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type: "Bill"
title: "Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act"
description: "Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 283"
citation: "Maryland SB 283 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-09-30"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6c57598-cdde-4148-a112-71f87e655b34"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0283?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f155d7d0f80c3deb4567a8624f93ad2878f0ef15498abdc699f59dd0ad24e564"
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 SB 283 (2021) — Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_657_sb0283e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0283e.pdf)
3. **First - Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0283f.pdf)
4. **Third - Student and Military Voter Empowerment Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0283t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **10728** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Ready /643720/1 — **1430** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Elfreth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-09-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Hearing 2/04 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2021-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Motion Special Order until 3/5 (Senator Kagan) Adopted
- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 657 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6c57598-cdde-4148-a112-71f87e655b34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).