BLIND PERSONS

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 10

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  HB 8

  Status as of March 6, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Montgomery

  Entitled

  Election Law - Voting Systems - Verification and Accessibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 135

  Status as of February 1, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Healey, Howard, Marriott, and Patterson

  Entitled

  Prescription Drugs - Label with Audible Capability

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 261

  Status as of February 8, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Boschert, Cadden, Conroy, Gilleland, Hubbard, Love, McMillan, and Sophocleus

  Entitled

  Income Tax Exemption Amounts - Blind and Elderly Individuals

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 710

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 347

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Heller, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Bates, Benson, Boschert, Boteler, Bozman, Bromwell, Brown, Burns, Cluster, Conroy, Conway, Cryor, C. Davis, Donoghue, Dumais, Elmore, Franchot, Glassman, Gutierrez, Hammen, Harrison, Hixson, Holmes, Hubbard, Impallaria, Jameson, Jennings, Jones, King, Kohl, Krysiak, Kullen, Mandel, McConkey, McDonough, McHale, Menes, Montgomery, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pugh, Quinter, Simmons, Sophocleus, Stern, Taylor, F. Turner, Vaughn, Zirkin, Bartlett, Cardin, Goodwin, Gordon, Healey, Howard, Kaiser, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Ramirez, and Ross

  Entitled

  Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Instructional Materials

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 1457

  Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Shank, Aumann, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Kelly, McKee, Myers, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Maryland Service Animal Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Health and Government Operations
  

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  HB 1644

  Status as of April 4, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates DeBoy and Malone

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Blind Industries and Services of Maryland

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  SB 22

  Status as of May 2, 2006: Became Law - Chapter 226

  Sponsored By

  Senators Astle, Kittleman, Green, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Garagiola, Giannetti, Greenip, Hafer, Hogan, Hollinger, Klausmeier, Schrader, Currie, Brinkley, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Munson, Ruben, Stoltzfus, and Stone

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Military Retirement Income

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 73

  Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senators Green, Britt, Brochin, Conway, Dyson, Forehand, Greenip, Hollinger, Hooper, Klausmeier, Mooney, Ruben, Schrader, Stone, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Income Tax Exemption Amounts - Blind and Elderly Individuals

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 392

  Status as of May 26, 2006: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Astle, Britt, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Exum, Frosh, Giannetti, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Hafer, Hogan, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Ruben, Schrader, Stone, Teitelbaum, and Brochin

  Entitled

  Education - Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Instructional Materials

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 1054

  Status as of March 8, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore County - Blind Industries and Services of Maryland

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation