---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders"
description: "Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 394"
citation: "Maryland HB 394 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone", "Hill", "Simpson", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/556afce4-fa56-4d9d-8d5a-4b3f488bfec4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0394?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c22c42cce2c4addd38026e800881428eb9638c7a711ba81146e0f79a12f68955"
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 HB 394 (2024) — Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_259_hb0394t.pdf)
2. **First - Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0394f.pdf)
3. **Third - Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0394t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 259 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/556afce4-fa56-4d9d-8d5a-4b3f488bfec4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).