---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment Discrimination - Time for Filing Complaints"
description: "Employment Discrimination - Time for Filing Complaints"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 290"
citation: "Maryland HB 290 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Belcastro", "Ebersole", "Hill", "K. Young", "Kerr", "Pendergrass"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-09-23"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9368613-7c6f-4cd0-a0ce-dc99990022bc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0290?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0327a267a97f45267a48ce95ad096a967dda4c518920b5e548f0108a58e7fed8"
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 290 (2021) — Employment Discrimination - Time for Filing Complaints

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Employment Discrimination - Time for Filing Complaints** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_201_hb0290t.pdf)
2. **First - Employment Discrimination - Time for Filing Complaints** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0290f.pdf)
3. **Third - Employment Discrimination - Time for Filing Complaints** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0290t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Belcastro — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Pendergrass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/14 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-04** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `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 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 201 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9368613-7c6f-4cd0-a0ce-dc99990022bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).