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type: "Bill"
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title: "Maryland Sign Language Interpreters Act"
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description: "Maryland Sign Language Interpreters Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 260"
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citation: "Maryland HB 260 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Guyton", "Guzzone", "Healey", "Hill", "Howard", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Kerr", "Lopez", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pruski", "R. Lewis", "Rosenberg", "S. Johnson", "Simmons", "T. Morgan", "Taveras", "White", "Woods"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-01-25"
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last_action: "2023-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8f260bd-5f6a-4a65-8123-7e61d47c5489"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0260?ys=2023RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "81a9deeb799617b3679abb79ca10de9217ac3debdcf721339b07e398855d4bb7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 260 (2023) — Maryland Sign Language Interpreters Act
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Maryland Sign Language Interpreters Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_270_hb0260t.pdf)
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2. **First - Maryland Sign Language Interpreters Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0260f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Maryland Sign Language Interpreters Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0260t.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Alston — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Bhandari — primary (person)
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- Cullison — primary (person)
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- D. Jones — primary (person)
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- Guyton — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Healey — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Howard — primary (person)
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- Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Kerr — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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- McCaskill — primary (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
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- Pruski — primary (person)
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- R. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Rosenberg — primary (person)
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- S. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Simmons — primary (person)
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- T. Morgan — primary (person)
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- Taveras — primary (person)
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- White — primary (person)
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- Woods — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-25** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2023-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-20** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
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- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 270 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8f260bd-5f6a-4a65-8123-7e61d47c5489`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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