Del. Jheanelle Wilkins (D-Montgomery), left, receives flowers Thursday from Eric Carpenter-Grantham after the House unanimously approved legislation named after him. They are joined by Carpenter-Grantham’s mother, Linda. (Photo by William J. Ford/Maryland Matters)
It started with a conversation between a mother and her son about interacting with police in the wake of the May 202o death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
It ended Thursday with cheers and applause as first one chamber of the General Assembly, then the other, gave unanimous approval to “Eric’s ID Law.” It would require that the Motor Vehicle Administration place a butterfly logo above the words “hidden disability” on driver’s licenses, identification cards, even moped licenses, for people with a “nonapparent disability.”…