# State Government (GSG)

## Title 2. General Assembly

### Subtitle 15. Legislation

#### Section 2-1509

(a) As soon as practicable after a bill is returned to the house of origin, the presiding officer shall have the State seal affixed to the bill and shall present the bill to the Governor or a designee of the Governor.

(b) The presiding officer who presents the bill or the clerk designated by the presiding officer shall:

  (1) in the presence of the individual to whom the bill is presented, make and sign, on the back of the bill, a written memorandum of the day and hour of presentment; and

  (2) have a corresponding entry made in the Senate journal or the House journal.

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Md. Code Ann., State Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)