---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anne Arundel County - Human Relations Commission - Subpoena Enforcement"
description: "Anne Arundel County - Human Relations Commission - Subpoena Enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1038"
citation: "Maryland SB 1038 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Arundel County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5864172-5403-49d2-bac7-897a2c10775a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb1038?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "330a606d30fda0a847696756d348f64c28da81dc3aa882b28fd8a9bca0cc6dc3"
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 1038 (2024) — Anne Arundel County - Human Relations Commission - Subpoena Enforcement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Anne Arundel County - Human Relations Commission - Subpoena Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_990_sb1038t.pdf)
2. **First - Anne Arundel County - Human Relations Commission - Subpoena Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1038f.pdf)
3. **Third - Anne Arundel County - Human Relations Commission - Subpoena Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1038t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–35** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anne Arundel County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-14** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2024-03-14** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-16** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 990 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5864172-5403-49d2-bac7-897a2c10775a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).