Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Maryland Advisory Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Renaming

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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.

Source: OpenStates · fetched May 26, 2026

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Sponsorship · 15 Sponsors

Democrat14Republican1Independent0Other0

D · PrimeAaron Kaufman
D · CoElizabeth Embry
D · CoLesley Lopez
D · CoEdith Patterson
D · CoTeresa Woorman
D · CoCharlotte Crutchfield
D · CoKris Fair
D · CoKen Kerr
D · CoMary Lehman
D · CoSheila Ruth
D · CoMatthew Schindler
R · CoStuart Schmidt
D · CoJen Terrasa
D · CoMelissa Wells
D · CoChao Wu

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