File Code: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 741
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates R. Baker, Griffith, Howard, Swain, D. Davis, Healey,
Marriott, Frush, Menes, Grosfeld, Kagan, Hubbard, Barve, Gladden,
Shriver, Giannetti, Goldwater, Moe, Valderrama, Kirk, Barkley,
Finifter, Zirkin, Cole, Bobo, McHale, Paige, Walkup, Clagett,
Sophocleus, Dembrow, Turner, A. Jones, Pendergrass, Branch, Phillips,
Dobson, Brown, McIntosh, Pitkin, Glassman, Sher, Owings, Franchot,
Montague, Oaks, Dypski, Rosenberg, Rosso, Bronrott, Proctor, Mandel,
DeCarlo, Benson, C. Davis, Harrison, Patterson, Hill, and Hixson
- Entitled:
-
State Government - Access to Services and the Justice System -
Language Barriers
Stating the intent of the General Assembly that equal access to the
State's justice system and to government services should not be
impaired by the inability to speak and understand English; requiring
all documents distributed to the public by State agencies, courts, and
entities receiving State funds to be translated into Spanish;
requiring the courts to appoint more than one interpreter when
necessary to protect client confidentiality or ensure due process of
law; etc.
House Action
- 2/11
- First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
- 2/15
- Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/18
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
- Delegate Charles E. Barkley, District 39
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
- Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
- Delegate William H. Cole, IV, District 47A
- Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45
- Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25
- Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
- Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
- 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 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 Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
- Delegate Kerry A. Hill, District 26
- Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
- Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
- Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
- Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
- Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
- Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
- Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
- Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
- Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
- Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
- Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
- Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
- 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 Mary M. Rosso, District 31
- Delegate Tod David Sher, District 14A
- Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
- Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
- Delegate Darren M. Swain, District 24
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
- Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
- Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
- Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
- ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS
- ALIENS
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
- DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION
- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
- FORMS
- HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
- LANGUAGE
- LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEV LIC; DRIVERS' LICENSES
- MANDATES
- MINORITIES -see also- WOMEN
- NOTICES
- PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SOCIAL SERVICES -see also- WELFARE
- SUBPOENAS
- SUMMONSES -see also- SUBPOENAS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
9-114
)
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
623A
)
- Article - 41 Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments
- (
20-201 ,
20-202 ,
20-203
)
- Article - 49B Human Relations Commission
- (
5
)
- State Government
- (
9-304
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
