Maryland Senate Bill 421 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Passed on April 26 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-26 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 204
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Authorizing the parents of a child with a completed individualized education program or a completed individualized family service plan to request that the document be translated into the parents' native language if that language is spoken by more than 1 percent of the student population in the local school system; requiring appropriate school personnel to provide a parent with a translated document within 30 days after the date of the request; and requiring the Department of Education and county boards of education to submit specified reports.

Special Education - Translations of Individualized Education Programs or Individualized Family Service Plans - Native Language

Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]

Sen. Jamin Raskin [D]

Sen. Bob Cassilly [R]

Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]

2016-03-29 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (130-8) (Y: 130 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2016-03-10 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-26	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 204
2016-04-06	Senate	Returned Passed
2016-04-05	House	Third Reading Passed (130-8)
2016-04-04	House	Second Reading Passed
2016-04-04	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2016-04-04	House	Favorable Report by Ways and Means
2016-03-31	House	Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-03-24	House	Hearing cancelled
2016-03-30	House	Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-03-23	House	Hearing cancelled
2016-03-31	House	Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-03-11	House	First Reading Ways and Means
2016-03-10	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2016-03-08	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2016-03-08	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {964831/1 Report Adopted
2016-03-07	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2016-02-17	Senate	Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-01	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0421?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0421f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0421t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/Chapters_noln/CH_204_sb0421t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0421_96483101.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0001/sb0421.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0421_ehe.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0421_w&m.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0421,s-0476&stab=02&ys=2016RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0421,h-1010&stab=02&ys=2016RS