---
type: "Bill"
title: "2026 FIFA World Cup - Protection of Human Rights"
description: "2026 FIFA World Cup - Protection of Human Rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SJ 1"
citation: "Maryland SJ 1 (2020)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Eckardt", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lam", "Lee", "McCray", "Peters", "Pinsky", "Reilly", "Rosapepe", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "West", "Young", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe150ee6-053b-475b-b9cc-3e1d460e3ccd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sj0001?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b4985b57fc836689f6330d6edeff8ff7f9c4fcbb33d20036fb7b00c1c231d5e8"
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 SJ 1 (2020) — 2026 FIFA World Cup - Protection of Human Rights

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - 2026 FIFA World Cup - Protection of Human Rights** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/JR_1_sj0001t.pdf)
2. **First - 2026 FIFA World Cup - Protection of Human Rights** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sj/sj0001f.pdf)
3. **Third - 2026 FIFA World Cup - Protection of Human Rights** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sj/sj0001t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **109–18** (pass) · lower
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **110–21** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **32–14** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Ready /853021/1 — **14–31** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Hearing 2/14 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-02-21** Motion Special Order until 2/24 (Senator Kagan) Adopted
- **2020-02-24** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by House Rules and Executive Nominations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Joint Resolution 1 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe150ee6-053b-475b-b9cc-3e1d460e3ccd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).