HB0439 — Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Maryland Advisory Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Renaming
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2026. Enacted.
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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15 sponsors
1 primary, 14 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (14 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Renaming the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to be the Office of the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing; renaming the Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to be the Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing; and altering the membership of the Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing.
Bill Text
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Read HB0439 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed with Amendments
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- Delegate Schmidt · Cosponsor
- Delegate Aaron M. Kaufman · Primary
- Delegate Elizabeth Embry · Cosponsor
- Delegate Lesley J. Lopez · Cosponsor
- Delegate Edith J. Patterson · Cosponsor
- Delegate Teresa Woorman · Cosponsor
- Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield · Cosponsor
- Delegate Kris Fair · Cosponsor
- Delegate Kenneth Kerr · Cosponsor
- Delegate Mary A. Lehman · Cosponsor
- Delegate Sheila Ruth · Cosponsor
- Delegate Matthew J. Schindler · Cosponsor
- Delegate Jen Terrasa · Cosponsor
- Delegate Melissa Wells · Cosponsor
- Delegate Chao Wu · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 14 co-sponsors · 173 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Delegate Aaron M. Kaufman Democrat
Co-sponsors (14)
- Delegate Schmidt
- Delegate Elizabeth Embry Democrat
- Delegate Lesley J. Lopez Democrat
- Delegate Edith J. Patterson Democrat
- Delegate Teresa Woorman Democrat
- Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield Democrat
- Delegate Kris Fair Democrat
- Delegate Kenneth Kerr Democrat
- Delegate Mary A. Lehman Democrat
- Delegate Sheila Ruth Democrat
- Delegate Matthew J. Schindler Democrat
- Delegate Jen Terrasa Democrat
- Delegate Melissa Wells Democrat
- Delegate Chao Wu Democrat
Not signed on (173)
173 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 173 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Republican | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 33 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| % of votes cast | 70% | 0% | 0% | 30% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 90 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 136 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (141)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB0439 do?
- Renaming the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to be the Office of the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing; renaming the Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to be the Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing; and altering the membership of the Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing.
- Who sponsors HB0439?
- HB0439 is sponsored by Delegate Schmidt, Delegate Aaron M. Kaufman (Democrat), Delegate Elizabeth Embry (Democrat), Delegate Lesley J. Lopez (Democrat), Delegate Edith J. Patterson (Democrat), Delegate Teresa Woorman (Democrat), Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield (Democrat), Delegate Kris Fair (Democrat), Delegate Kenneth Kerr (Democrat), Delegate Mary A. Lehman (Democrat), Delegate Sheila Ruth (Democrat), Delegate Matthew J. Schindler (Democrat), Delegate Jen Terrasa (Democrat), Delegate Melissa Wells (Democrat), and Delegate Chao Wu (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB0439?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2026. Enacted.
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