Maryland Senate Bill 102 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-27 - Hearing 2/4 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring a campaign finance entity to include closed captioning for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing in campaign advertisements that are distributed by broadcast or cable television or on its website; providing specified exemptions; specifying the factors to be considered when applying the undue hardship exemption; prohibiting a campaign finance entity from distributing a campaign advertisement by broadcast or cable radio, subject to specified conditions; providing for an effective date of January 1, 2011; etc.

Election Law - Campaign Advertisements - Closed Captioning

Sen. Norman Stone [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-27		Hearing 2/4 at 1:00 p.m.
2010-01-27		Hearing cancelled
2010-01-25		Hearing 2/4 at 2:00 p.m.
2010-01-25		Hearing cancelled
2010-01-20		Hearing 2/4 at 1:00 p.m.
2010-01-14		First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Search/Legislation?target=/2010rs/billfile/SB0102.htm
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/bills/sb/sb0102f.pdf