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IntroducedFeb 07, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 17, 2025
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Passed SenateApr 07, 2025
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Signed into Law
State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 07, 2025: Passed Enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 1473
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Ampreycosponsor
- Faircosponsor
- Fennellcosponsor
- Harriscosponsor
- Hillcosponsor
- Kerrcosponsor
- Lehmancosponsor
- R. Lewiscosponsor
- Martinezcosponsor
- Mireku-Northcosponsor
- Robersoncosponsor
- Ruffcosponsor
- Sample-Hughescosponsor
- Simmonscosponsor
- Simpsoncosponsor
- Smithcosponsor
- Taverascosponsor
- Turnercosponsor
- Williamscosponsor
- Woodscosponsor
- Woormancosponsor
- Youngcosponsor
- Bagnallcosponsor
- Bhandaricosponsor
- Cullisoncosponsor
- Guzzonecosponsor
- S. Johnsoncosponsor
- Kaisercosponsor
- Lopezcosponsor
- Pena-Melnykcosponsor
- Rosenbergcosponsor
- Rosscosponsor
- White Hollandcosponsor
Votes
YES: 110
- Speaker
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Pena-Melnyk
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stinnett
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Taylor
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Toles
- Amprey
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Turner
- Atterbeary
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Korman
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lehman
- Ross
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lewis, J.
- Ruff
- Wells
- Behler
- Griffith
- Lewis, R.
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Lopez
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- Martinez
- Schindler
- Williams
- Boyce
- Harris
- McCaskill
- Schmidt
- Wilson
- Buckel
- Harrison
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wims
- Cardin
- Healey
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Chang
- Hill
- Nkongolo
- Simpson
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Otto
- Smith
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Young
- Crosby
- Hutchinson
- Patterson
- Stein
- Ziegler
NO: 26
YES: 104
- Speaker
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Queen
- Taylor
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Roberson
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Roberts
- Toles
- Alston
- Embry
- Kerr
- Rogers
- Turner
- Amprey
- Feldmark
- Korman
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Atterbeary
- Fennell
- Lehman
- Ross
- Vogel
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lewis, J.
- Ruff
- Watson
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lewis, R.
- Ruth
- Wells
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Sample-Hughes
- White Holland
- Behler
- Griffith
- Lopez
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Schmidt
- Williams
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Harris
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Wims
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Moon
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Chang
- Healey
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Conaway
- Hornberger
- Pena-Melnyk
- Stein
- Young
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Pruski
- Stinnett
NO: 35
ABSENT: 1
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Apr 07, 2025 | House
- House Concurs Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (104-35)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 07, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Favorable with Amendments {583428/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (33-13)
- Mar 18, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 17, 2025 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 17, 2025 | House
- Third Reading Passed (110-26)
- Mar 15, 2025 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- Favorable with Amendments {143625/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 11, 2025 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 3/11 at 2:45 p.m.
- Feb 10, 2025 | House
- Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 07, 2025 | House
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
Bill Texts
- Text - First - State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With DisabilitiesPDF
- Amendments {143625/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With DisabilitiesPDF
- Amendments {583428/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With DisabilitiesPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Health and Government OperationsPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Video: Health and Government OperationsHTML
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- HGO In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Lorraine, Lisa (Jubilee Association of Maryland)
- HGO In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Kocik, Jimara (HCAS)
- HGO Testimony, FAV -- Margolis, Leslie (Disability Rights Maryland)
- HGO Testimony, INFO -- Houck, Madeline (Maryland State Department of Education)
- HGO Testimony, FAV -- Drayton, Morgan (Common Cause MD)
- HGO Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- HGO Testimony, FAV -- Arias, Diane (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- HGO Testimony, FAV -- Diamond, Joanna (Health Care for the Homeless)
- HGO In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Woolard, Ashley (Public Justice Center)
- HGO In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Adere, Azeb (Ethiopian Eritrean Special Needs Community Inc.)
- HGO In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Bright Gordon, Cornelia (Maryland Legal Aid)
- HGO Testimony, FAV -- Schujman, Abril (La Clinica del Pueblo)
- HGO Testimony, FAV -- Rubinstein, Gabriel (Disability Rights Maryland)
- HGO In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Velandia Pardo, Carol (Equal Access Language Services)
- HGO Testimony, FAV -- Gross, Julia (Maryland Hunger Solutions)
- HGO Virtual - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Maneki, Sharon (National Federation of the Blind of Maryland)
- HGO Testimony, FAV -- Martinez, Madelin (Catholic Charities)
- HGO In Person - Oral Testimony, INFO -- Dolamore, Stephanie (Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council)
- HGO Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Bradford, Garrett
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Margolis, Leslie (Disability Rights Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Jones, Megan (Disability Rights Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Martinez, Madelin (Catholic Charities)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Schujman, Abril (La Clinica del Pueblo)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Bogdan, Henry (Maryland Nonprofits)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Arias, Diane (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Kocik, Jimara (HCAS)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- EEE Testimony, INFO -- Houck, Madeline (Maryland State Department of Education)
- EEE Testimony, INFO -- Dolamore, Stephanie (Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Bradford, Garrett
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Woolard, Ashley (Public Justice Center)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Orbe, Jr., Carlos (Maryland Latinos Unidos)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Lang, Alan
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Averitt-Sanzone, Rene (The Parents' Place of MD)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Velandia Pardo, Carol (Equal Access Language Services)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Diamond, Joanna (Health Care for the Homeless)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Lima, Flavia (Inter-American Defense College (IADC))
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All