Maryland Senate Bill 28 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)
Status: Passed on April 26 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-26 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 151
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Providing that, beginning on October 1, 2016, the reasonable steps specified departments, agencies, and programs are required to take under specified provisions of law include the operation and maintenance of equal access versions of specified Web sites in a language spoken by any limited English proficient population of at least .5% of the overall population within the State and that can be translated free-of-charge; requiring the Department of Information Technology to establish specified minimum standards; etc.

State Government - Web Sites - Language Access

Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]	Sen. Joan Conway [D]	Sen. Paul Pinsky [D]	Sen. Gail Bates [R]
Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam [D]	Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]	Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]	Sen. Johnny Salling [R]
Sen. Bryan Simonaire [R]	Sen. Stephen Waugh [R]	Sen. Ronald Young [D]	Sen. Craig Zucker [D]

2016-04-03 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (42-4) (Y: 42 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-03-31 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (102-33) (Y: 102 N: 33 NV: 4 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2016-02-12 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (39-7) (Y: 39 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-26	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 151
2016-04-11	Senate	Passed Enrolled
2016-04-11	Senate	Third Reading Passed (42-4)
2016-04-11	Senate	Senate Concur - House Amendments
2016-04-07	House	Third Reading Passed with Amendments (102-33)
2016-04-06	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2016-04-06	House	Favorable with Amendments {146885/1 Report Adopted
2016-04-06	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2016-03-23	House	Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-15	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations
2016-02-12	Senate	Third Reading Passed (39-7)
2016-02-10	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2016-02-10	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {854430/1 Report Adopted
2016-02-09	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2016-01-21	Senate	Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-01-13	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2015-09-30	Senate	Pre-filed

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0028?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0028f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0028t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0028e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/Chapters_noln/CH_151_sb0028e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0008/sb0028_85443001.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0008/sb0028_14688501.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0008/sb0028.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0028_ehe.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0028_hgo.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0028,s-0214&stab=02&ys=2016RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0028,h-1056&stab=02&ys=2016RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0028,s-1213&stab=02&ys=2016RS