2026 Regular Session
HB439
Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Maryland Advisory Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Renaming
Renaming the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to be the Office of the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing; renaming the Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to be the Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing; and altering the membership of the Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 26, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
136 yea–0 nay · 5 absent
April 9, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
33 yea–0 nay · 1 not voting · 13 absent
Committee referrals
February 27, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
January 22, 2026 · House
Government, Labor, and Elections
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Approved by the Governor - Chapter 655
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House Returned Passed
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Senate Third Reading Passed (33-0) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed
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Senate Favorable Adopted
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Senate Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (136-0) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {193423/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
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House Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections