---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Rights - Discrimination Based on Protected Characteristics and Reproductive Freedom"
description: "Civil Rights - Discrimination Based on Protected Characteristics and Reproductive Freedom"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1397"
citation: "Maryland HB 1397 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Fair", "Pasteur", "Phillips", "Simmons", "Vogel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86a87f9a-2c92-466a-992f-f93bdae1d6da"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1397?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8103d42bee5b24792be9847497c050b8a263e523fc4105374d9101206357ba2e"
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 1397 (2024) — Civil Rights - Discrimination Based on Protected Characteristics and Reproductive Freedom

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Civil Rights - Discrimination Based on Protected Characteristics and Reproductive Freedom** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_377_hb1397e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Civil Rights - Discrimination Based on Protected Characteristics and Reproductive Freedom** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1397e.pdf)
3. **First - Human Relations - Discrimination - Protected Characteristics** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1397f.pdf)
4. **Third - Human Relations - Discrimination - Protected Characteristics** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1397t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **122–11** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **127–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 377 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86a87f9a-2c92-466a-992f-f93bdae1d6da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).