---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Reporting of Hate Crimes"
description: "Public Safety - Reporting of Hate Crimes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 168"
citation: "Maryland HB 168 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Commission on Civil Rights", "Crimes and Punishments", "Data", "Discrimination", "Fire Protection", "Law Enforcement", "Reports", "State Police", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10cd51d4-8228-4be2-b2d1-fc57fcc669ec"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB168&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "603e3372a4f3d0de20ab7845861c530f909e32da4ad917e36ec08810396b297b"
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 168 (2019) — Public Safety - Reporting of Hate Crimes

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0168f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - State Police) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-15** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- **2019-03-27** Hearing 3/28 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 32 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10cd51d4-8228-4be2-b2d1-fc57fcc669ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).