---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program"
description: "Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 983"
citation: "Maryland HB 983 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mireku-North", "Wilkins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a7b8f81-8f67-40d4-961d-207f3edc2ee1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0983?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b043b83942a299712b84a337270d3c5238867d454d5f60d027fa17c3e84f9b8e"
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 983 (2025) — Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_278_hb0983e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0983e.pdf)
3. **First - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language-Related Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0983f.pdf)
4. **Third - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0983t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **32–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **105–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **97–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-31** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `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`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 278 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a7b8f81-8f67-40d4-961d-207f3edc2ee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).