT 15 THAT 8
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 9

1. CENSUS TRACT 7022.04, BLOCK 1000; AND 10

2. CENSUS TRACT 7022.05, BLOCKS 1000, 1006 11
THROUGH 1008, 2016, 3000, 3002, AND 3005. 12

(3) THE DISTRICT ALSO INC LUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF 13
HOWARD COUNTY: 14

(I) ELECTION DISTRICT 6; 15

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 3, 6 16
THROUGH 9, 12 THROUGH 18, AND 21; AND 17

(III) ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCTS 5, 6, AND 20. 18

(E) (1) THE SECOND CONGRESSIO NAL DISTRICT CONSIST S OF THE 19
FOLLOWING PARTS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY: 20

(I) ELECTION DISTRICT 3; 21

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 4, 8, AND 10 22
THROUGH 18; 23

(III) ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCTS 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10 THROUGH 24
16, 18 THROUGH 20, AND 22; 25

(IV) ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCTS 3 THROUGH 16, 19, 21, 26
24, 29, 31, 33, AND 34; 27

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(V) ELECTION DISTRICT 6, PRECINCTS 11 AND 17; 1

(VI) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCT 7 THAT 2
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 3

1. CENSUS TRACT 7503.00, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 4
1013, 2000 THROUGH 2011, AND 2014 THROUGH 2016; AND 5

2. CENSUS TRACT 7512.00, BLOCKS 2000 THROUGH 6
2009, 2011 THROUGH 2015, 2023, 2024, 2030 THROUGH 2033, 2042, AND 2043; 7

(VII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCT 9 THAT 8
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 9

1. CENSUS TRACT 7508.01, BLOCKS 1007 THROUGH 10
1010, 3009, 3010, 3012 THROUGH 3019, 4000 THROUGH 4009, 4011 THROUGH 4017, 11
4020 THROUGH 4024, AND 4031; AND 12

2. CENSUS TRACT 9800.00, BLOCKS 1001, 1002, 1008, 13
AND 1016; 14

(VIII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCT 7 THAT 15
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 16

1. CENSUS TRA CT 7304.01, BLOCKS 2000 THROUGH 17
2010, 2012, AND 3000 THROUGH 3023; 18

2. CENSUS TRACT 7402.05, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 19
1004; 20

3. CENSUS TRACT 7509.00, BLOCKS 2026, 2036, 2037, 21
2045 THROUGH 2049, 2056, 2057, 3009 THROUGH 3011, 3014, 3029 THROUGH 3031, 22
AND 3036; AND 23

4. CENSUS TRACT 7514.00, BLOCK 2010; 24

(IX) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCT 17 THAT 25
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 26

1. CENSUS TRACT 7305.10, BLOCKS 2005 AND 2008 27
THROUGH 2012; 28

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2. CENSUS TRACT 7305.12, BLOCKS 1002 THROUGH 1
1004 AND 1006; 2

3. CENSUS TRACT 7305.13, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 3
1003 AND 2000 THROUGH 2010; AND 4

4. CENSUS TRACT 7305.14, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 5
1011 AND 2000 THROUGH 2005; 6

(X) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCT 23 THAT 7
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 7308.00, BLOCKS 1002 AND 1005 THROUGH 1013; AND 8

(XI) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCT 27 THAT 9
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 10

1. CENSUS TRACT 7311.06, BLOCKS 1000, 1002, 1003, 11
2002 THROUGH 2005, AND 2013; AND 12

2. CENSUS TRACT 7311.07, BLOCKS 2013, 2017, AND 13
2018. 14

(2) THE DISTRICT ALSO INC LUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF 15
BALTIMORE CITY: 16

(I) WARDS 1, 2, 23, AND 24; 17

(II) WARD 3, PRECINCT 3; 18

(III) WARD 6, PRECINCT 5; 19

(IV) WARD 25, PRECINCTS 5 THROUGH 16; 20

(V) WARD 26, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 14 AND 34; AND 21

(VI) THAT PART OF WARD 21, PRECINCT 4 THAT CONSISTS OF 22
CENSUS TRACT 2101.00, BLOCK 1039. 23

(3) THE DISTRICT ALSO INC LUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF 24
BALTIMORE COUNTY: 25

(I) ELECTION DISTRICTS 12 AND 15; 26

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(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCTS 2 THROUGH 4, 10 1
THROUGH 15, 17, 18, 20, AND 22; 2

(III) ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCTS 8, 11 THROUGH 14, 16 3
THROUGH 18, 20, 24, 25, 30, AND 32; 4

(IV) ELECTION DISTRICT 11, PRECINCT 24; AND 5

(V) ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCTS 2 THROUGH 9. 6

(4) THE DISTRICT ALSO INC LUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF 7
HARFORD COUNTY: 8

(I) ELECTION DISTRICT 6; 9

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 3, 5, AND 10 10
THROUGH 22; 11

(III) ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCTS 3 THROUGH 10; 12

(IV) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCT 1 THAT 13
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 3022.00, BLOCK 2034; 14

(V) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCT 2 THAT 15
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 3022.00, BLOCK 2019; AND 16

(VI) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 3, PRECINCT 9 THAT 17
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 3034.00, BLOCKS 2011 AND 2012. 18

(F) (1) THE THIRD CONGRESSION AL DISTRICT CONSISTS OF CECIL 19
COUNTY. 20

(2) THE DISTRICT ALSO INC LUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF 21
BALTIMORE CITY: 22

(I) WARD 13, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 4 AND 12; 23

(II) WARD 27, PRECINCTS 38 THROUGH 47, 49, 50, 62 THROUGH 24
67, AND 69; 25

(III) THAT PART OF WARD 12, PRECINCT 1 THAT CONSISTS OF 26
THE FOLLOWING: 27

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1. CENSUS TRACT 1201.00, BLOCKS 2000 THROUGH 1
2007, 3000 THROUGH 3002, 4000, AND 4001; AND 2

2. CENSUS TRACT 2711.02, BLOCK 1028; 3

(IV) THAT PART OF WARD 12, PRECINCT 4 THAT CONSISTS OF 4
CENSUS TRACT 1201.00, BLOCK 4002; 5

(V) THAT PART OF WARD 27, PRECINCT 34 THAT CONSISTS OF 6
CENSUS TRACT 2712.00, BLOCKS 3009 THROUGH 3011 AND 3014 THROUGH 3020; 7

(VI) THAT PART OF WARD 27, PRECINCT 37 THAT CONSISTS OF 8
THE FOLLOWING: 9

1. CENSUS TRACT 2711.01, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 10
1005, 3000 THROUGH 3004, 3006, AND 3008 THROUGH 3013; AND 11

2. CENSUS TRACT 2711.02, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 12
1011, 1014 THROUGH 1017, 1020 THROUGH 1023, 1026, AND 1027; AND 13

(VII) THAT PART OF WARD 27, PRECINCT 51 THAT CONSISTS OF 14
CENSUS TRACT 2717.00, BLOCK 1000. 15

(3) THE DISTRICT ALSO INC LUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF 16
BALTIMORE COUNTY: 17

(I) ELECTION DISTRICTS 4, 5, 6, AND 7; 18

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCTS 15, 19, 21, 26, 27, AND 19
29; 20

(III) ELECTION DISTRICT 3, PRECINCTS 2 AND 5 THROUGH 16; 21

(IV) ELECTION DISTRICT 8, PRECINCT 17; 22

(V) ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 6, 10 23
THROUGH 14, 16, 29, AND 30; 24

(VI) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 15 THAT 25
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 4913.00, BLOCKS 1004 THROUGH 1015, 2000 THROUGH 26
2005, AND 2009 THROUGH 2012; 27

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(VII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 17 THAT 1
CONSISTS OF CENSUS T RACT 4912.02, BLOCKS 1001, 1002, 1011 THROUGH 1019, 2
1021, 1022, AND 1024; 3

(VIII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 27 THAT 4
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 5

1. CENSUS TRACT 4903.02, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 6
1007; AND 7

2. CENSUS TRACT 4912.01, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 8
1008; AND 9

(IX) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 10, PRECINCT 1 THAT 10
CONSISTS OF CENSUS T RACT 4101.00, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 1011, 2000, 2013, 11
AND 2014. 12

(4) THE DISTRICT ALSO INC LUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF 13
CARROLL COUNTY: ELECTION DISTRICTS 4, 5, 8, AND 14. 14

(5) THE DISTRICT ALSO INC LUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF 15
HARFORD COUNTY: 16

(I) ELECTION DISTRICTS 4 AND 5; 17

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCTS 4 AND 6 THROUGH 9; 18

(III) ELECTION DISTRICT 3, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 8 AND 10 19
THROUGH 17; 20

(IV) THAT PAR T OF ELECTION DISTRI CT 2, PRECINCT 1 THAT 21
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 22

1. CENSUS TRACT 3021.00, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 23
1019 AND 2000 THROUGH 2015; 24

2. CENSUS TRACT 3022.00, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 25
1011, 2000 THROUGH 2014, 2021, 2022, AND 2052 THROUGH 2054; AND 26

3. CENSUS TRACT 3053.00, BLOCK 2020; 27

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(V) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCT 2 THAT 1
CONSISTS OF CENSUS T RACT 3022.00, BLOCKS 2020, 2023 THROUGH 2026, 2028, 2
2030, AND 2039 THROUGH 2041; AND 3

(VI) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 3, PRECINCT 9 THAT 4
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 5

1. CENSUS TRACT 3033.00, BLOCKS 2002, 2003, 2010 6
THROUGH 2016, 3000 THROUGH 3010, AND 4000 THROUGH 4011; 7

2. CENSUS TRACT 3034.00, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 8
1024, 2000 THROUGH 2010, AND 3000 THROUGH 3018; 9

3. CENSUS TRACT 3035.01, BLOCKS 1002 AND 1017; 10

4. CENSUS TRACT 3035.02, BLOCKS 1002 THROUGH 11
1008 AND 1010; AND 12

5. CENSUS TRACT 3038.01, BLOCK 2030. 13

(6) THE DISTRICT ALSO INC LUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF 14
HOWARD COUNTY: 15

(I) ELECTION DISTRICTS 2, 3, AND 4; 16

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCTS 4, 5, 10, 11, 19, AND 20; 17
AND 18

(III) ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 4, 7 19
THROUGH 19, AND 21 THROUGH 24. 20

(G) (1) THE FOURTH CONGRESSIO NAL DISTRICT CONSIST S OF THE 21
FOLLOWING PARTS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: 22

(I) ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 6, 8 23
THROUGH 13, 15 THROUGH 19, AND 21 THROUGH 24; 24

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCTS 1, 2, AND 49; 25

(III) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCT 56 THAT 26
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 27

1. CENSUS TRACT 7032.06, BLOCK 1008; 28
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2. CENSUS TRACT 7032.14, BLOCKS 1001, 1004, 3007, 1
AND 3008; 2

3. CENSUS TRACT 7032.15, BLOCKS 1000, 1003 3
THROUGH 1008, 2000 THROUGH 2005, AND 2007; AND 4

4. CENSUS TRACT 7032.23, BLOCKS 1005, 1006, 1012 5
THROUGH 1017, 1020, AND 2003; AND 6

(IV) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCT 61 THAT 7
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 8

1. CENSUS TRACT 7014.07, BLOCKS 1017 AND 1020; 9

2. CENSUS TRACT 7032.20, BLOCKS 2003, 3000, 3001, 10
3003, 3004, AND 3006; 11

3. CENSUS TRACT 7032.21, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 12
1007, 2000 THROUGH 2011, AND 3000 THROUGH 3010; AND 13

4. CENSUS TRACT 7032.23, BLOCKS 1007 THROUGH 14
1010. 15

(2) THE DISTRICT ALSO INC LUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF 16
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY: 17

(I) ELECTION DISTRICTS 2, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, AND 21; 18

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 5, 7, AND 8; 19

(III) ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCTS 2 THROUGH 7 AND 9 20
THROUGH 11; 21

(IV) ELECTION DISTRICT 6, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 31 AND 97 22
THROUGH 99; 23

(V) ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCTS 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12, 13, 16, 24
AND 17; 25

(VI) ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 3, 7, 8, 14, 26
16 THROUGH 20, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 33, 35, AND 99; 27

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(VII) ELECTION DISTRICT 14, PRECINCTS 2, 8, 21, AND 99; 1

(VIII) ELECTION DISTRICT 15, PRECINCT 7; 2

(IX) ELECTION DISTRICT 20, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 8, 10 3
THROUGH 15, 18, 19, 21 THROUGH 24, 97, AND 99; 4

(X) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCT 6 THAT 5
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 6

1. CENSUS TRACT 8074.04, BLOCKS 2000 THROUGH 7
2011, 2013 THROUGH 2017, 2019 THROUGH 2021, 2035, 2036, AND 2053 THROUGH 8
2058; AND 9

2. CENSUS TRACT 8074.08, BLOCKS 1004 THROUGH 10
1006, 3045 THROUGH 3059, AND 3061 THROUGH 3063; 11

(XI) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCT 8 THAT 12
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 8013.09, BLOCK 1011; 13

(XII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 3 THAT 14
CONSISTS OF CENSUS T RACT 8019.04, BLOCKS 1006, 1012, 1013, 1015, AND 1035 15
THROUGH 1037; 16

(XIII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 10, PRECINCT 5 THAT 17
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 18

1. CENSUS TRACT 8001.05, BLOCKS 1011 AND 2000; 19

2. CENSUS TRACT 8001.06, BLOCK 1011; 20

3. CENSUS TRACT 8002.03, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 21
1012, 2000 THROUGH 2012, AND 2014 THROUGH 2032; 22

4. CENSUS TRACT 8002.12, BLOCK 1008; AND 23

5. CENSUS TRACT 8074.07, BLOCK 4001; AND 24

(XIV) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 10, PRECINCT 6 THAT 25
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 8074.08, BLOCK 3038. 26

(H) (1) THE FIFTH CONGRESSION AL DISTRICT CONSISTS OF THE 27
FOLLOWING COUNTIES: 28
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(I) CALVERT COUNTY; 1

(II) CHARLES COUNTY; AND 2

(III) ST. MARY’S COUNTY. 3

(2) THE DISTRICT ALSO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF ANNE 4
ARUNDEL COUNTY: 5

(I) ELECTION DISTRICT 7, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 12, 14, 16, 6
19, 21 THROUGH 23, AND 25; 7

(II) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 6, PRECINCT 24 THAT 8
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 9900.00, BLOCKS 28, 31, AND 32; 9

(III) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 7, PRECINCT 13 THAT 10
CONSISTS OF CENSUS T RACT 7023.00, BLOCKS 1004, 3000 THROUGH 3002, AND 11
3008 THROUGH 3015; AND 12

(IV) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTR ICT 7, PRECINCT 15 THAT 13
CONSISTS OF CENSUS T RACT 7022.05, BLOCKS 1001 THROUGH 1005, 1009, 1010, 14
2009 THROUGH 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 3001, 3003, 3004, AND 3006 15
THROUGH 3009. 16

(3) THE DISTRICT ALSO INC LUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF 17
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY: 18

(I) ELECTION DISTRICTS 3, 4, 7, 8, AND 11; 19

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCTS 1 AND 12 THROUGH 14; 20

(III) ELECTION DISTRICT 6, PRECINCT 32; 21

(IV) ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCTS 6 THROUGH 9, 11, 14, 15, 22
AND 18 THROUGH 20; 23

(V) ELECTION DISTRICT 10, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 4 AND 7 24
THROUGH 14; 25

(VI) ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCTS 4 THROUGH 6, 9 26
THROUGH 13, 15, 21, 23, 24, 30 THROUGH 32, 34, AND 36; 27

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(VII) ELECTION DISTRICT 14, PRECINCTS 1, 3 THROUGH 7, 9 1
THROUGH 20, AND 22 THROUGH 26; 2

(VIII) ELECTION DISTRICT 15, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 6 AND 8; 3

(IX) ELECTION DISTRICT 20, PRECINCTS 9, 16, 17, 20, 25, AND 4
98; 5

(X) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCT 6 THAT 6
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 8074.08, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 1003 AND 3060; 7

(XI) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCT 8 THAT 8
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 9

1. CENSUS TRACT 8013.02, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 10
1019 AND 2002 THROUGH 2019; AND 11

2. CENSUS TRACT 8013.10, BLOCKS 2007 AND 3015; 12

(XII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 3 THAT 13
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 14

1. CENSUS TRACT 8007.01, BLOCKS 3036 AND 3037; 15

2. CENSUS TRACT 8011.05, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 16
1011 AND 2000 THROUGH 2018; 17

3. CENSUS TRACT 8011.06, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 18
1009, 2000 THROUGH 2003, AND 3000 THROUGH 3012; 19

4. CENSUS TRACT 8012.11, BLOCK 1000; AND 20

5. CENSUS TRACT 8022.01, BLOCK 1048; 21

(XIII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 10, PRECINCT 5 THAT 22
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 8001.05, BLOCKS 1000 AND 1001; AND 23

(XIV) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 10, PRECINCT 6 THAT 24
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 25

1. CENSUS TRACT 8002.16, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 26
1013, 2002 THROUGH 2004, 2006, AND 2021; AND 27

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2. CENSUS TRACT 8002.18, BLOCKS 1001, 1002, AND 1
3000 THROUGH 3004. 2

(I) (1) THE SIXTH CONGRESSION AL DISTRICT CONSISTS OF THE 3
FOLLOWING COUNTIES: 4

(I) ALLEGANY COUNTY; 5

(II) GARRETT COUNTY; AND 6

(III) WASHINGTON COUNTY. 7

(2) THE DISTRICT ALSO INC LUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF 8
FREDERICK COUNTY: 9

(I) ELECTION DISTRICTS 1 THROUGH 7, 10, 11, 12, 14 10
THROUGH 16, AND 20 THROUGH 26; 11

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCTS 3 AND 6; 12

(III) ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCT 3; AND 13

(IV) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCT 1 THAT 14
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 15

1. CENSUS TRACT 7517.01, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 16
1006, 1017, 1018, 1022, 2012, 2014, AND 3002; 17

2. CENSUS TRACT 7735.00, BLOCKS 2000, 2004, AND 18
2005; AND 19

3. CENSUS TRACT 7756.00, BLOCKS 2011, 2012, 2023, 20
AND 2024. 21

(3) THE DISTRICT A LSO INCLUDES THE FOL LOWING PARTS OF 22
MONTGOMERY COUNTY: 23

(I) ELECTION DISTRICTS 3, 10, AND 11; 24

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 5, 7, 8, 10, 25
AND 11; 26

(III) ELECTION DISTRICT 4, PRECINCTS 12, 23, AND 32; 27
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(IV) ELECTION DISTRICT 6, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 11, 13, 15, 1
17, AND 18; 2

(V) ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCTS 1, 3, 5 THROUGH 8, 10, 3
11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 24 THROUGH 30, 34, 35, 39 THROUGH 41, 45, AND 46; 4

(VI) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 4, PRECINCT 20 THAT 5
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 6

1. CENSUS TRACT 7010.02, BLOCKS 1009 THROUGH 7
1013, 3009, AND 3010; 8

2. CENSUS TRACT 7012.10, BLOCKS 2000 THROUGH 9
2012 AND 3000 THROUGH 3010; 10

3. CENSUS TRACT 7012.20, BLOCKS 1001, 1012, 1014, 11
1016 THROUGH 1019, 1021 THROUGH 1034, 1037 THROUGH 1041, 2001, 2027, AND 12
2028; AND 13

4. CENSUS TRACT 7060.07, BLOCK 1001; 14

(VII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 2 THAT 15
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 16

1. CENSUS TRACT 7007.18, BLOCKS 3001 THROUGH 17
3015 AND 4004; 18

2. CENSUS TR ACT 7007.27, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 19
1010; 20

3. CENSUS TRACT 7007.28, BLOCKS 2000, 2001, 2013 21
THROUGH 2015, AND 2019 THROUGH 2024; 22

4. CENSUS TRACT 7007.31, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 23
1018; 24

5. CENSUS TRACT 7007.32, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 25
1018 AND 2000 THROUGH 2005; 26

6. CENSUS TRACT 7008.37, BLOCKS 1000 AND 3000; AND 27

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7. CENSUS TRACT 7008.39, BLOCKS 3000, 3001, 3007, 1
AND 3008; 2

(VIII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 32 THAT 3
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 7007.29, BLOCK 1004; AND 4

(IX) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 44 THAT 5
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 7008.28, BLOCKS 1014 AND 1018. 6

(J) (1) THE SEVENTH CONGRESSI ONAL DISTRICT CONSIS TS OF THE 7
FOLLOWING PARTS OF BALTIMORE CITY: 8

(I) WARDS 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, AND 9
28; 10

(II) WARD 3, PRECINCTS 1 AND 2; 11

(III) WARD 6, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 4; 12

(IV) WARD 12, PRECINCTS 2, 3, AND 5 THROUGH 13; 13

(V) WARD 13, PRECINCTS 5 THROUGH 11 AND 13; 14

(VI) WARD 21, PRECINCTS 1, 2, 3, AND 5; 15

(VII) WARD 25, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 4 AND 17; 16

(VIII) WARD 26, PRECINCTS 15 THROUGH 33; 17

(IX) WARD 27, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 33, 35, 36, 48, 52 18
THROUGH 61, AND 68; 19

(X) THAT PART OF WARD 12, PRECINCT 1 THAT CONSISTS OF 20
THE FOLLOWING: 21

1. CENSUS TRACT 1201.00, BLOCKS 1004 THROUGH 22
1010 AND 1012 THROUGH 1024; AND 23

2. CENSUS TRACT 2711.02, BLOCK 1029; 24

(XI) THAT PART OF WARD 12, PRECINCT 4 THAT CONSISTS OF 25
THE FOLLOWING: 26

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1. CENSUS TRACT 1202.01, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 1
1017; AND 2

2. CENSUS TRACT 1202.02, BLOCKS 1001 THROUGH 3
1003, 2000 THROUGH 2004, AND 3000 THROUGH 3008; 4

(XII) THAT PART OF WARD 21, PRECINCT 4 THAT CONSISTS OF 5
THE FOLLOWING: 6

1. CENSUS TRACT 2101.00, BLOCKS 1003 THROUGH 7
1011, 1015 THROUGH 1028, 1030 THROUGH 1038, AND 1043; 8

2. CENSUS TRACT 2102.00, BLOCKS 1027 AND 1030 9
THROUGH 1035; AND 10

3. CENSUS TRACT 2503.01, BLOCKS 1003, 1007, 1008, 11
1035, AND 2000 THROUGH 2002; 12

(XIII) THAT PART OF WARD 27, PRECINCT 34 THAT CONSISTS OF 13
THE FOLLOWING: 14

1. CENSUS TRACT 2708.05, BLOCKS 3000 THROUGH 15
3009 AND 4001 THROUGH 4009; AND 16

2. CENSUS TRACT 2710.02, BLOCKS 3000 AND 3001; 17

(XIV) THAT PART OF WARD 27, PRECINCT 37 THAT CONSISTS OF 18
CENSUS TRACT 2711.02, BLOCKS 1018 AND 1019; AND 19

(XV) THAT PART OF WARD 27, PRECINCT 51 THAT CONSISTS OF 20
CENSUS TRACT 2717.00, BLOCK 1001. 21

(2) THE DISTRICT ALSO INC LUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF 22
BALTIMORE COUNTY: 23

(I) ELECTION DISTRICT 14; 24

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 1, PRECINCTS 1, 5 THROUGH 9, 16, 19, 25
21, 23, AND 24; 26

(III) ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 7, 9, 10, 22, 27
23, 28, 31, AND 33; 28

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(IV) ELECTION DISTRICT 3, PRECINCTS 1, 3, AND 4; 1

(V) ELECTION DISTRICT 8, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 16 AND 18 2
THROUGH 30; 3

(VI) ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCTS 7 THROUGH 9, 18 4
THROUGH 26, 28, AND 31 THROUGH 33; 5

(VII) ELECTION DISTRICT 10, PRECINCTS 2 THROUGH 6; 6

(VIII) ELECTION DISTRICT 11, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 23, 25, AND 7
26; 8

(IX) ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCT 1; 9

(X) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 15 THAT 10
CONSISTS OF CENSUS T RACT 4914.01, BLOCKS 2010, 2011, 2015, 3000, 3001, AND 11
3004 THROUGH 3007; 12

(XI) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 17 THAT 13
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 14

1. CENSUS TRACT 4912.01, BLOCK 1017; 15

2. CENSUS TRACT 4912.02, BLOCKS 1000, 1023, AND 16
1025; 17

3. CENSUS TRACT 4915.00, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 18
1011 AND 3000; AND 19

4. CENSUS TRACT 4916.00, BLOCKS 3008, 3009, 3016, 20
AND 3017; 21

(XII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 27 THAT 22
CONSISTS OF CENSUS T RACT 4916.00, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 1004, 1006, AND 23
1007; AND 24

(XIII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 10, PRECINCT 1 THAT 25
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 4101.00, BLOCKS 2001 THROUGH 2012, 2015 THROUGH 26
2023, 3000 THROUGH 3004, 3012, AND 3017 THROUGH 3022. 27

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(K) (1) THE EIGHTH CONGRESSION AL DISTRICT CONSISTS OF THE 1
FOLLOWING PARTS OF CARROLL COUNTY: ELECTION DISTRICTS 1 THROUGH 3, 6, 7, 2
AND 9 THROUGH 13. 3

(2) THE DISTRICT ALSO INC LUDES THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF 4
FREDERICK COUNTY: 5

(I) ELECTION DISTRICTS 8 AND 17 THROUGH 19; 6

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCTS 1, 2, 4, 5, AND 7; AND 7

(III) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCT 1 THAT 8
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 9

1. CENSUS TRACT 7517.01, BLOCKS 1016, 2003, 2009 10
THROUGH 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 3000, 3001, AND 3003 THROUGH 3005; 11

2. CENSUS TRACT 7517.02, BLOCKS 1015, 1016, 3015, 12
AND 3016; 13

3. CENSUS TRACT 7519.05, BLOCK 3009; AND 14

4. CENSUS TRACT 7756.00, BLOCKS 1000 THROUGH 15
1014, 2000 THROUGH 2007, 2010, AND 3000 THROUGH 3009. 16

(3) THE DISTRICT ALSO INCLUDES THE FO LLOWING PARTS OF 17
MONTGOMERY COUNTY: 18

(I) ELECTION DISTRICTS 1, 7, 8, AND 12; 19

(II) ELECTION DISTRICT 2, PRECINCTS 6 AND 12; 20

(III) ELECTION DISTRICT 4, PRECINCTS 1 THROUGH 11, 13 21
THROUGH 19, 21, 24 THROUGH 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 38, 42, AND 43; 22

(IV) ELECTION DISTRICT 5, PRECINCT 14; 23

(V) ELECTION DISTRICT 6, PRECINCT 14; 24

(VI) ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCTS 4, 9, 12, 14, 21, 22, 31, 25
33, 36 THROUGH 38, 42, 43, AND 47; 26

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(VII) ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCTS 3 THROUGH 8, 10, 11, 1
13 THROUGH 16, 18 THROUGH 25, 27 THROUGH 29, 31 THROUGH 40, 42 THROUGH 2
47, 50 THROUGH 55, 57 THROUGH 59, 63 THROUGH 65, 67 THROUGH 69, AND 71; 3

(VIII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 4, PRECINCT 20 THAT 4
CONSISTS OF CENSUS TRACT 7012.20, BLOCK 1010; 5

(IX) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 2 THAT 6
CONSISTS OF CENSUS T RACT 7007.18, BLOCKS 1003, 1004, 4000 THROUGH 4003, 7
AND 4012; 8

(X) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 32 THAT 9
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 10

1. CENSUS TRACT 7007.20, BLOCKS 2006 AND 3002 11
THROUGH 3005; AND 12

2. CENSUS TRACT 7007.29, BLOCKS 1005 AND 1007; 13

(XI) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 9, PRECINCT 44 THAT 14
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 15

1. CENSUS TRACT 7008.36, BLOCK 2000; AND 16

2. CENSUS TRACT 7008.38, BLOCKS 2002 THROUGH 17
2008, 2012, AND 2013; 18

(XII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCT 56 THAT 19
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 20

1. CENSUS TRACT 7032.14, BLOCKS 3001 THROUGH 21
3006; AND 22

2. CENSUS TRACT 7032.15, BLOCKS 1001 AND 1002; AND 23

(XIII) THAT PART OF ELECTION DISTRICT 13, PRECINCT 61 THAT 24
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 25

1. CENSUS TRACT 7013.08, BLOCK 1004; 26

2. CENSUS TRACT 7032.16, BLOCK 2001; 27

3. CENSUS TRACT 7032.19, BLOCK 1000; AND 28
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4. CENSUS TRACT 7032.20, BLOCKS 2000 THROUGH 1
2002, 2004 THROUGH 2008, 3002, AND 3005. 2

SECTION 3. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 3
That Section(s) 8 –702 through 8 –709 of Article – Election Law of the Annotated Code of 4
Maryland be repealed. 5

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General Assembly 6
determines that the amendment to the Maryland Constitution proposed by Section 2 of this 7
Act affects multiple jurisdictions and that the provisions of Article XIV, § 1 of the Maryland 8
Constitution concerning local approval of constitutional amendments do not apply. 9

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That: 10

(a) The amendment to the Maryland Constitution proposed by Section 2 of this 11
Act shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the State at the next general election to be 12
held in November 2026 for adoption or rejection in accordance with Article XIV of the 13
Maryland Constitution. 14

(b) (1) At that general election, the vote on the proposed amendment to the 15
Constitution shall be by ballot, and on each ballot there shall be printed the words “For the 16
Constitutional Amendment” and “Against the Constitutional Amendment”, as now 17
provided by law. 18

(2) At that general election, a question substantially similar to the 19
following shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the State: 20

“Question ___ – Constitutional Amendment 21

The proposed Constitutional Amendment authorizes the use of the Congressional 22
Districting Plan enacted by the General Assembly in 2026 for the 2028 and 2030 23
congressional elections and until a new Congressional Districting Plan takes effect after 24
the 2030 census; and authorizes the General Assembly to grant original jurisdiction to the 25
Supreme Court of Maryland to review the congressional districting of the State; and 26
clarifies that certain standard s in the Maryland Constitution apply only to districts used 27
to elect members of the General Assembly.”. 28

(c) Immediately after the election, all returns shall be made to the Governor of 29
the vote for and against the proposed amendment, as directed by Artic le XIV of the 30
Maryland Constitution, and further proceedings held in accordance with Article XIV. 31

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 3 of this Act is 32
contingent on the passage of Section 2 of this Act, a constitutional amendment, and its 33
ratification by voters of the State. 34

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SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to Section 6 of this 1
Act, Section 3 of this Act shall take effect on the proclamation of the Governor that the 2
constitutional amendment, having received a majority o f the votes cast at the general 3
election has been adopted by the people of Maryland. 4

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to Section 5 of this 5
Act and except as provided in Section 7 of this Act, this Act is an emergency measure, is 6
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has been passed by 7
a yea and nay vote supported by three–fifths of all the members elected to each of the two 8
Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is enacted. 9

Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.