BLIND PERSONS

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 9

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  HB 185

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Curran, Dypski, Hammen, Krysiak, Bobo, Pendergrass, Turner, Morgan, Mohorovic, Montague, McHale, DeCarlo, Dewberry, Getty, Fulton, Marriott, Boston, Opara, Kirk, C. Mitchell, Watson, Branch, C. Davis, Harrison, Malone, D. Murphy, Bissett, Clagett, Crumlin, B. Hughes, Patterson, Proctor, Hutchins, Slade, Exum, Rzepkowski, M. Burns, Hubbard, Dembrow, Mandel, Gordon, Genn, Barve, Snodgrass, Conway, Pitkin, Faulkner, Brinkley, and Benson

  Entitled

  State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

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  HB 686

  Status as of March 9, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Southern Maryland Delegation

  Entitled

  Election Law - Accommodation of Blind and Visually Impaired Voters

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 990

  Status as of March 27, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Snodgrass, Faulkner, Patterson, Benson, DeCarlo, Dypski, Clagett, and Pitkin

  Entitled

  State Procurement Law - Maryland Business Enterprise Program for the Blind

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 997

  Status as of March 25, 1998: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McKee

  Entitled

  Income Tax Exemption Amounts - Blind or Elderly Individuals

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1171

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Klausmeier

  Entitled

  The Maryland School for the Blind - Board of Directors , Funding, and Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1416

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - The Maryland School for the Blind

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  SB 240

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 591

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Trotter, Pinsky, Sfikas, McCabe, Madden, Dyson, Dorman, Hollinger, Collins, Blount, Frosh, and Stoltzfus

  Entitled

  State Procurement - Information Technology - Nonvisual Access

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
  House: Commerce and Government Matters

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  SB 580

  Status as of May 21, 1998: Became Law - Chapter 617

  Sponsored By

  Senators Bromwell, Hogan, and Hafer

  Entitled

  The Maryland School for the Blind - Board of Directors , Funding, and Services

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 775

  Status as of April 13, 1998: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Bromwell

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - The Maryland School for the Blind

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation