# State Government (GSG)

## Title 2. General Assembly

### Subtitle 15. Legislation

#### Section 2-1510

(a) The Governor may designate another individual to receive bills while the Governor is ill or necessarily absent from the seat of the State government.

(b) A designation under this section:

  (1) shall be in writing;

  (2) shall be sent to the presiding officer of the Senate and the presiding officer of the House;

  (3) on receipt by those officers, shall be entered in full in the Senate journal and the House journal; and

  (4) is effective during the period that the Governor specifies.

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