---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, Prekindergarten Programs, and County Boards of Education - Discrimination"
description: "Schools, Prekindergarten Programs, and County Boards of Education - Discrimination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 850"
citation: "Maryland HB 850 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary", "Charles", "Feldmark", "Ivey", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Wilkins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/100fe378-fe57-4f40-a1ea-16a0c5a2e24d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0850?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d7406448c0ac9f811baeb28334427833fc01826dea356a3bb4ff12f5999579f5"
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 850 (2022) — Schools, Prekindergarten Programs, and County Boards of Education - Discrimination

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Schools, Prekindergarten Programs, and County Boards of Education - Discrimination** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_739_hb0850e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Schools, Prekindergarten Programs, and County Boards of Education - Discrimination** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0850e.pdf)
3. **First - Schools, Prekindergarten Programs, and County Boards of Education - Discrimination** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0850f.pdf)
4. **Third - Schools, Prekindergarten Programs, and County Boards of Education - Discrimination** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0850t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **96–36** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Szeliga /553226/1 — **37–95** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **34–13** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **94–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Motion Special Order until 3/17 (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted
- **2022-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 739 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/100fe378-fe57-4f40-a1ea-16a0c5a2e24d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).