---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Training Requirements - Hate Crimes"
description: "Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Training Requirements - Hate Crimes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 541"
citation: "Maryland HB 541 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Attar", "Atterbeary", "Bartlett", "Boyce", "Charkoudian", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "D. Barnes", "Forbes", "Grammer", "Guyton", "Henson", "Hettleman", "Korman", "Lierman", "Lopez", "Love", "Moon", "Palakovich Carr", "R. Lewis", "Rosenberg", "Shetty", "Solomon", "Stewart", "Turner", "W. Fisher", "Wilkins", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5776ca34-fb1e-46d7-b24c-bfee182745c5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0541?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7ed3f1861da22f497fc5e5008e528642e084afcc6a29094e767fa2bb44cedece"
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 541 (2020) — Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Training Requirements - Hate Crimes

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Training Requirements - Hate Crimes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_237_hb0541t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Training Requirements - Hate Crimes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0541f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Training Requirements - Hate Crimes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0541t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- W. Fisher — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 237 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5776ca34-fb1e-46d7-b24c-bfee182745c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).