---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Retirement Agency - Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Governance Program"
description: "State Retirement Agency - Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Governance Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1212"
citation: "Maryland HB 1212 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Lewis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b59da6c5-de36-42bc-871a-05bc172d3a95"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1212?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "56a0fa973d785a1ab08de6d87f770f1f47260b2388a2809a3d58b7b862b8c173"
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 1212 (2024) — State Retirement Agency - Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Governance Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Retirement Agency - Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Governance Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_495_hb1212e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Retirement Agency - Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Governance Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1212e.pdf)
3. **First - State Retirement and Pension System - Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Governance Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1212f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Retirement and Pension System - Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Governance Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1212t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **33–13** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **98–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **104–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Hearing 3/05 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-05** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-05** Hearing 3/05 at 12:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 495 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b59da6c5-de36-42bc-871a-05bc172d3a95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).