---
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: "SB 455"
citation: "Maryland SB 455 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b97ebe3-e190-446c-971d-98d99743cb98"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0455?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9a2b6e14b937e9646e469b2d132a5a48c3fe1692d745d1c3c9b8b71a35556c62"
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 455 (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_202_sb0455t.pdf)
2. **First - Employment Discrimination - Time for Filing Complaints** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0455f.pdf)
3. **Third - Employment Discrimination - Time for Filing Complaints** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0455t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 202 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b97ebe3-e190-446c-971d-98d99743cb98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).