1792:
"The
constitution and form of government, as proposed to be amended by a committee
appointed by the House of delegates at the last session." (Annapolis:
Printed by Frederick Green, printer to the state, [1792]).
Introduced in the House of Delegates on December 26, 1791 by Gabriel
Duvall. Authored by a committee consisting of William Pinkney, Harford
County; Gabriel Duvall, Annapolis; William Craik, Charles County; William
Clagett, Washington County; John Francis Mercer, Anne Arundel County; John
Griffith Worthington, Anne Arundel County; and James Tilghman, Talbot County.
On November 15, 1792, Duvall called for a list of yeas and nays on the
question of whether members of the House would take into consideration
the next day the several bills for amending and altering the constitution
reported by the committee of November session last. Not only
did they vote to not consider the bills the next day, but they voted to
not consider the bills at all that session. The constitution was
never ratified.
1904:
The "Poe" Amendment: Introduced February 4, 1904 in the
State Senate by John Gill, Jr. Authored by John Prentiss Poe and
Arthur Pue Gorman. The "Poe Suffrage Amendment" sought to disenfranchise
black voters in Maryland by introducing a grandfather clause and an "understanding"
clause. Critics charged that the amendment was unconstitutional,
undemocratic and would undermine Maryland's entire way of government.
Republicans saw the measure as a partisan attempt to weaken their party.
White foreign-born citizens believed that the grandfather clause and the
"understanding" requirement would work to against them as well as blacks.
Black voters organized the Negro Suffrage League and established chapters
throughout the state in order to marshal opposition to the amendment.
As a result, voters defeated the Poe amendment at the polls by a significant
margin.
2002:
Senate
Bill 150, sponsored by Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
Senate Action:
14 January 2002: First Reading Judicial Proceedings
24 January 2002: Hearing 2/6 at 1:00 p.m.
18 February 2002: Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action: No Action
2002:
Senate
Bill 168, sponsored by Senator Walter M. Baker, District 36
Senate Action:
16 January 2002: First Reading Education Health and Environmental
Affairs
13 February 2002: Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
18 March 2002: Unfavorable Report by Education Health and Environmental
Affairs
House Action: No Action