2002 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 1174

File Code: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 265
Sponsored By:
Delegates R. Baker, Swain, Barkley, Bartlett, Barve, Benson, Billings, Bobo, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Cadden, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Conroy, Cryor, D'Amato, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Dobson, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Giannetti, Gladden, Glassman, Goldwater, Griffith, Grosfeld, Hammen, Healey, Hill, Hixson, Hubbard, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Klima, Kopp, Krysiak, La Vay, Leopold, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Mohorovic, Montague, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Paige, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Phillips, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosenberg, Rzepkowski, Sher, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Valderrama, Weir, Zirkin, Hurson, and Parrott
Entitled:
State Government - Equal Access to Public Services - Individuals with Limited English Proficiency

Synopsis:

Stating the intent of the General Assembly that State departments, agencies, and programs shall provide equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency; requiring vital documents to be translated into any language spoken by any limited English proficient population that constitutes 3% of the overall population within a specified geographic area under specified circumstances; requiring a schedule for the implementation of specified requirements of the Act; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/8
First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
2/13
Hearing 3/7 at 2:30 p.m.
3/23
Favorable with Amendments Report by Commerce and Government Matters
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/24
Third Reading Passed (135-3)
4/6
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Third Reading Passed (126-9)
Passed Enrolled
5/15
Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
Senate Action
3/26
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/5
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/3
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/4
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
Sponsored by:
Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
Delegate Charles E. Barkley, District 39
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 3
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Leon G. Billings, District 18
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Paul H. Carlson, District 39
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
Delegate William H. Cole, IV, District 47A
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate C. Richard D'Amato, District 30
Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25
Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
Delegate Michael V. Dobson, District 43
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Tony E. Fulton, District 40
Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B
Delegate Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate Kerry A. Hill, District 26
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Martha S. Klima, District 9A
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Richard La Vay, District 15
Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31
Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate Wendell F. Phillips, District 41
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate James E. Rzepkowski, District 32
Delegate Tod David Sher, District 14A
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6
Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES -see also- ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION
ETHNIC AFFAIRS
FORMS
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR, LICENSING, AND REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF
LANGUAGE
PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER
PUBLIC INFORMATION
REPORTS
RULES AND REGULATIONS
STATE DOCUMENTS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
State Government
( 10-1101 , 10-1102 , 10-1103 , 10-1104 , 10-1105 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 406388/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 23, 2002   at: 11:01 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 084439/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 5, 2002   at: 12:57 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 24, 2002: Third Reading Passed (135-3)
April 6, 2002: Third Reading Passed (125-7)
Senate
April 4, 2002: Third Reading Passed (46-0)