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IntroducedJan 31, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 17, 2025
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Passed SenateApr 04, 2025
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Signed into Law
Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program
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House • Apr 05, 2025: Passed Enrolled
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Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 983
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 105
- Speaker
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Stonko
- Acevero
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taveras
- Addison
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Allen
- Embry
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Fair
- Korman
- Rogers
- Toles
- Amprey
- Feldmark
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Atterbeary
- Fennell
- Lewis, J.
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lewis, R.
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Ruth
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lopez
- Sample-Hughes
- Wells
- Behler
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Schmidt
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Harris
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Williams
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Healey
- Otto
- Simpson
- Wims
- Chang
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Pena-Melnyk
- Stein
- Wu
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Young
- Cullison
- Johnson, S.
- Pruski
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
NO: 34
YES: 97
- Speaker
- Davis
- Jones, D.
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Acevero
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Addison
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Rogers
- Toles
- Allen
- Embry
- Kerr
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Alston
- Fair
- Korman
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Amprey
- Feldmark
- Lehman
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Atterbeary
- Fennell
- Lewis, J.
- Ruth
- Watson
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lewis, R.
- Schindler
- Wells
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Schmidt
- White Holland
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Behler
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Williams
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Simpson
- Wilson
- Boafo
- Harris
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Wims
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Wolek
- Cardin
- Healey
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Woods
- Chang
- Hill
- Pena-Melnyk
- Stein
- Woorman
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Ivey
- Pruski
- Stinnett
- Young
- Conaway
- Johnson, A.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
NO: 30
NOT VOTING: 10
Actions
- Apr 05, 2025 | House
- House Concurs Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (97-30)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 04, 2025 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (32-12)
- Apr 03, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Favorable with Amendments {943524/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 17, 2025 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Mar 17, 2025 | House
- Third Reading Passed (105-34)
- Mar 15, 2025 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- Favorable with Amendments {563827/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 04, 2025 | House
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 31, 2025 | House
- First Reading Ways and Means
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language-Related AssistancePDF
- Amendments {563827/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance ProgramPDF
- Amendments {943524/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance ProgramPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Ways and MeansPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Witness ListHTML
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Nguyen, Phi (Demos)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Anderson, Owen (Ranked Choice Voting Maryland)
- W&M Testimony, UNF -- Lang, Alan
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Norling, Richard (MD Sierra Club)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Muhlbauer, Isabelle (LatinoJustice PRLDEF)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Ginsberg, Zoe (American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland)
- W&M Testimony, INFO -- London, Rachel (Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council)
- W&M Testimony, UNF -- Tibbals, Trudy
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Leiblum, Marisha (UNITE HERE Local 7)
- W&M Testimony, FWA -- Kinnally, Kevin (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Davis, Emily (Fair Elections Center)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Nott, Lata (Campaign Legal Center)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Antoine, Joanne (Common Cause Maryland)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Lioz, Adam (NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Voting Rights Act, Maryland (MD Voting Rights Act table)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Mnck, Marijane (Indivisible Howard County)
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Mireku-North, Bernice
- W&M Testimony, FAV -- Tyree, Nikki (LWVMD)