---
type: "Bill"
title: "Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning"
description: "Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 426"
citation: "Maryland HB 426 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bhandari", "Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0966056c-f64e-4e74-ac0c-13fb8baba8e1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0426?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "74671410696da10faec8e3989ad03b7bfe77b57e4c73859a6018195b4ccd789e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 426 (2024) — Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_361_hb0426t.pdf)
2. **First - Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0426f.pdf)
3. **Third - Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0426t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **37–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-18** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 361 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0966056c-f64e-4e74-ac0c-13fb8baba8e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).