AB247

AB247

Revises Provisions Relating to Persons with Disabilities. (BDR 19-574)

AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities; revising provisions relating to the accommodation of persons with physical disabilities at certain public meetings; requiring that certain public buildings designed on or after July 1, 2025, include equipment and software for Communication Access Realtime Translation; including American Sign Language as a foreign or world language course of study; requiring the Department of Education to conduct an interim study on the need for a school for pupils who are deaf or hard of hearing; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Sponsors

TBTracy Brown-MayCurrent official profile · historical bill record belowD · HD-042 · Rep

Legislative History

1. 2025-02-17

   Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.

2. 2025-02-18

   From printer. To committee.

3. 2025-03-17

   Notice of eligibility for exemption.

4. 2025-04-14

   From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

5. 2025-04-15

   Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 127.)

6. 2025-04-15

   Taken from General File.

7. 2025-04-15

   Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective.

8. 2025-04-15

   To printer.

9. 2025-04-16

   From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.

10. 2025-06-03

    (No further action taken.)

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0000-00-00 · Introduced View source document ↗

0000-00-00 · Amended View source document ↗