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Maryland Centers for Independent Living

Bills
158
154 for · 7 against · 1 info
Got their outcome
50%
79 of 157 decided
Lobbyists hired
0
none registered
Reported lobbying spend
$0
compensation to lobbyists, all years on file

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Testimony history

2025 Regular Session101 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 31
Consumer Protection - Right to Repair - Powered Wheelchairs
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 127
Department of Housing and Community Development - Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program - Local Rehabilitation Program Administration
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 152
Family Law – Child Custody Evaluators – Qualifications
FWAPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 214
Human Services - Maryland Assistive Technology Program - Establishment
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 268
Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 317
Election Law - Curbside Voting - Pilot Program
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 354
Criminal Law - Prohibitions on Wearing, Carrying, or Transporting a Handgun - Penalties
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 382
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Step Therapy, Fail-First Protocols, and Prior Authorization - Prescription to Treat Serious Mental Illness
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 384
Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisVetoed
HB 387
Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 390
Affordable Housing Payment In Lieu of Taxes Expansion Act
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 392
Evidence - Interception of Oral Communications - Fair Housing Testing
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 428
Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 430
Employed Individuals With Disabilities Program - Upper Age Limit - Prohibition
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisWithdrawn
HB 450
Maryland Transit Administration - Disability Reduced Fare Program - Renewal for Permanently Disabled Individuals
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 450
Maryland Transit Administration - Disability Reduced Fare Program - Renewal for Permanently Disabled Individuals
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 487
Unhoused Individuals - Rights, Civil Action, and Affirmative Defense
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 502
Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy and Maryland as a Model Employer Initiative - Established
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 503
Housing Development Act
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 541
Department of Commerce - Nonprofit Organizations Navigator - Established
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 647
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 678
Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library - Funding and Budget Submission
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 694
Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 702
County Boards of Education - Special Education Service Delivery Models - Publication Requirement
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 703
Criminal Procedure - Diagnosis of Developmental Disability or Intellectual Disability - Evidence
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 707
Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law)
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 709
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction)
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 718
Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Established
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 756
Petition for Guardianship of the Property of Alleged Disabled Person - Stay of Civil Actions and Proceedings
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 767
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 781
Election Law - Polling Place Procedures - Voting by Elderly Voters and Voters With Disabilities (Accessible and Expedited Voting Act of Maryland)
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 896
Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing - Income-Based Housing Subsidies
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 910
Property Tax - Exemption for Blind Individuals - Alteration
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 912
Institutions of Higher Education - Instructor Training - Accommodations for Students With Disabilities
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 927
General Assembly - Fiscal Notes - Impact of Reduction in Health and Community Support Services
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 940
Criminal Procedure - Probation Before Judgment - Defendants Diagnosed With Autism or Intellectual Disabilities
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1014
Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2025
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1020
Consumer Protection - Credit Reporting - Medical Debt (Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act)
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 1053
Developmental Disabilities Administration - Self-Directed Services
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1055
Commission on Nondiscrimination - Establishment
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1076
Residential Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Landlord Entry
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 1077
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1093
Landlord and Tenant - Evictions - Tenant's Personal Property and Moving Expenses and Services (Small Landlord Eviction Relief Act)
UNFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1097
Workgroup on Mail-In Ballot Accessibility
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1201
Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program – Exemptions – Individuals With Disabilities and Older Drivers
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1239
Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination - Regulations, Intent, and Discriminatory Effect
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1253
Department of Social and Economic Mobility - Established
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 1261
Employment Discrimination - Intent
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1305
Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports - Workgroup and Study
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1324
Hospitals - Medical Debt Collection - Sale of Patient Debt to Nonprofit Organizations
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1328
End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)
UNFPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1355
Health Insurance - Required Coverage - Hearing Aids
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 1363
Places of Public Accommodation - Captioning for Motion Picture Houses - Alterations
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1466
Land Use and Real Property - Accessory Dwelling Units - Requirements and Prohibitions
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 1473
State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 1481
Disability Services - Adapted Vehicle Access Pilot Program - Established
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 18
Election Law - Early Voting - Number of Days
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 25
Family Law – Child Custody Evaluators – Qualifications
FWAPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 36
Public Safety - 9-1-1 Trust Fund - 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention Hotline
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 66
Election Law - Polling Place Procedures - Voting by Elderly Voters and Voters With Disabilities (Accessible and Expedited Voting Act of Maryland)
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 85
Braille Flag Memorial Act of 2025
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 93
Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Notice to Request Application
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 104
Income Tax - Credit for Individuals Residing With and Caring for Elderly Parents
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 107
Evidence - Interception of Oral Communications - Fair Housing Testing
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 111
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Step Therapy, Fail-First Protocols, and Prior Authorization - Prescription to Treat Serious Mental Illness
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 127
State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 157
Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisVetoed
SB 181
Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 208
Human Services - Maryland Assistive Technology Program - Establishment
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 212
Department of Aging - Aging Services - Program Repeal and Consolidation
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 223
Department of Aging - Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 238
Department of Housing and Community Development - Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program - Local Rehabilitation Program Administration
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 259
Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Election Plan Requirements
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 327
Affordable Housing Payment In Lieu of Taxes Expansion Act
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 349
Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 358
Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library - Funding and Budget Submission
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 365
Department of Commerce – Nonprofit Organizations Navigator – Established
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 367
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Supportive Housing and Health Services
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 372
Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2025
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 382
Consumer Protection - Right to Repair - Powered Wheelchairs
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 406
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses (So Every Body Can Move Act)
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 430
Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act)
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 433
Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy and Maryland as a Model Employer Initiative - Established
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 435
Institutions of Higher Education and Elementary and Secondary Schools - Title VI Coordinators (Remove Discrimination in Education Act)
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 466
Criminal Law - Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable and Senior Adults
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 507
Criminal Procedure - Diagnosis of Developmental Disability or Intellectual Disability - Evidence
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 599
Behavioral Health Crisis Response Grant Program - Funding
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 614
Consumer Protection - Credit Reporting - Medical Debt (Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act)
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 618
Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law)
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 641
Health Insurance - Required Coverage - Hearing Aids
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 648
Correctional Services - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 651
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction)
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 659
Consumer Protection - Electronic Funds Transfers - Regulations (Elder Fraud Prevention Act of 2025)
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 666
Maryland Community Action Agencies - Funding
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 677
Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing - Income-Based Housing Subsidies
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 790
Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Plan to Implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Requirements
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 851
Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Main Entrance Accessibility and Emergency Planning
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 859
Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2025
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 891
Land Use and Real Property - Accessory Dwelling Units - Requirements and Prohibitions
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 911
Property Tax - Exemption for Blind Individuals - Alteration
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 929
Workgroup on Mail-In Ballot Accessibility
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
2024 Regular Session33 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 17
Charter Counties - Comprehensive Plans - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 39
Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024)
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 189
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Personal Care Aides - Wage Reports
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 297
Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 403
End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)
UNFPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 426
Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 477
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination Provisions
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 538
Land Use – Affordable Housing – Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 775
Election Law - Voters With Disabilities - Electronic Ballot Return
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 822
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Employed Individuals With Disabilities
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 822
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Employed Individuals With Disabilities
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 865
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 1007
Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2024
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1069
Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Established
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 1144
Corrections - Segregated Housing - Limitations
FWAPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
HB 1163
State Department of Education - Division of Rehabilitation Services - Funding
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
HB 1253
Health Care Facilities - Access to Telephones
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisWithdrawn
SB 92
Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 197
Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024)
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 356
Land Use – Expedited Development Review Processes for Affordable Housing – Requirements
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 358
Economic Development - Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Application and Reporting Requirements
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 389
Criminal Procedure - Incarcerated Seniors - Motion to Reduce the Duration of a Sentence
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 443
End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)
UNFPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 484
Land Use - Affordable Housing - Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 614
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 766
Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2024
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 790
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Employed Individuals With Disabilities
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 796
Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established
FAVKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 802
Election Law - Voters with Disabilities - Electronic Ballot Return
FAVPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 813
Health Care Facilities – Access to Telephones
INFOPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
SB 891
Transportation - MobilityLink Paratransit Service Improvements - Study
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 1084
Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing - Established
FAVKelter, ChrisEnacted
SB 1085
Corrections - Segregated Housing - Limitations
FWAPDFKelter, ChrisDid not advance
2023 Regular Session28 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 9
Equity in Transportation Sector - Guidelines and Analyses
FWAPDFWilliams, HindleyEnacted
HB 107
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange – Small Employers – Special Enrollment Period and Marketing
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance
HB 111
Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyEnacted
HB 264
Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance
HB 318
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider Agencies and Personal Care Aides - Reimbursement and Wage Reports
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance
HB 323
Social Services Programs - Eligibility and Enrollment
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyEnacted
HB 489
Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance
HB 489
Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance
HB 608
Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyEnacted
HB 645
Election Law - Electronic Ballot Return System - Study and Request for Proposals
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance
HB 933
End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)
UNFPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance
HB 1112
Election Law - Registered Voter List and Petitions (Ballot Petition Modernization Act)
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance
HB 1222
State Department of Education - Division of Rehabilitation Services - Funding and Staffing
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance
HB 1226
Economic Development - Nonprofit Sustainability Fund - Establishment
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance
SB 19
Equity in Transportation Sector - Guidelines and Analyses
FWAPDFWilliams, HindleyEnacted
SB 26
Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children's Health Program, and Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyEnacted
SB 28
Child Custody – Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time
UNFPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance
SB 180
Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance
SB 450
Real Property - Limitations on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services - Prohibition
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyEnacted
SB 488
Election Law - Electronic Ballot Return System - Study and Request for Proposals
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance
SB 535
Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyEnacted
SB 535
Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs
FWAPDFWilliams, HindleyEnacted
SB 581
Behavioral Health Care Coordination Value-Based Purchasing Pilot Program
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyEnacted
SB 582
Behavioral Health Care - Treatment and Access (Behavioral Health Model for Maryland)
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyEnacted
SB 604
Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Provider Agencies and Personal Care Aides – Reimbursement and Wages
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance
SB 608
Human Services - Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyEnacted
SB 732
Department of Disabilities - State Coordinator for Autism Strategy and Maryland Commission on Disabilities - Alterations
FAVPDFWilliams, HindleyEnacted
SB 845
End–of–Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)
UNFPDFWilliams, HindleyDid not advance