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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of an Item or a Symbol to Threaten or Intimidate"
+description: "Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of an Item or a Symbol to Threaten or Intimidate"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 5"
+citation: "Maryland HB 5 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Atterbeary", "Bartlett", "Cardin", "Chang", "Clippinger", "Conaway", "Cox", "Crutchfield", "D.M. Davis", "Griffith", "J. Lewis", "Lopez", "Malone", "McComas", "Moon", "Pippy", "R. Watson", "Shetty", "W. Fisher", "Williams"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-10-11"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e130848f-2573-4a93-a39c-426751ca2c41"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0005?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "0256e8be1f6a01471c71fd147d14f7203c73f9e6f0f1b7f62f4196f160329a75"
+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 5 (2020) — Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of an Item or a Symbol to Threaten or Intimidate
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of an Item or a Symbol to Threaten or Intimidate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_21_hb0005t.pdf)
+2. **First - Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of an Item or a Symbol to Threaten or Intimidate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0005f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of an Item or a Symbol to Threaten or Intimidate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0005t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **133–4** (pass) · lower
+- HB 5 HB 482 HB 857 HB 1177 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Atterbeary — primary (person)
+- Bartlett — primary (person)
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Chang — primary (person)
+- Clippinger — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- Cox — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- D.M. Davis — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- J. Lewis — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- Malone — primary (person)
+- McComas — primary (person)
+- Moon — primary (person)
+- Pippy — primary (person)
+- R. Watson — primary (person)
+- Shetty — primary (person)
+- W. Fisher — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-10-11** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2020-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-07** Hearing 1/16 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-01-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-01-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-01-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-01-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-01-31** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e130848f-2573-4a93-a39c-426751ca2c41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+