Maryland House Bill 1086 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Engrossed on March 25 2010 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-03-27 - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring a specified campaign finance entity to include closed captioning for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing in campaign advertisements that are distributed by broadcast or cable television or on its website; providing exemptions; specifying the factors to be considered when applying the undue hardship exemption; prohibiting a specified campaign finance entity from distributing a campaign advertisement by broadcast or cable radio, subject to specified conditions; providing for an effective date of January 1, 2011; etc.

Election Law - Campaign Advertisements - Closed Captioning

Del. Joseph Bartlett [R]	Del. Joseph Boteler [R]	Del. Sue Hecht [D]	Del. Tom Hucker [D]
Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Del. Craig Rice [D]	Del. Daniel Riley [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-27		First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
2010-03-25		Third Reading Passed (139-1)
2010-03-24		Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2010-03-24		Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
2010-03-27		Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
2010-02-19		Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
2010-02-17		First Reading Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Search/Legislation?target=/2010rs/billfile/HB1086.htm
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/bills/hb/hb1086f.pdf
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/bills/hb/hb1086t.pdf