---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unlawful Employment Practice - Statute of Limitations - Tolling"
description: "Unlawful Employment Practice - Statute of Limitations - Tolling"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 451"
citation: "Maryland SB 451 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee", "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/1979316b-4495-43a7-bfcb-1f1daa151505"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0451?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e4256b92999f757e3b5904b69ee6f439d71c7e3e09577392ad4ac7d58cfe621d"
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 451 (2022) — Unlawful Employment Practice - Statute of Limitations - Tolling

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Unlawful Employment Practice - Statute of Limitations - Tolling** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_660_sb0451t.pdf)
2. **First - Unlawful Employment Practice - Statute of Limitations - Tolling** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0451f.pdf)
3. **Third - Unlawful Employment Practice - Statute of Limitations - Tolling** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0451t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **96–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)
- 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.
- **2022-02-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-15** 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 660 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1979316b-4495-43a7-bfcb-1f1daa151505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).