Updated at 1:30 p.m. EST:

The scheduled vote on marriage equality today in Maryland's Judiciary Committe has been delayed due to two absent voting members of the House.

Baltimore Delegate Jill Carter and Prince George's County Delegate Tiffany Alston were absent during the vote. The two Delegates are included in the numbers necessary needed to pass marriage equality. While the chamber waited 15 minutes and endured heckles from the committee's Republican members, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Joseph Vallario announced he would delay the vote. According to Chairman Vallario, the Committee will try for a vote again later today.

Reported NECN earlier this week:

If the committee — where bill sponsors hold a one-seat majority — ...