---
type: "Bill"
title: "Korean American Day"
description: "Korean American Day"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 627"
citation: "Maryland SB 627 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aff7352a-191d-47a1-803d-513ab67c24d2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0627?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d05f88818caad99c71461c85f7554384b7b80b5c63aa0f19bfd8db3044767e39"
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 627 (2026) — Korean American Day

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Korean American Day** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_357_sb0627t.pdf)
2. **First - Korean American Day** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0627f.pdf)
3. **Third - Korean American Day** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0627t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Mangione /993923/1 — **42–84** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 357 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aff7352a-191d-47a1-803d-513ab67c24d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).