---
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).