---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peace Orders - Workplace Violence"
description: "Peace Orders - Workplace Violence"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 289"
citation: "Maryland HB 289 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5a525ac-2eb8-4d87-bcb8-ca1c57a24185"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0289?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cdc06609620f2d780ee54d65411aab6a9f321498c728b84dde18c7a6404793a7"
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 289 (2021) — Peace Orders - Workplace Violence

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Peace Orders - Workplace Violence** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_341_hb0289e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Peace Orders - Workplace Violence** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0289e.pdf)
3. **First - Peace Orders - Workplace Violence** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0289f.pdf)
4. **Third - Peace Orders - Workplace Violence** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0289t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/14 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-04** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2021-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-09** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-04-09** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Atterbeary, Shetty and Williams)
- **2021-04-10** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-10** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Atterbeary, Shetty and Williams)
- **2021-04-10** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-10** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Sydnor, Hettleman and Carter)
- **2021-04-10** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-10** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Sydnor, Hettleman and Carter)
- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 341 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5a525ac-2eb8-4d87-bcb8-ca1c57a24185`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).