---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Basis (2nd Lieutenant Richard Collins, III's Law)"
description: "Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Basis (2nd Lieutenant Richard Collins, III's Law)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 917"
citation: "Maryland HB 917 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Arikan", "Atterbeary", "B. Barnes", "Barron", "Bartlett", "Cardin", "Charles", "Clippinger", "Cox", "Crutchfield", "D. Barnes", "D.E. Davis", "D.M. Davis", "Fennell", "Grammer", "Griffith", "Harrison", "Healey", "Henson", "Holmes", "Ivey", "J. Lewis", "Lehman", "Lopez", "M. Jackson", "Malone", "McComas", "Moon", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pippy", "Proctor", "R. Watson", "Shetty", "Turner", "Valderrama", "Valentino-Smith", "W. Fisher", "Walker", "Washington", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f4da160-2084-4acd-bfaa-3de1c007e776"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0917?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "86e82f9e59c61b873eba73dc38c184da282a5db7bc2eff1166f40b0088b3790b"
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 917 (2020) — Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Basis (2nd Lieutenant Richard Collins, III's Law)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Basis (2nd Lieutenant Richard Collins, III's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_367_hb0917t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Basis (2nd Lieutenant Richard Collins, III's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0917f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Basis (2nd Lieutenant Richard Collins, III's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0917t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Arikan — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- B. Barnes — primary (person)
- Barron — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- D.E. Davis — primary (person)
- D.M. Davis — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Jackson — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pippy — primary (person)
- Proctor — primary (person)
- R. Watson — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)
- W. Fisher — primary (person)
- Walker — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 367 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f4da160-2084-4acd-bfaa-3de1c007e776`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).