---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Hate Crimes Group Victim"
description: "Criminal Law - Hate Crimes Group Victim"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 528"
citation: "Maryland SB 528 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Crimes and Punishments", "Discrimination", "Harassment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Astle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0152f4fa-ead9-4447-bded-71744f98fad8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB528&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "88f24e6fb94798695092a14c417635cfcc7877e6fd2767c5e4112cde702b6e05"
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 528 (2018) — Criminal Law - Hate Crimes Group Victim

## 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/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0528f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Astle — primary (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments {578675/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (133-4) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 499 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0152f4fa-ead9-4447-bded-71744f98fad8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).