Maryland House Bill 426

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 25 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-25 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 361
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring all motion picture houses to offer closed movie captioning for each screening of a motion picture, with a certain exception; and requiring, if a motion picture is produced and available to motion picture houses with open movie captioning, a place of public accommodation that controls, operates, owns, or leases a motion picture house with eight or more screens in the State to provide open movie captioning for at least two screenings for each motion picture it screens each week.

Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning

Del. Harry Bhandari [D]

Del. Carl Jackson [D]

2024-04-03 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 37 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-16 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 101 N: 36 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-25	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 361
2024-04-04	House	Returned Passed
2024-04-03	Senate	Third Reading Passed (37-10)
2024-04-01	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2024-04-01	Senate	Favorable Adopted
2024-04-01	Senate	Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2024-03-18	Senate	Referred Judicial Proceedings
2024-03-16	House	Third Reading Passed (101-36)
2024-03-14	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2024-03-14	House	Favorable with Amendments {713220/1 Adopted
2024-03-14	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
2024-01-18	House	Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
2024-01-18	House	First Reading Economic Matters

SB92 (Crossfiled) 2024-04-25 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360
HB264 (Carry Over) 2023-01-25 - Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
State Government	20	306	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0426?ys=2024RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0426f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0426t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/amds/bil_0006/hb0426_71322001.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes_comm/hb0426_ecm.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes_comm/hb0426_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes/House/0618.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/votes/Senate/1080.pdf