---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hate Crimes – Civil Remedy"
description: "Hate Crimes – Civil Remedy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Maryland SB 5 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kramer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-11-15"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9147caf2-c5c4-408a-98df-d0a2677751b4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0005?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5bbc992e8e9e992629e8ae74d4afe648a2e3a2564b0179461feb12cf4d4e6a03"
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 5 (2023) — Hate Crimes – Civil Remedy

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Hate Crimes – Civil Remedy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_745_sb0005t.pdf)
2. **First - Hate Crimes – Civil Remedy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0005f.pdf)
3. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2023RS-SB0005-REIN.pdf)
4. **Third - Hate Crimes – Civil Remedy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0005t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Kramer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 745 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9147caf2-c5c4-408a-98df-d0a2677751b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).