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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Election Law - Voting - Permanent Absentee Ballot List, Ballot Drop Boxes, and Reports"
+description: "Election Law - Voting - Permanent Absentee Ballot List, Ballot Drop Boxes, and Reports"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1048"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1048 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Wilkins"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2021-02-05"
+last_action: "2021-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b25975c7-7625-41ab-90b4-a7198250d224"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1048?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "dd94ff6fd36d3e001613159ddccd0a07df4afa3a5fedfbec7730a106e9b4e3ee"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 1048 (2021) — Election Law - Voting - Permanent Absentee Ballot List, Ballot Drop Boxes, and Reports
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Election Law - Voting - Permanent Absentee Ballot List, Ballot Drop Boxes, and Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_514_hb1048e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Voting - Permanent Absentee Ballot List, Ballot Drop Boxes, and Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1048e.pdf)
+3. **First - Election Law - Permanent Absentee Ballot List** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1048f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Election Law - Permanent Absentee Ballot List** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1048t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLA Del. Fisher, M. /793427/1 — **41–94** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **32–15** (pass) · upper
+- FLA Del. Chisholm /833924/1 — **38–94** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Fisher, M. /833121/1 — **39–95** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Krebs /223023/1 — **43–89** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **95–38** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **97–42** (pass) · lower
+- FLA Del. Krebs /153327/1 — **41–93** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Wilkins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-05** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-10** Hearing 2/23 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-03** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Krebs) Adopted
+- **2021-03-04** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-03-04** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-03-04** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-03-04** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-03-04** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-09** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-31** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
+- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Passed Enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 514 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b25975c7-7625-41ab-90b4-a7198250d224`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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