---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Discrimination - Prohibited MC/PG 102-17"
description: "Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Discrimination - Prohibited MC/PG 102-17"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 355"
citation: "Maryland HB 355 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bi-County Agencies", "Contractors", "Contracts", "Discrimination", "Gender", "Marriage", "Religion", "Washington Suburban Sanitary District", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51d9c96a-13be-4e47-a14d-81252189e5a2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB355&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "c1fcab43e03e6ca7508fee0ffd9f2a1ec5caa64fcf7a5ca28e581f4be8ef861e"
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 355 (2017) — Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Discrimination - Prohibited MC/PG 102-17

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0355t.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-25** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 561 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51d9c96a-13be-4e47-a14d-81252189e5a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).