HOUSE BILL 1160

Sponsored By:

Delegates R. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Benson, Bobo, Boutin, Branch, Bronrott, Brown, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Cole, Cryor, D'Amato, C. Davis, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dobson, Doory, Dypski, Eckardt, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Fulton, Gladden, Glassman, Goldwater, Gordon, Griffith, Grosfeld, Hammen, Harrison, Healey, Heller, Hill, Hixson, Hubbard, A. Jones, V. Jones, Kagan, Kirk, Klausmeier, Kopp, Krysiak, La Vay, Leopold, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McClenahan, McHale, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Montague, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Owings, Paige, Palumbo, Patterson, Pendergrass, Phillips, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosenberg, Rosso, Shriver, Sophocleus, Stern, Swain, Turner, Valderrama, Vallario, Walkup, and Zirkin

Entitled:

State Government - Survey of State Departments, Agencies, and Programs - Persons with Limited English Proficiency

Synopsis:

Stating the intent of the General Assembly that State agencies are authorized to provide services to persons with limited English proficiency; requiring that State agencies survey the need for interpretation and translation services and provide the Department of Human Resources a description of the current measures taken to provide the services; requiring the Department to develop and distribute the surveys and review the information; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

2/9

First Reading Commerce and Government Matters

2/14

Hearing 3/7 at 1:00 p.m.

4/2

Favorable with Amendments Report by Commerce and Government Matters

3/27

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/28

Third Reading Passed (133-3)

4/4

Returned Passed

5/17

Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed

Senate Action

3/31

First Reading Senate Rules

4/5

Re-referred Economic and Environmental Affairs

4/9

Favorable Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs

4/5

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

Motion two readings same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Pinsky) Adopted

Third Reading Passed (45-0)

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 Charles R. Boutin, District 34

Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45

Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16

Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A

Delegate Paul H. Carlson, District 39

Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30

Delegate William H. Cole, IV, District 47A

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 Michael V. Dobson, District 43

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46

Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B

Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11

Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tony E. Fulton, District 40

Delegate Lisa A. Gladden, District 41

Delegate Barry Glassman, District 35A

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17

Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25

Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18

Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Kerry A. Hill, District 26

Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20

Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23

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 Katherine Klausmeier, District 8

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 Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Charles A. McClenahan, District 38

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 Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44

Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A

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 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 Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36

Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES -see also- ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT

BUDGETS -see also- CAPITAL BUDGETS

DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION

ETHNIC AFFAIRS

FORMS

HUMAN RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF

LANGUAGE

PLANNING, DEPARTMENT OF

PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER

PUBLIC INFORMATION

REPORTS

RULES AND REGULATIONS

SUNSET

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 796280/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 2, 2001   at: 11:24 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 28, 2001: Third Reading Passed (133-3)

Senate

April 5, 2001: Third Reading Passed (45-0)