---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly - Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs - Gender-Neutral Language"
description: "General Assembly - Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs - Gender-Neutral Language"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 524"
citation: "Maryland SB 524 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4caf2888-85f0-4f6e-8823-31e1c3748192"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0524?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "372ac25d3c350800c767f9917dd4af57718022cdf83f0401f4dd49a02cfe5aab"
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 524 (2024) — General Assembly - Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs - Gender-Neutral Language

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - General Assembly - Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs - Gender-Neutral Language** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_441_sb0524t.pdf)
2. **First - General Assembly - Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs - Gender-Neutral Language** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0524f.pdf)
3. **Third - General Assembly - Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs - Gender-Neutral Language** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0524t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **126–5** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-26** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Motion Special Order until 2/28 (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2024-02-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 12:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by House Rules and Executive Nominations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 441 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4caf2888-85f0-4f6e-8823-31e1c3748192`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).