Maryland House Passes Mid-Decade Redistricting Bill, Sending Measure to Senate

Maryland’s House of Delegates on Feb. 2 passed House Bill 488, advancing a plan to redraw the state’s congressional map ahead of the 2026 elections and sending the legislation to the Maryland Senate.

The vote followed weeks of debate over whether Maryland should redraw its map in the middle of the decade, as other states have moved to do so. HB 488 would implement a new congressional map recommended by a redistricting advisory commission created by Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat who has strongly supported the commission’s preferred map. The vote was 99 to 37.