STATE BILLMD HB 1192PASSED

State Board of Sign Language Interpreters - Membership and Licensing

Expanding the membership of and altering the quorum requirements for the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters; requiring the nomination process to include outreach to underrepresented deaf, deafblind, and interpreter communities; authorizing the Governor to remove certain members of the Board under certain circumstances; altering the date, from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2027, by which the Board must establish certain licensing requirements and by which interpreters must meet certain licensing requirements; etc.

Status: Passed; Signed or otherwise enacted
Status date: Apr 28, 2026; 198 days ago
Current chamber: House of Delegates
Session: 2026 Regular Session

MD HB 1192 · PassedApr 28

Follow the legislation that affects what you sell.

Get started free

Free account · 30-second setup · No credit card

Prefer ChatGPT or Claude? Ask Civic IQ about this bill →

What it means for vendors

Civic IQ reads each bill for what it would fund, require or change for the agencies that buy.

What this bill would fund or requireThe spending and mandates in the bill, in plain languageTop matches free Why it matters for what you sellMatched to your products, with how to open the conversationTop matches free 1 signal from this bill in Civic IQSee them free →

Bill details

Last action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 195 · Apr 28, 2026

Sponsor

HBHeather BagnallRepresentative · Democrat · HD-033Primary sponsor

Bill history

Newest first.

Apr 28, 2026Approved by the Governor - Chapter 195House

Apr 8, 2026Returned PassedHouse

Apr 8, 2026Third Reading Passed (43-0)Senate

Apr 3, 2026Favorable Adopted Second Reading PassedSenate

Apr 2, 2026Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSenate

Mar 23, 2026Referred Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSenate

Mar 21, 2026Third Reading Passed (126-0)House

Mar 20, 2026Second Reading Passed with AmendmentsHouse

Show 4 earlier actions

Mar 20, 2026Favorable with Amendments {153229/1 AdoptedHouse

Mar 20, 2026Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and ElectionsHouse

Feb 19, 2026Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.House

Feb 11, 2026First Reading Government, Labor, and ElectionsHouse

Recorded votes

Third Reading PassedMar 21, 2026 · House · 126 yea · 0 nayPassed

Third Reading PassedApr 8, 2026 · Senate · 43 yea · 0 nayPassed

Subjects

State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials
Awareness and Outreach
Committee Changes
Committees and Commissions
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Evaluations and Reviews
Governor
Language
Licenses
Plans and Proposals
Reports
Rules and Regulations
Standards and Best Practices
Time
Applicants and Applications
Education
Goods and Services

Read the bill at the source

This page follows the bill as the legislature records it. For the bill's full text and the official record, use the legislature's own site.

View on the legislature's site View on LegiScan

Bill data from LegiScan, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Work in government? Get Civic IQ free →

State of Maryland profile →