---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties"
description: "Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 220"
citation: "Maryland SB 220 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85237339-a8ef-4d2e-acfa-54a6eaa84789"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0220?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c94351e80560b293d442ce5712e6acfcb27a781a4b762090c239d82ac190773c"
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 SB 220 (2021) — Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_386_sb0220t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0220f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0220t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **124–13** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Simonaire /653424/1 — **15–32** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 1/20 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Motion Laid Over (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
- **2021-02-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 386 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85237339-a8ef-4d2e-acfa-54a6eaa84789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).