---
type: "Bill"
title: "African American Heritage Preservation Program and Maryland Commission for Women - Renaming and Alterations"
description: "African American Heritage Preservation Program and Maryland Commission for Women - Renaming and Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1300"
citation: "Maryland HB 1300 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bartlett", "Boyce", "Charkoudian", "Crutchfield", "D. Jones", "Davis", "Embry", "Feldmark", "Fennell", "Foley", "Forbes", "Guzzone", "Harrison", "Healey", "Hill", "Kaiser", "Lehman", "Lewis", "Lopez", "Mireku-North", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Qi", "Queen", "Roberts", "Ross", "Ruth", "Sample-Hughes", "Simpson", "Smith", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Terrasa", "Toles", "Valderrama", "Watson", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Woods", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bd0f34f-6c21-44a5-9f95-4f6e3d1cc66b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1300?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "76abbb1d4b5f013b7342bb03f42f50a81646680d6d147265bbc69528cd3905fb"
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 1300 (2026) — African American Heritage Preservation Program and Maryland Commission for Women - Renaming and Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - African American Heritage Preservation Program and Maryland Commission for Women - Renaming and Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_792_hb1300e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - African American Heritage Preservation Program and Maryland Commission for Women - Renaming and Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1300e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Commission for Women - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1300f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Commission for Women - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1300t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **124–7** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **124–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 792 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bd0f34f-6c21-44a5-9f95-4f6e3d1cc66b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).