---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harassment and Sexual Harassment - Definitions - Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training"
description: "Harassment and Sexual Harassment - Definitions - Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 450"
citation: "Maryland SB 450 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fee244a5-fbd6-45da-9f37-f11f607f9b4c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0450?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6b5c906d2a5a5444770fb54fc02c0b219239e8ff38d286ddb4174eab7dea6e3a"
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 450 (2022) — Harassment and Sexual Harassment - Definitions - Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Harassment and Sexual Harassment - Definitions - Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_657_sb0450t.pdf)
2. **First - Harassment and Sexual Harassment - Definitions - Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0450f.pdf)
3. **Third - Harassment and Sexual Harassment - Definitions - Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0450t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **105–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-28** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-28** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 657 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fee244a5-fbd6-45da-9f37-f11f607f9b4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).