Bill Title: Changing the term "mentally retarded" to "intellectually disabled;" and changing the term "handicapped" to "disabled"

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)

Status: (Passed) 2015-04-15 - Chapter 169, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 [HB2797 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Delegate Denise Campbell [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate David Perry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Ricky Moye [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Barbara Fleischauer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-051	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Mick Bates [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-030	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Nancy Peoples Guthrie [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Joe Ellington [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-038	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Eric Householder [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-096	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Bob Ashley [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate Margaret Smith [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Delegate John McCuskey [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-035	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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