---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination - Regulations, Intent, and Discriminatory Effect"
description: "Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination - Regulations, Intent, and Discriminatory Effect"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 573"
citation: "Maryland HB 573 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Behler", "Fennell", "Foley", "Hill", "Ivey", "Kaufman", "Lehman", "Moreno", "Odom", "Ruff", "Spiegel", "Taveras", "Terrasa", "Turner", "Vogel", "Williams", "Wims", "Wolek", "Woods"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e25678f0-8ed7-470a-88d4-5bd9c2464484"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0573?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5cb4fabd1e2b552bc1aec1195c8bbd116d19a898bb3083713df0429ae6c5666f"
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 573 (2026) — Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination - Regulations, Intent, and Discriminatory Effect

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination - Regulations, Intent, and Discriminatory Effect** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_778_hb0573e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination - Regulations, Intent, and Discriminatory Effect** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0573e.pdf)
3. **First - Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination - Regulations, Intent, and Discriminatory Effect** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0573f.pdf)
4. **Third - Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination - Regulations, Intent, and Discriminatory Effect** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0573t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **96–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **29–11** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **98–34** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **33–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Moreno — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Wolek — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Augustine) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-11** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2026-04-11** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Amprey, Charkoudian and Adams)
- **2026-04-13** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-13** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2026-04-13** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Amprey, Charkoudian and Adams)
- **2026-04-13** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-13** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Sydnor, Henson and West)
- **2026-04-13** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-13** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Sydnor, Henson and West)
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 778 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e25678f0-8ed7-470a-88d4-5bd9c2464484`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).