---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Employment Discrimination - Reporting"
description: "Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Employment Discrimination - Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 257"
citation: "Maryland HB 257 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Qi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-09-06"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d23dd3d3-f56e-4d0b-9dfa-f8fc9df69376"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0257?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c5da826f649952ad6ed8c68008983e5dcd7d0aba7fb2bc1394f57fff853b758b"
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 257 (2021) — Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Employment Discrimination - Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Employment Discrimination - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_219_hb0257t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Employment Discrimination - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0257f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Employment Discrimination - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0257t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Qi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-06** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 2/11 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-09** Hearing 2/11 at 4:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 219 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d23dd3d3-f56e-4d0b-9dfa-f8fc9df69376`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).