---
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: "SB 50"
citation: "Maryland SB 50 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson", "Brooks", "Carter", "Charles", "Folden", "James", "Kelly", "Lam", "McKay", "Muse", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-08-15"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/742d6f97-2a01-45d3-b1a8-fe61217dc301"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0050?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1e995aea47ace1c8620edb668a0e80a2467b8f55687192e44e04b4c48a500714"
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 50 (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_260_sb0050t.pdf)
2. **First - Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0050f.pdf)
3. **Third - Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0050t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 260 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/742d6f97-2a01-45d3-b1a8-fe61217dc301`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).