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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: "SB 161"
+citation: "Maryland SB 161 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Carter", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Griffith", "Hayes", "Kagan", "Lam", "Lee", "McCray", "Patterson", "Reilly", "Rosapepe", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "West", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-13"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a81a3a66-36dc-4c50-b919-4a6175ab9b13"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0161?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "ffb857323fe507bc91b599e2620691a82233f3cce57d1c7a4297429ff88ad97f"
+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 SB 161 (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_22_sb0161t.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/sb/sb0161f.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/sb/sb0161t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **128–4** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Augustine — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Benson — primary (person)
+- Carter — primary (person)
+- Elfreth — primary (person)
+- Ellis — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Hayes — primary (person)
+- Kagan — primary (person)
+- Lam — primary (person)
+- Lee — primary (person)
+- McCray — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+- Rosapepe — primary (person)
+- Sydnor — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- Washington — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-14** Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-02-10** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-11** Second Reading Passed
+- **2020-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-02-14** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-12** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
+- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 22 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a81a3a66-36dc-4c50-b919-4a6175ab9b13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+