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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities"
+description: "State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 1473"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1473 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Addison", "Alston", "Amprey", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Cullison", "Fair", "Fennell", "Guzzone", "Harris", "Hill", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Lehman", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Mireku-North", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Roberson", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "Ruff", "S. Johnson", "Sample-Hughes", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Smith", "Taveras", "Turner", "White Holland", "Williams", "Woods", "Woorman", "Young"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-07"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df4bf730-f874-4b17-a58c-ade40bc11448"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1473?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "7f71fde133d99cc934768736b216dd44c9c9d44ccf0333a468a0ecfd5cb41097"
+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 1473 (2025) — State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_434_hb1473e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1473e.pdf)
+3. **First - State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1473f.pdf)
+4. **Third - State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1473t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **104–35** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **33–13** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **110–26** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- Addison — primary (person)
+- Alston — primary (person)
+- Amprey — primary (person)
+- Bagnall — primary (person)
+- Bhandari — primary (person)
+- Cullison — primary (person)
+- Fair — primary (person)
+- Fennell — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Kaiser — primary (person)
+- Kerr — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+- Mireku-North — primary (person)
+- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
+- R. Lewis — primary (person)
+- Roberson — primary (person)
+- Rosenberg — primary (person)
+- Ross — primary (person)
+- Ruff — primary (person)
+- S. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Simpson — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Taveras — primary (person)
+- Turner — primary (person)
+- White Holland — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+- Woods — primary (person)
+- Woorman — primary (person)
+- Young — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-10** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-11** Hearing canceled
+- **2025-03-11** Hearing 3/11 at 2:45 p.m.
+- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-17** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-18** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
+- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 434 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df4bf730-f874-4b17-a58c-ade40bc11448`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+