---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Protecting Against Hate Crimes Grant Fund - Establishment"
description: "Public Safety - Protecting Against Hate Crimes Grant Fund - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 840"
citation: "Maryland SB 840 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Kramer", "Lewis Young", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f392be68-a695-481b-bd7c-5f33c6b78db2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0840?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9758be82ba5e4dc1e17f22571272da6bba58f4b154f4e17e98ad496c40b34898"
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 840 (2023) — Public Safety - Protecting Against Hate Crimes Grant Fund - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Protecting Against Hate Crimes Grant Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_746_sb0840t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Protecting Against Hate Crimes Grant Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0840f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Protecting Against Hate Crimes Grant Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0840t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 746 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f392be68-a695-481b-bd7c-5f33c6b78db2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).