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IntroducedFeb 06, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 12, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Maryland Advisory Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Renaming
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 13, 2026: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 665
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 44
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Salling
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Love
- Smith
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Watson
- Carozza
- Harris
- Kagan
- Muse
- West
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
NO: 0
ABSENT: 2
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 136
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Odom
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Jacobs
- Palakovich Carr
- Stinnett
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Pasteur
- Stonko
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Johnson, S.
- Patterson
- Szeliga
- Allen
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Taveras
- Alston
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Pippy
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Pruski
- Terrasa
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Qi
- Toles
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Queen
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Korman
- Reilly
- Turner
- Baker
- Foley
- Lehman
- Roberson
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Roberts
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Rogers
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rose
- Watson
- Behler
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Rosenberg
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Ross
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ruff
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- Williams
- Buckel
- Harrison
- McComas
- Schindler
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Chang
- Healey
- Miller
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Simpson
- Woods
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Smith
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Solomon
- Wu
- Coley
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Spiegel
- Young
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Crosby
NO: 0
ABSENT: 1
NOT VOTING: 4
- Anderson
- Bouchat
- Nkongolo
- Sample-Hughes
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- Apr 11, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- Favorable with Amendments {953026/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 06, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Bill Texts
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- 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, FAV -- Dove, S. Spencer (Maryland Commission on Civil Rights)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- MDAD President, MDAD President (Maryland Association of the Deaf)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Othman, Ronza (National Federation of the Blind of Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Harris, Kevin M.
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- DeBerry, Usherla (Governors Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Blackfield, Anne (Maryland Department of Disabilities (MDOD))
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Delahoussaye, Blaise
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Hedberg, Karl Ulf
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- DeSomma, Meredith
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Senator Harris, Senator Harris
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Dove, S. Spencer (Maryland Commission on Civil Rights)
- GVC Testimony, FWA -- Blackfield, Anne (Maryland Department of Disabilities (MDOD))
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Halliburton, Diamon (Governor's Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing)

