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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles"
+description: "Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1444"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1444 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Anderson", "Attar", "Atterbeary", "Bagnall", "Barron", "Bartlett", "Barve", "Boyce", "Bridges", "Brooks", "C. Branch", "C. Jackson", "Charkoudian", "Charles", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "D. Barnes", "D.M. Davis", "Feldmark", "Harrison", "Healey", "Henson", "Hettleman", "Ivey", "J. Lewis", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Lierman", "Lopez", "Love", "Luedtke", "Moon", "Mosby", "Pena-Melnyk", "Proctor", "Queen", "R. Lewis", "Sample-Hughes", "Shetty", "Smith", "Solomon", "Stewart", "Turner", "W. Fisher", "Washington", "Wells", "Wilkins", "Williams"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-02-07"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83d3c4d3-38a3-4226-882b-e067f61fb1dc"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1444?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "a75e2344761cdf90a2886b4822730d8d339248e9ce0e35aeb3df79ce20bb0d8e"
+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 1444 (2020) — Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_473_hb1444t.pdf)
+2. **First - Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1444f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1444t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **128–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Attar — primary (person)
+- Atterbeary — primary (person)
+- Bagnall — primary (person)
+- Barron — primary (person)
+- Bartlett — primary (person)
+- Barve — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Bridges — primary (person)
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- C. Branch — primary (person)
+- C. Jackson — primary (person)
+- Charkoudian — primary (person)
+- Charles — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- D. Barnes — primary (person)
+- D.M. Davis — primary (person)
+- Feldmark — primary (person)
+- Harrison — primary (person)
+- Healey — primary (person)
+- Henson — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Ivey — primary (person)
+- J. Lewis — primary (person)
+- Kelly — primary (person)
+- Kerr — primary (person)
+- Lierman — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- Love — primary (person)
+- Luedtke — primary (person)
+- Moon — primary (person)
+- Mosby — primary (person)
+- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
+- Proctor — primary (person)
+- Queen — primary (person)
+- R. Lewis — primary (person)
+- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
+- Shetty — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Turner — primary (person)
+- W. Fisher — primary (person)
+- Washington — primary (person)
+- Wells — primary (person)
+- Wilkins — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-10** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-13** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-15** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed
+- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 473 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83d3c4d3-38a3-4226-882b-e067f61fb1dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+