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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Reemployment of Retirees - Maryland [SB-251]
Exempting from a specified offset of a retirement allowance specified retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System who are employed by the Maryland School for the Deaf; providing that the superintendent of the Maryland School for the Deaf may employ a specified number of specified retirees who will not be subject to a specified offset of a retirement allowance; requiring that the superintendent of the Maryland School for the Deaf is responsible for specified reimbursements under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Courts - Victims of Crime - Interpreters [SB-1041]
Altering specified requirements relating to the use of an interpreter in court to include the appointment of an interpreter for a victim or victim's representative who is deaf or cannot readily understand or communicate the spoken English language; and authorizing a victim or victim's representative to apply for appointment of an interpreter.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Frosh
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/07/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems - Reemployment of Retirees - Maryland [HB-98]
Exempting from a specified offset of a retirement allowance specified retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System who are employed by the Maryland School for the Deaf; providing that the superintendent of the Maryland School for the Deaf may employ a specified number of specified retirees who will not be subject to a specified offset of a retirement allowance; requiring that the superintendent of the Maryland School for the Deaf is responsible for specified reimbursements under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Melony Griffith
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Establishment of a Deaf Culture Digital Library [HB-390]
Creating the Task Force to Study the Establishment of a Deaf Culture Digital Library; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the coordination of a Deaf Culture Digital Library to educate individuals about deaf cultures in the united States and other countries; requiring the Task Force to report, on or before December 1, 2012, its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Courts - Victims of Crime - Interpreters [HB-1148]
Altering specified requirements relating to the use of interpreters in court proceedings to include the appointment of an interpreter for a victim or victim's representative who is deaf or cannot readily understand or communicate the spoken English language; authorizing a victim or a victim's representative to apply for appointment of a specified interpreter; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Permanent Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program - [SB-754]
Establishing a permanent Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program in the State Department of Education; providing for the staffing of the Program; requiring the Program to establish a Hearing Aid Loan Bank; specifying criteria for eligibility under the Program; specifying conditions for borrowing a hearing aid under the Program; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt specified regulations; requiring that specified instructions be provided to a parent or legal guardian of an eligible child; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Campaign Advertisements - Closed Captioning [SB-22]
Requiring a specified campaign finance entity to include closed captioning for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing in campaign advertisements that are distributed by broadcast or cable television or on its Web site; providing exemptions; specifying the factors to be considered when applying the undue hardship exemption; prohibiting a specified campaign finance entity from distributing a campaign advertisement by broadcast or cable radio, unless specified conditions are met; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Norman Stone
Hearing 1/25 At 3:45 P.m. on 01/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Public Safety - Smoke Detectors and Smoke Alarms [HB-849]
Clarifying that a person may sell or install smoke detectors, smoke alarms, and specialized smoke alarms for the deaf and hard of hearing only in accordance with the State Fire Prevention Code; repealing a requirement that each manufacturer that commercially sells or offers for sale a smoke detection system obtain approval of each model of smoke detector from the State Fire Marshal; and repealing a specified application fee.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 04/12/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Permanent Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program - [HB-1013]
Establishing a permanent Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program in the State Department of Education; providing for the staffing of the Program; requiring the Program to establish a Hearing Aid Loan Bank; specifying criteria for eligibility under the Program; specifying conditions for borrowing a hearing aid under the Program; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt specified regulations; requiring that specified instructions be provided to a parent or legal guardian of an eligible child; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Hixson
Approved By The Governor on 05/19/2011
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Campaign Advertisements - Closed Captioning [HB-1000]
Requiring a specified campaign finance entity to include closed captioning for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing in campaign advertisements that are distributed by broadcast or cable television or on its Web site; providing exemptions; specifying the factors to be considered when applying the undue hardship exemption; prohibiting a specified campaign finance entity from distributing a campaign advertisement by broadcast or cable radio, subject to specified conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hogan
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2011
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Responsibilities [SB-79]
Altering the duties of the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to include promoting the general welfare of individuals who are deafblind; altering the name and the membership of the Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to include the Secretary of Aging or the Secretary's designee and a member of the general public who is a person with special knowledge or expertise relating to services to individuals who are deafblind; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - Human Relations - Closed-Captioning Activation Required [SB-68]
Requiring a place of public accommodation, on request, to keep closed captioning activated on a closed-captioning television receiver that is in use during regular hours in a public area; and providing specified exceptions to the requirement to make closed captioning available.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Employees' Retirement and Pension Systems - Maryland School for the Deaf [SB-508]
Requiring the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System to suspend the application of annual retirement allowance adjustments to specified retirees of the Maryland School for the Deaf for a specified period of time until specified retirement allowances equal a specified amount; requiring the Board of Trustees to resume the application of annual retirement allowance adjustments to specified retirees under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel McFadden
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Deafnet Building [SB-487]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Deafnet Association, Inc. for the design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Deafnet Building, located in Hagerstown; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Hearing 3/13 At 2:00 P.m. on 03/03/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2010 [SB-141]
Altering the calculation of specified distributions required to be made to specified counties and Baltimore City based on per capita yield of county income taxes; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering or repealing specified grant programs; requiring the budget bill to specify how specified savings will be achieved and to include a specified schedule; requiring the transfer of specified funds from a specified account to the General Fund; authorizing the use of specified funds for specified purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor on 05/20/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Election Law - Campaign Advertisements - Closed Captioning [SB-102]
Requiring a campaign finance entity to include closed captioning for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing in campaign advertisements that are distributed by broadcast or cable television or on its website; providing specified exemptions; specifying the factors to be considered when applying the undue hardship exemption; prohibiting a campaign finance entity from distributing a campaign advertisement by broadcast or cable radio, subject to specified conditions; providing for an effective date of January 1, 2011; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Norman Stone
Hearing Cancelled on 01/27/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Employees' Retirement and Pension Systems - Maryland School for the Deaf [HB-768]
Requiring the Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System to suspend the application of annual retirement allowance adjustments to specified retirees of the Maryland School for the Deaf for a specified period of time until specified retirement allowances equal a specified amount; requiring the Board of Trustees to resume the application of annual retirement allowance adjustments to specified retirees under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Melony Griffith
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Washington County - Deafnet Building [HB-170]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Deafnet Association, Inc. for the design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Deafnet Building, located in Hagerstown; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Donoghue
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/12/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2010 [HB-151]
Altering or repealing specified required appropriations; authorizing the transfer of specified funds to the General Fund; authorizing the use of specified funds for specified purposes; altering the distribution of specified revenues for specified fiscal years; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/5 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/24/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - Human Relations - Closed-Captioning Activation Required [HB-1501]
Requiring a place of public accommodation, on request, to keep closed captioning activated on a closed-captioning television receiver that is in use during regular hours in a public area; and providing specified exceptions to the requirement to make closed captioning available.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor on 05/04/2010