---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hate Crimes - Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention - Establishment"
description: "Hate Crimes - Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1066"
citation: "Maryland HB 1066 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Allen", "Amprey", "Attar", "Atterbeary", "Boafo", "Cardin", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Edelson", "Embry", "Fair", "Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Grossman", "Henson", "Hornberger", "Ivey", "J. Long", "Kaufman", "Lehman", "Lopez", "Love", "McCaskill", "McComas", "Mireku-North", "Moon", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Phillips", "Qi", "Queen", "Reznik", "Ruth", "Shetty", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Smith", "Solomon", "Stewart", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Terrasa", "Toles", "Valderrama", "Vogel", "Wells", "White", "Wilkins", "Woods", "Wu", "Young", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/375ab048-c125-4d11-9d76-c218dc04c004"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1066?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "96cc15a60613426280386f467deb31e630c947956fc7cf5203926d0ad6a6452e"
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 1066 (2023) — Hate Crimes - Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Hate Crimes - Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_773_hb1066t.pdf)
2. **First - Hate Crimes - Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1066f.pdf)
3. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2023RS-HB1066-REIN.pdf)
4. **Third - Hate Crimes - Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1066t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2023-04-05** Hearing 4/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 773 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/375ab048-c125-4d11-9d76-c218dc04c004`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).