---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Relations - Civil Rights Enforcement - Powers of the Attorney General"
description: "Human Relations - Civil Rights Enforcement - Powers of the Attorney General"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 540"
citation: "Maryland SB 540 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Office of the Attorney General", "President"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8665c886-168f-4579-bbb9-562e2ed28194"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0540?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f99221361e0238c77c2025533d8cab2c633b4fad9bff95631fbd338468d3c7c7"
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 540 (2023) — Human Relations - Civil Rights Enforcement - Powers of the Attorney General

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Human Relations - Civil Rights Enforcement - Powers of the Attorney General** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_629_sb0540t.pdf)
2. **First - Human Relations - Civil Rights Enforcement - Powers of the Attorney General** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0540f.pdf)
3. **Third - Human Relations - Civil Rights Enforcement - Powers of the Attorney General** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0540t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Office of the Attorney General — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **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.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 629 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8665c886-168f-4579-bbb9-562e2ed28194`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).