---
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: "SB 236"
citation: "Maryland SB 236 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-06"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d79ed352-bde8-470b-8e60-c160bac5e83d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0236?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f47cc81d664a39ff020fcb7190e65445865257938145d5d119d63272afc9a02f"
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 236 (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_220_sb0236t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Employment Discrimination - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0236f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Employment Discrimination - Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0236t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-06** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 1/28 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** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 220 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d79ed352-bde8-470b-8e60-c160bac5e83d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).