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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program"
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description: "Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 983"
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citation: "Maryland HB 983 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mireku-North", "Wilkins"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-31"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a7b8f81-8f67-40d4-961d-207f3edc2ee1"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0983?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "b043b83942a299712b84a337270d3c5238867d454d5f60d027fa17c3e84f9b8e"
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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 983 (2025) — Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program
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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 - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_278_hb0983e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0983e.pdf)
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3. **First - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language-Related Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0983f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language Assistance Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0983t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **32–12** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **105–34** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **97–30** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mireku-North — primary (person)
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- Wilkins — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-31** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-17** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-05** Passed Enrolled
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- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 278 `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/2a7b8f81-8f67-40d4-961d-207f3edc2ee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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