---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Civil Claims Against Law Enforcement Officers of an Institution of Higher Education - Prohibition Against Nondisparagement Clause in Settlement Agreement"
description: "Baltimore City - Civil Claims Against Law Enforcement Officers of an Institution of Higher Education - Prohibition Against Nondisparagement Clause in Settlement Agreement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 364"
citation: "Maryland SB 364 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cccca8c-1781-44a3-9a14-280077f44b24"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0364?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cac2245bea20d0b72c70e2b5769454b33fbabc20a22b939d7a5b9cd45df2e206"
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 364 (2021) — Baltimore City - Civil Claims Against Law Enforcement Officers of an Institution of Higher Education - Prohibition Against Nondisparagement Clause in Settlement Agreement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Civil Claims Against Law Enforcement Officers of an Institution of Higher Education - Prohibition Against Nondisparagement Clause in Settlement Agreement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_740_sb0364t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City – Civil Claims Against Law Enforcement Officers of an Institution of Higher Education – Prohibition Against Nondisclosure Provision in Settlement Agreement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0364f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Civil Claims Against Law Enforcement Officers of an Institution of Higher Education - Prohibition Against Nondisparagement Clause in Settlement Agreement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0364t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 740 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cccca8c-1781-44a3-9a14-280077f44b24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).