---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes - Mitigation and Defense - Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual Orientation"
description: "Crimes - Mitigation and Defense - Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual Orientation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 231"
citation: "Maryland HB 231 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-08-04"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/418daa1f-abd5-4c87-8ff2-d94918394683"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0231?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8582c8ccd967a7c3e4eb3b3cb4c1bb2d86610e7276470965d2265e7f7d5800fb"
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 231 (2021) — Crimes - Mitigation and Defense - Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual Orientation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Crimes - Mitigation and Defense - Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual Orientation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_369_hb0231t.pdf)
2. **First - Crimes – Mitigation – Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual Orientation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0231f.pdf)
3. **Third - Crimes - Mitigation and Defense - Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual Orientation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0231t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-04** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 369 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/418daa1f-abd5-4c87-8ff2-d94918394683`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).