Places of Public Accommodation - Open Movie Captioning
State of MarylandMarylandDecreasing from eight to four the number of screens in a motion picture house above which the motion picture house is required to provide open movie captioning.
- Status
- Engrossed
- Passed its first chamber
- Status date
- Mar 18, 2026
- 239 days ago
- Current chamber
- Senate
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
MD HB 435 · EngrossedMar 18
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Bill details
- Last action
- Referred Judicial Proceedings · Mar 19, 2026
- Pending committee
- Judicial Proceedings
Sponsor
HBHarry BhandariRepresentative · Democrat · HD-008Primary sponsorPrimary sponsor
Bill history
Newest first.
Mar 19, 2026Referred Judicial ProceedingsSenate
Mar 18, 2026Third Reading Passed (126-5)House
Mar 17, 2026Favorable Adopted Second Reading PassedHouse
Mar 16, 2026Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and ElectionsHouse
Jan 28, 2026Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.House
Jan 22, 2026First Reading Government, Labor, and ElectionsHouse
Recorded vote
Third Reading PassedMar 18, 2026 · House · 126 yea · 5 nayPassedPassed
Subjects
- Human Relations
- Accessibility - see also- Blind; Deaf; Disabilities; etc
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Motion Pictures
- Theaters
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