---
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).