---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs - Alterations"
description: "State Government - Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Maryland SB 251 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f5dbce8-7e16-4bde-afed-dfc688184b97"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0251?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "910b4e2318ae3189f2f7d6f63eff61c7b770d697a8eb1360f6ab7e18ae3ade33"
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 251 (2023) — State Government - Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Government - Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_46_sb0251e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Government - Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0251e.pdf)
3. **First - State Government - Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0251f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Government - Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0251t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/07 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2023-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 46 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f5dbce8-7e16-4bde-afed-dfc688184b97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).