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IntroducedFeb 06, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 20, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
State Board of Sign Language Interpreters - Membership and Licensing
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 09, 2026: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 645
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 135
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Odom
- Stein
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Phillips
- Szeliga
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Anderson
- Fair
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Korman
- Queen
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Baker
- Foley
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Turner
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, J.
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Lopez
- Rose
- Vogel
- Behler
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Watson
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ross
- Wells
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- White Holland
- Buckel
- Harrison
- McComas
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Cardin
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilson
- Chang
- Healey
- Miller
- Schindler
- Wims
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Coley
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Wu
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Young
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Third Reading Passed (135-0)
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
- Mar 20, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (40-0)
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Favorable with Amendments {193023/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 06, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and ElectionsPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Video: Government, Labor, and ElectionsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Morales, Michelle
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- King, Senator Nancy
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Weinstock, Robert
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Rosenthal, Lore
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- DeBerry, Usherla (Governors Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Dittmer, Emily (Potomac Chapter RID)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Alianiello, David
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- MDAD President, MDAD President (Maryland Association of the Deaf)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Delahoussaye, Blaise
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Hedberg, Karl Ulf
- EEE Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Abdilah, Shelby (Potomac Chapter of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Tilburg, Will (University of Maryland Medical System)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Wilson, Grace (Anne Arundel County Public Schools)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Whitaker, Jake (Maryland Hospital Association)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Witten, Jennifer (LifeBridge Health)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Blackfield, Anne (Maryland Department of Disabilities (MDOD))
- EEE Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- C. Boykins, PCRID Vice President (Potomac Chapter RID)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Woodward, Anzer Nikki (Maryland State Education Association)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Clark, Andy
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Ursprung, Patricia (Montgomery County Board of Education)
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- King, Senator Nancy
- GVC Testimony, FWA -- Howard County, Staff (Board of Education of Howard County)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Mathias, Sam (Maryland Association of Boards of Education)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Fulginiti, Andrew (Maryland Department of Labor)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Clark, Andy
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Cano, Christopher (SEIU Local 500)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Tilburg, Will (University of Maryland Medical System)
- GVC Testimony, INFO -- Pelz, Suzanne
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Whitaker, Jake (Maryland Hospital Association)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Woodward, Anzer Nikki (Maryland State Education Association)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Halliburton, Diamon (Governor's Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
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