---
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).